August 20,1987 F030,695
Botetourt County, Virginia Wills ~ 1770-1824
STATE OF VIRGINIA, Botetourt County
In the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Two I Gabriel Ferrel being of sound mind but poorly in boday make this may last will and testament. My boday I resign to the dust and my soul I resign to God that gave it hoping to rest with him forever amen. desire that all my lawful and just debts shall first be paid and then after that I will and bequeath as follows. I leave all that remains unto my wife Anna as long as she shall live and at her death I will and bequeath as follows unto my two dauters namely Milley Hans and Elizabeth Ferrel the negro woman Irene (?) and her children to be equally divided between them and then I will and bequeath unto my two sons namely Abner Ferrel and Stephan Ferrel the rest of my property such as stock of all kinds and household furniture and working tuls of all kind and a negro man Mitchal to be equally divided between them my two sons and hearby I disannul all other wills and own this my last will and testament and I leave Hamton Hans and my son Stephan my executors this being the levant (11th or 7th?) day of August 1802.
Gabriel Ferrel
SEAL 1
Test ·
James Howell
Roger Edison
At Botetourt January Fourt 1803
This instrument of writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Gabriel Ferrel dec'd was exhibited in court and proven by the oath of James Howell and Roger Edison witness these to (nadeis?) to be recorded and are Hampton Haynes, Stephan Ferrel the excr's therein named made oath & with security entered into and acknowledged bond according to law, Certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate thereof in said form and that Daniel McNeal, Abnor Howell, James Stuart Junr.. & James Howell & any three of them being first duly sworn do appraise the personal estate (shown? if any) of the said decedent and makes return
thereafter court (?).
Teste W. Bouger DMC
(copied with spelling as is)