Will Index for Southwest Virginia, 1777-1791

Contents 1 Source 2 Index 3 Comments

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Source

Original Source:Will Book 1, Washington County, VA, 1777 to 1791

Intermediate Source:Source:Summers, 1929:1342-1348

Index

The following lists the wills in Book 1, in the order presented by Summers, 1929.

* Note that the date the will written was after the probate date. This presumably reflects a transcription error on the part of either Summers, 1929, or possibly a recordation error on the part of the original recordist. **Duplicate entry. Same persons, but different dates ***For women, the name in the will is probably the married name. The link to the most likely person article would be under the maiden name, if known.

Comments

The listing of the wills in Will Book 1 are only approximately chronological. Presumably they were entered on or around the probate date. Nonetheless, the wills are not in strict chronological order. For example, the fifth entry in Summers listing is for George Blackburn (Page 13 of the original Will Book), whose will was probated August 18, 1778. It follows the entry for James Coil (page 11 of the Will Book) whose will was probated August 15, 1780.

Currently, the tabulation only provides the year the will was written, and the year of probate. Eventually, day and month will be added.

Note that the will for William Campbell, husband of Elizabeth, has been entered twice in the record, once on page 125. Summers abstract for both entries is identical, except that the date of the will and probate differ. Campbell is an historical figure, of considerable significance in the Revolution, who died away from home during the Yorktown campaign. He possessed considerable wealth, and the duplicate entries may reflect something related to the settlement of his estate.