PETER JEFFERSON'S WILL, 1757

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Provides for division of his home property and farms in Albemarle County (on the Rivanna and Hardware rivers), land on the Mississippi River, slaves, and money among his wife, Jane; his daughters, Jane, Elizabeth Martha and Lucy; and his sons, Thomas and Randolph. Thomas is to receive a portion of the slaves, his choice of the lands, and the residue of the estate Executors named are Peter Randolph, Thomas Turpin, John Nicholas, Dr. Thomas Walker, and John Harvie. [10]

Physical description:

Typescript copy. 7 pp. Original in Albemarle County Court House. Probated 13 October 1757, John Nicholas, Clerk.

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