Transcribed Will of Jacob Conrad, 1824, West Virginia

Date: 8 Oct 2021
Location: Pendleton, Virginia, United States
Surnames/tags: black_heritage conrad coil

West Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985 Pendleton Wills, Vol 2-4, 1801-1858 viewer pages: 424-425 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9087/images/004715566_00425?usePUB=true&_phsrc=acR3355&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=1049580 Ancestry.com. West Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: West Virginia County, District and Probate Courts.

Jacob Conrad of Pendleton County, State of Virginia Will dated 6th September 1824 with codicil. Will proven 4 September 1829.

This is not a complete transcription yet. It is only the names of heirs and what they received, including slaves.

Son - Ulrick Conrad

• Land
• Smith's tools and stoves in both houses

Son - Jacob Conrad

• Land

Son - Benjamin Conrad

• Land he lives on + land bought of Andrew Coil
• Mulatto boy named Harris

Son - Daniel Conrad

• Land
• Mulatto boy named Abraham

Son - John Conrad

• Land
• Negro boy Jesse

Son - Peter Conrad

• Land
• Negro boy Elijah

Daughter - Sabina Colip

• The plantation on which she lived (sic) in this County
• And a negro woman named Hannah
• and a bond that I had against her husband
• $150

Children of deceased daughter Frany Coil

• bond on their father
• a bond for $250 on Frederick Bosco? Borsoe? and Frederick Hedrick which was given for a negro girl called Peggy
• 3 notes on Jesse Hinkle/Henkle, deceased
• Two notes on Reuben Dyer
• $150

Daughter - Barbara Harper

• Note on Joshua and Thomas Wood

Daughter Phoebe Coil’s children

• A title Bond on their father for the land he lives on
• Three black children in their father's possession
• To take place after the death of said Samuel Coil

Daughter - Mary Coil’s children

• Land
  • [Around] Reed's Creek
  • Bought of Thomas Cock(?)
• Bonds on any of the Propsts
  • “Sons of my late wife”

"My mulatto girl named Sally"

• "If... she behaves herself ... well"
• Her and her child will be free
• One old bay mare and one cow
• Her spinning wheel and bed in the little room

Codicil - undated

• Sally is now pregnant, so he frees her unborn child, too
• plus $50 (or to her children if she is deceased)

Sons Jacob and Ulrick executors Will presented to the court 4 Feb 1829