Pleasants County, West Virginia - Will of William White


Submitted by: Sheri Nye.


WILLIAM WHITE of the County of Pleasant and State of West Virginia, 
being of sound mind to make and execute this writing as my last Will 
and Testament I bequeath and leave to my daughter-in-law, Lavinia 
White, all the following described real estate for her own use and 
benefit and her heirs forever, situate in Pleasants County, West 
Virginia and bounded and described as follows: 

Said land being in the right hand fork of French Creek, in said 
county. Beginning at a stake, hickory, and beach pointer in Joseph 
Bill's line; thence S. 23 degrees W. 182 poles to a stake, sugar _?_ 
dogwood pointers,; thence N. 45 degrees W. 55 poles to a green Ash 
and White-oak and two Dogwood pointers; thence W. 46 poles to a stone 
pile, two chestnut oaks _?_ and hickory pointers; thence N. 10 1/2 
degrees E. 81 poles to a small Black-oak; thence Chestnut Oaks and 
Hickory pointers; thence N. 56 degrees E. 118 poles to a white-oak, 
white oak and dogwood pointers in Joseph Bills line; thence with said 
line S. 68 degrees E. 46 poles to the beginning.
 
Containing 94 1/2 acres, more or less, it being the same land that 
was conveyed to me by deed of Samuel White and wife; beginning the 
3rd day of Oct. 1883 and recorded in Deed Book no. 9 p. 248 in the 
Office of the Clerk of Courts of Pleasants County. It is my express 
desire that said Levina White is to be sole owner in lieu of said 
land with power to dispose of same in any manner that may suit her, 
in that she may desire. I also give, desire and bequeath to my said 
wife Sarah White living her lifetime should she survive me for her 
own use and benefit during said period and for her support.

The residue of my said real estate consisting of 14 acres on which I 
now reside being the same tract of land, purchased by me from R.J. 
Parker and said deed being recorded in the Clerks office of the 
County Court Pleasants County, And should my wife who is now 
incompetent of _?_ failure memory recover sufficiently her mental 
prowess to _?_ be able to dispose of the aforsaid land, I give the 
same to her in _?_ simple with power to dispose of the same, but if 
she does not so recover her mental prowess as before stated there, 
only living _?_ life the remainder to my said daughter Elizabeth 
Hines and her heirs forever.

I hereby appoint my son Samuel White as my executor of this my last 
Will and Testament especially request that he be not _?_ to give _?_ 
as said executor.In witness thereof I have signed and sealed and 
published and declared this as my last Will and Testament the 21st 
day of July 1885. 

William White 

The said William White at his place of residence in the County of 
Pleasants on the 21 st day of July 1886 in the presence signed and 
sealed this document and published and declared the same as his last 
Will and Testament, and was at his request, and his presence and in 
the presence of each other has hereunto written our name as 
subscribed witnesses.

Witnesses: Clara Glason and J. L. Richardson