Last will & testament of Joseph Mays including slaves, Augusta County, Virginia (1786) and 1813 codicils, Woodford County, KY
12.25 x 8 inches, 4 full pages, handwritten, copying the original will of Joseph Mays, Sr., of Augusta County in VA dated 1787, with codicils from 1787, 1791 and 1813. Mays also seemed to be spelled Maze, Mayes, Mayse and Maise. Mays had extensive lands which he dividied among his several children and wife, as well as "certain negroes viz. Frank, Milla and a Mulata child named Rubin" as well as "the first child Milla might bear," and in another section giving his daughter Nancy "one negro girl named Nell." Because one of the heirs or executors moved to Woodford County KY (just west of Lexington), this will had to be lodged and filed in that county. Condition is good, readable, etc., some tide-marks from old waterstaining. Joseph Mays, Sr. lived from 1722 to 1787 and was one of the early settlers and land-owners in Augusta County. Good. Item #H33268
Price: $250.00