Will of Larkin Brumley

Date: 1 Feb 2023 [unknown]
Location: Virginia, United States
Surname/tag: Brumley, Bromley

Biography

Names listed in will:

• Larkin Brumley
• Sarah Sadler Wife
• Virginia Ann Roper Daughter
• Joseph Larkin (Sadler) Brumley Son
• Anna Bramley Daughter
• Elizabeth Sarah (Brumley) Johnson Daughter
• John Carlton Brumley Son
• George Washington Brumley Son
• James J Brumley Son
• Cornelius Brumley Son

This the last will and testament of Larkin Brumley, of the City of Petersburg., Va. wirtten by J.H. Lah__ at the request of the said Larkin Brumley, who by reason of sickness, was unable to write, and declared by him, on the fifteenth day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and sixty one, in the presence of us, who have here unto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.

"My will is"
1st: I give unto my dear wife Sarah Brumley, all my property to dispose of as she may deem most ___, including my lands with all their appearances. My house that situated corner of 30th & P. Streets, Church Hill, Henrico I wish sold, at such time as my wife may think most advisable, the proceeds to be disposed of by my wife as she thinks best. I make her my administrator without the usual security. 2nd: I give to my daughter, Virginia Ann Roper, one hundred dollars, to be paid by my wife at her earliest convenience. To my son Joseph Brumley I give one dollar, leaving it discretionary with his mother to give him and his sister Anna Brumley such ___ additional amounts as she may think best for their good.

3rd: To my daughter Elizabeth Johnson I give one dollar, To my son John Brumley I give one dollar, to my son George W. Brumley I give one dollar, to my son James J. Brumley I give one dollar, to my son Cornelius Brumley, I give one dollar.

These words, or the like effect, the said Larkin Brumley, declared in the presence of the witnesses whose names are hereunto subscribed, with an intention that the same should stand for and be his last will and testament and he the said Larkin Brumley, did the witnesses bear witness thereunto.

Larkin Brumley
Wit: John H. Lah___, Hilard Rushmore

Notes

At a Quarterly Session of the Hustings court of the City of Petersburg, held at the Court House, thereof on thursday the 19th day of Decmeber AD 1861. The last will and testament of Larkin Brumley deceased, was this day presented to the court and proved by the oaths of John H.__ & Hilard Rushmore, the subscribing witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded.
John C. A.__

Sources

• Probate: "Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900"
  Will Books, 1784-1898 ; Indexes to Wills, 1784-1973; Author: Virginia. Hustings Court (Petersburg (Independent City)); Probate Place: Petersburg, Virginia
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62347 #1237506 (accessed 1 February 2023)
  Larkins Bramley probate on 15 Oct 1861.