West Virginia Wills & Inventories

Note: West Virginia did not become a state until after the War Between the States. Before that it was part of the state of Virginia and that is where these records were recorded originally.

Berkeley County:

BOYD, JOHN, SR., Will, 6-23-1800.

Devisees: Sarah, wife; Chas., John, Wm., Elijah, Elisha, sons; others.

Estate, 1-15-1810.

BOYD, SARAH, Will, 1-20-1807.

Devisees: Chas., Elisha, John, sons; Marg. Sutton, Rachel Bayly, daughters; others.

Estate, 1-15-1810.

BOYD, THOM., Inventory, 1-13-1791.

BOYD, WM., Will, 5-20-1777. (Frederick Co.)

Dev.: Jean, wife; Wm., John, sons; Jean Marsh, Hannah Miller, Anna, daughters; Sambo, slave.

Estate, 12-16-1783.

BOYD, ELISHA, Will, 11-8-1841.

Devisees: Sarah Ann Pendleton, Ann Powell, Mary Faulkner, daughters; John, Andrew, sons; others.

Estate, 7-9-1849.

BOYD, ELIZ., Will, 4-13-1840.

Dev.: Maria Nichols, sis.; Taylor Byrd, brother; others.

BOYD, SAM., Will, 10-11-1819.

Devisees: James Stephenson, Alex. Cooper.

PARK, SAM. SR., Will, 7-23-1798.

Devisees: Elinor Orr, Sarah Eakin, Mary Wilson, Jane Boyd, daughters; John, Sam., Joseph, sons; others.

STEPHENSON, JAS., Will, 2-25-1805.

Devisees: Mary, wife; James, Wm., Benj., sons; Marg. Sterrit, Sarah Kennedy, Isabella Boyd, Maria Boyd, daughters; Cath., Bound girl.

Greenbrier County:

MCDOWELL, WM., Will, 2-1797.

Devisees: Robt., Wm., Sam., Dan., Josiah, Arch., sons; Jeaney, Sarah Thompson, Ann Boyd, Hannah Rodgers, daughters.

Monroe County:

BOYD, ELEANOR, Will, 9-1847.

Devisees: William, son.

List of Sales, 10-1847.

BOYD, JAMES, Will, 5-1846.

Devisees: Florence, wife; Thomas, John, Nathan, sons; Jane McDowell, daughter.

List of Sales, 9-1847.

Settlement, 6-1849.

BOYD, PATRICK, Will, 3-1835.

Devisees: Ann, wife; Robert, Porterfield, sons; Jane Hawkins, Esther Foster, Nancy Bickett,

Peggy Hill, Nelly, daughters; others.

Inventory 4-1835.

List of Sales, 2-1837.

Settlement, 12-1844.

Source: West Virginia estate settlements : an index to wills, inventories, appraisements, land grants, and surveys to 1850 compiled by Ross B. Johnston; Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co.

FHL US/CAN Book 975.4 P28jr ISBN/ISSN 806307552

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