Probate of Ignatius Price of the State of Virginia, Berkley County

Date: 16 Jun 1795 to 22 Sep 1795
Location: Berkeley, West Virginia, United States

Contents 1 Biography 2 Will 2.1 Mentioned in will 3 Probate 4 Inventory 5 Sources

Biography

Will

In the year of our Lord 1795 June the 16 In the name of God Amen I Ignatius Price of the State of Virgina & Berkley County Gentleman living sick but of good sound Mind and Memory, thanks be to god for the same but considering the unsertenty of the transetery life do makes publick and declair this my last Will and Testement in Manner and form as follows I give unto my beloved wife Ann Price my now dwelling plantesion and five Negroes and all my personelly Estate to personally during her natural life or widowhud and at her death or Marriage I give it in Manner and form as follows I give unto my beloved Brother Richard Price five Shillings and no more I Give to Levy Price butt and Ignetius Price butt my two beloved Sones my land before Mensitd to be equilly divided between the two brothers Levi to have the part Joygining Joseph lurners' land and Ignesttus the part Joinging Jehue herling including the Spring I give to Levi Price butt my Negroe Terry for seven years and then be free if its allowed he has behaved as a dutiful servant for that term of years I give to Ignatis Price butt one Negroe girl by the name of hannah. I give to Elisebeth Butt daughter of Mary Butt one Negroe girl Molly one feather bed one horse and saddel I give to Barbie Butt Sister to Elasebeth Butt one negroe girl by the name of Fanny one feather bead one hors and saddle I give to Walter Butt son of Fanny Butt, My negroe Isick and a fether bedd one horse worth fifteen pounds one Cow known by being a white Cow my Will is that Fanny Butt Shall have the Room the Log apartment to live in to reas her two Children while she lives single or has no Child and the feather Bead She now lies on and her youngest Child to have fifty pounds pens Currency when she cames of age and what property I have not mensoned here Above Name my desire is that it shall be equally divided amongest my above Mensoned Children and now now disposed of all my rall estate and property I recommend my Sole to God to him that gives it I Lave An Price my exeter whereunto I have set my hand and Seal? Test Edward Devine, Test Archibald Butt, Test John Burnett <Signed by Ignatius Price (SS)>

Mentioned in will

• Ann Price, spouse
• Richard Price, brother
• Levy Price butt, son (various spellings)
• Ignatius Price butt, son (various spellings)
• Elisebeth Butt, daughter of Mary Butt (relationship unknown)
• Barbie Butt, sister of Elisabeth)
• Walter Butt, son of Fanny Butt
• Fanny Butt

Negroes

• Terry, with freedom terms (Jesah)
• Hannah
• Molly (Mary)
• Isick (Isaac)
• Fanny

Witnesses

• Edward Devine
• Archibald Butt
• John Burnett

Probate

At a Court Continued and held for Berkely County the 28th day of July 1795 This last Will and Testament of Ignatius Price decd was proven by the oaths of Edward Divine and John Burnett two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded and on the Motion of Ann Price the executrix therein named who made an oath thereto according to law Certificate is granted her for obtaining a probate thereof in due form giving security where upon she with security entered into and acknowledged bond conditioned as the law directs. Teste M. Hunter CBC

Inventory

August th 3 1795
In obedience to the July Court 95 by the within notis we the under named subscribers being appointed to appraise the Estate of Ignatious Price deceased have done as follows:

Item	Pound	Shilling	Pence
To one Negroe man named Jesah	60	0	0
Do Isaac	50	0	0
To one Negroe girl named Mary	40	0	0
Do Fanny	42	0	0
Do Hannah	27	0	0
To one gray Mare	15	0	0
Do Black Do	16	0	0
Do Bay Do & Colts	12	0	0
To one bay horse	12	0	0
Do Black Horse Coatt	8	0	0
Do Gray Do	8	0	0
To one Black Cow with a white face	4	0	0
Do Pide Do	4	5	0
Do White Do	4	5	0
To one read white back Cow	4	0	0
Do Brindle Cow with a white face	3	10	0
Do Read Do	3	10	0
Do Brown Do	3	12	6
Do Read Heffer	2	10	0
To one Brindle Bull	2	0	0
To one Brown Calf	1	0	0
To sixteen head of sheep	0	16	0
To two young calves	1	0	0
To thirty one head of hogs	15	10	0
To one Desk	2	0	0
To sundry Queens ware	1	10	0
To one corse and sundry glassware	1	3	0
To two cooking glasses	0	12	0
To sundry earthen ware	0	19	0
To one dresser	1	2	0
To sundry cheasts & trunks	1	0	6
To fore spinning wheels & two wooling wheels	2	9	6
To two reels	0	5	6
To three saddles and two bridles	1	5	0
To Bead Beadstead & Furniture & Curtains (1st)	7	0	0
Do Beadstead Bead & Furniture (2nd)	6	19	0
Do Beadstead Bead & Furniture (3rd)	7	6	0
Do Beadstead Bead & Furniture (4th)	8	14	0
Do Beadstead Bead & Furniture (5th)	9	15	0
Do Beadstead Bead & Furniture (6th)	0	15	0
To Puter	2	8	0
To Ladles Knives & forks	0	13	0
To smithing irons	0	10	0
To sundry tin ware	0	16	0
To one pair of stilliards & other sundries	0	6	9
To three tables	0	13	0
To eleven chairs	1	5	9
To Gun & impriments	1	0	0
To sundry Cloathing	3	10	0
To yarn	3	8	0
To five pounds of hemp	0	5	0
To Pots pans cittles & other sundries	2	16	0
To one wire sive	0	6	0
To sundry barrels	1	6	0
To Wooden ware	0	8	0
To sickles	0	3	6
To two axes & a foot adds	0	13	0
To two saws	0	19	0
To army fork frow & chawing knife	0	6	0
To Hoas & shovels	0	8	0
To one watch	4	5	0
To cash	12	9	0
To one pair of Wool Cards	0	1	6
To Sunday Books	0	6	0
To Waggon & gears	9	18	0
To Plows & Tackling	2	14	0
To Matticks and Sundry Irons	0	12	0
To Winmile and furniture	3	10	0
To a Pair of Iron Wedges	0	1	6
To Loom and tacklin	1	10	0
To Stills and Still Tubs	32	15	0

Hugh Cuningham
Jehu Harlan
Alex Barterfield
James Moores

At a Court continued & held for Berkeley County Sep. 22 day 1795 this appraisment of the estate Ignatious Price Dec'd was returned and ordered to be recorded by the court. Test M. Hunter CBC

[Not part of court record:
Total appraised value: (458 pounds, 492 shillings, 60 pence ) = 482 pounds, 17 shillings]

Sources

• Probate: "West Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985"
  Wills; Author: West Virginia. County Court (Berkeley County); Probate Place: Berkeley, West Virginia
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9087 #606093 (accessed 20 July 2023)
  Will of Ignatius Price, entered into Probate 28 July 1795 in Berkeley, [West] Virginia, USA. - Was Virginia at the time record was created.
• Probate: "West Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985"
  Wills; Author: West Virginia. County Court (Berkeley County); Probate Place: Berkeley, West Virginia
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9087 #606097 (accessed 20 July 2023)
  Ignatius Price estate inventory on ?3 August 1795 entered into court on 22 Sep 1795 in Berkeley, West Virginia, USA.