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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
(43)

JOHNS, ROBERT, Upshur County, Va. (sic), 30 May 1864; 13 Feb. 1865. 

Wife PALSY, dau. MARTHA, sons DOUGLAS, ROBERT, and DAVIS K., grandson,
ROBERT JOHNS. No ex. named.

Testator desires pmt. of debts and funeral expenses; also pmt. of note
given by testator to John Brannon for land to be pd. equally by
testator's sons; bequeaths to son DOUGLAS JOHNS, "provided he lives
and gets home to occupy it," a lot of land "beginning on the old salt
work road between J. W. Wilson and house of testator where the Newton
line crosses the road thence with the same, crossing the Fall run and
up a left hand branch to the first drain on the south side west of the
lick and up the drain southward to the top of the ridge, to include a
spring in said drain, towards the west fork to a birch and white oak,
corner of land bought of Samuel Wilson to include all the land east of
said line bought of said Wilson and Newton heirs"; if sd. Douglas does
not return preceding legacy to son ROBERT JOHNS, also land bequeathed
to son Davis K. Johns, if he does not return, Robert to pay heirs of
Douglas and Davis K., $10 each, also to ROBERT, remaining land after
deduction of bequests and dower right of testator's widow, also 1
horse after death of sd. widow; to son DAVIS K. JOHNS, "provided he
get home to occupy it" a tract of land "beginning at the old salt work
road where my line crosses the road west of the D. K. Johns house and
with the road to testator's meadow fence so as to include a part of a
good spring on Sugar Camp hollow, thence to the line of the land
purchased of the Newton heirs and with the same to where Douglas Johns
line will cross thence with the same South to a beech and W. 0.
Corner"; to grandson ROBERT JOHNS, one white mare and colt; to dau.
MARTHA JOHNS, 4 sheep and 2 milch cows; to wife PALSY, remainder of
personalty and dower right in realty bequeathed to sd. Robert and upon
her death realty to son ROBERT.

Teste., David Bennett, James P. Friel. 
Bk. A, pp. 70, 71. 

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ABBREVIATIONS
Bk.               Book 
dau(s).    daughter(s) 
ex(s).     executor(s) 
pd.               paid 
pmt(s).     payment(s) 
pp.              pages 
sd.               said 
teste.        testated 

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