John M. Meador [15080]

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WILL OF JOHN MEADOR

I, John Meador of Bedford County and State of Virginia, do hereby make this my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say;

Item: I give and bequeath to my son Joel Negro woman Hannah, not be taken out of reasonable bounds of her companion against her will. I also give him one hundred dollars & one feather bed and furniture.
Item: I give to my daughter Sarah Holloway a Negro man Archa, not to be taken out of reasonable bounds of his companion against his will.
Item: I give to my son John Meador Negro man Beary, not to be taken out of reasonable bounds of his companion against his will.
Item: I give to the heirs of my son Jonas Meador Negro man Wittaba, not to be taken out of reasonable bounds of his companion against his will.
Item: I give to the heirs of Jehu Meador five hundred dollars to be equally divided amongst them.
Item I give my daughter Rosannah Meador Negro man James, one bed and furniture. Tiller and her children, to be sold by my executor privately [Fy-?] to go to which of my children she pleases. All my land , stock of every kind, all my household and kitchen furniture not before given away, with all my plantation tools, to be sold at public sale; after the special legatees that is to draw money is paid of; an equal distribution as follows, that is to say; to my son Joel Meador, one ninth part; to my daughter Mary Holland, one ninth part; to daughter Sarah Holloway, one ninth part; to my son John Meador, one ninth part; to the heirs of my son Jonas, one ninth part; to my daughter Frances Bell one ninth part; to my son Ira Meador, one ninth part, to my daughter Rosannah Meador, one ninth part, and to my daughter Patty Frith, one ninth part and lastly I hereby constitute & appoint John Turner & Joel Meador, executors of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all other or former wills or testaments by me heretofore made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal; This day sixth of July in the year of our Lord 1824

his John X Meador Seal Mark

Signed , sealed, published and delivered as and for the last will & testament of the above name John Meador in the presence of us . John Turner, Joseph D Meador and James Meador

At a court held for Bedford County at the courthouse Jan 23,1826, the preceding will of John Meador, decïded.

John married Jane Holloway [15081] [MRIN: 4991] in 1755 in Cumberland County, Virginia. (Jane Holloway [15081] was born on 3 Feb 1733 in Caroline County, Virginia and died in 1824.)