Will of Milderidge Vaughan Will Book 3:79 - Mecklenburg Co.,Va Dated 7 June 1789; Proved 10 Oct. 1791

In the Name of God Amen, I Milderidge Vaughan of Mecklenburg County Being in Perfect Health Tho Weak In body Yet of Sound and Perfect Understanding and Memory Do Make and Constitute this My Last Will and Testament as Followeth. Item, I Give and Bequeath unto My Son Ambrose Gregory this Tract of Land Wherein I Dwell Containing One Hundred Acres More or less with All the Appurtenances Thereunto Belonging Also a Feather Bed and Furniture to Him and His Heirs Forever and I Lend to My Son Ambrose the Just Sum of Thirty Pounds of Good and Lawful Money to Dispose of as He Thinks Fit. Item I Give and Bequeath unto My Son Joseph Gregory One Featherbed and Furniture to Him and His Heirs Forever. Item I Give and Bequeath unto My Grand Daughter Lucy Hayes One Cow and Calf to Her and Her Heirs Forever. I Desire That the Remainder and Residue of My Personal Estate after My Decease May be Equally Divided among My Six Children out of Which I Choose Ambrose Gregory and Joseph Gregory and Thomas Hamblin My Sole Executor of this My Last Will & Testament. In Witness Whereof I Have Hereunto Set My Hand and Seal this Seventh Day of June in the Year of Our Lord 1789.

Milderidge [Her "O" Mark] Vaughan.

Sealed and Delivered in Presence Of: Joshua James, Joseph Carter, David [His"x"mark] Chandler, Ellixander [His"o"mark] Ourbey.

At a Court Held for Mecklenburg County the 10th Day of October 1791 this Will Was Proved by the Oaths of Joseph Carter, David Chandler and Alexander Ourbee Witnesses Thereto and Ordered to Be Recorded. And on the Motion of Ambrose Gregory and Joseph Gregory Two of the Executors Therein Named Who Made Oath Thereto and Together with David Chandler Their Security Entered Into and Acknowledged Their Bond in the Penalty of Five Hundred Pounds Conditioned as the Law Directs Certificate Was Granted Them for Obtaining a Probate of the Said Will in Due Form. Liberty Being Reserved for Thomas Hamblin the Other Executor Therein Named to Join in the Probate When He Shall Think Fit. [Incomplete?] Joseph Carter, David [His"x"mark] Chandler [Files of JoLee Spears 9-23-97]

See copy of original will of Milderidge Vaughan.
See inventory & appraisal of Milderidge Vaughan.
See the will of William Vaughan, the last husband of Milderidge Vaughan.