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Calendar of Wills in West Virginia, No. 49. Upshur County (Buckhannon)
Prepared by The West Virginia Historical Records Survey
Division of Community Services Programs, Work Projects Administration
Charleston, West Virginia
The West Virginia Historical Records Survey, August 1941
(3)

HYRE, PETER, Upshur County, Va., 8 Jan. 1852; Feb. term, 1852. 

Wife, ELIZABETH, sons ELMORE HYRE, JOHN HYRE, TURNER HYRE, STEWART
HYRE, HENRY HYRE, TAYLOR HYRE, daus. RUHANNAH SIMMONS, MINNIE [HYRE].
Son Elmore Hyre, ex.

Testator bequeaths to wife ELIZABETH, "sorrel mare and young black
horse," 4 cows, 15 sheep, 7 hogs, 2 yoke of oxen, farming equipment to
carry on farm, all household furniture "except a good bed to each of
the girls" use of farm for widowhood; to dau. RHUHANNAH SIMMONS, prior
gifts consisting of cow, calf, 3 sheep, one side saddle, bed clothes,
valued at $38; to son ELMORE HYRE, horse and saddle valued at $100 and
100 a. tract on Beaver Run where sd. Elmore resides, ex. to make deed
with provision that he pay $70, prior pints, having amounted to $30,
pmt. to be made to "Turner and the rest of the boys younger than he
when they are of age"; to son JOHN HYRE, prior gift of horse arid
saddle and cow valued at $100, and also 100 a. tract on Left Hand Fork
of Bulls Run where sd. John now resides with provision that he pay
$100 as in afsd. bequest; to son TURNER HYRE, prior gift of one young
bay mare and saddle; to son STEWARD HYRE, "my dun mare's youngest
colt"; to HENRY and TAYLOR, "colts or horses equal to Turner and
Steward"; to dau. MINNIE, "sorrells youngest colt"; remainder of
realty and personalty to "wife ELIZABETH.

Teste., Pascal P. Young, Benjamin Gould, William S. Bready. 
Bk, A, pp. 4, 5. 

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ABBREVIATIONS
a.                acre 
afsd         aforesaid 
Bk.               Book 
dau(s).    daughter(s) 
ex(s).     executor(s) 
pmt(s).     payment(s) 
pp.              pages 
sd.               said 
teste.        testated