Will of John Sitlington "of the Cowpasture":
To only surviving son Robert my Negro Fellow (Lish), my best coat,
jacket, britches and big "byble".
To dutiful daughter Jane Crawford, Ð20. To daughter Jennet Slone,
Ð20.
To daughter Elizabeth Kelso "my home plantation with all its
buildings, orchards and improvements of every kind", Ð20, and Negro
wench Vilet.
To daughters Mary Young and Ann Baty, Ð20 each.
Any balance equally to daughters.
Inventory, valued at Ð159.6.3, filed 25 Jan 1798 by Joseph Mayes,
James Graham and Samuel McDannald. It included household furniture,
farm equipment, livestock (cattle, horses, sheep and hogs), corn, rye
straw, wheat, oaks, and flax.
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Birth: in Ireland
Death: BEF JAN 1798 in Bath Co., VA
Will: 12 SEP 1792 Bath Co., VA
Note:
Probated at January Court 1798. Executor: Son-in-law, James Kelso.
Wit: John Dickinson, William Rhea, Andrew Sitlington and Galathiel
Martin.
Father: John SITLINGTON b: in Ireland
Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown
Note:
According to Diehl, John Sitlington with son-in-law James Kelso was
the one who married Barbara Hull and then as second wife married
Elizabeth (Wallace) McDonald or McDannald, daughter of Matthew Wallace
and his wife Sarah Brown. These two wives actually seem to belong to
his grandson, John.
Married:
Children
Robert SITLINGTON b: NOV 1749
Jane SITLINGTON
Jennet [Janet] SITLINGTON
Elizabeth "Betsy" SITLINGTON
Mary "Polly" SITLINGTON
Agnes "Ann" SITLINGTON
Sources:
Abbrev: Bath Wills & Inv - Bruns
Title: Abstracts of the Wills and Inventories of Bath County, Virginia
1791-1842
Author: Jean Randolph Bruns
Publication: Clearfield Co., by GPC, 1995
Page: p. 13