January the 20th day 1759

In the name of God, Amen.  I Arthur Johnson of the County of Augusta and Colony of Virginia being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God for it calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it and for my body I commend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian manner by my executor nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give divide and dispose of the same in the following manner and form  I give to my well beloved sons John Jonson and Andrew Jonson the tract of land I now live on and a small survay lying on a gully called the Hunters Gully to be equally divided in two equal parts, and I give and grant one survay unto my son Arthur Jonson lying and bounding of Ellias (?) Herrin line and I leve my Dear and Loving wife all the moveable estate with the use of the plantation providing she dose not marry and if she should marry she is to enjoy the third of my moveable estate with the third of the plantation so long as she shall live and the remainder part of the moveables to be equally divided amongst the remainder part of my loving children which is Jane Jonson and Sarah Jonson and Mary Johnson and I suppose my loving wife to be with child of now to have an equal share with my loving daughters.  And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all and other former Testaments Wills legacies Requests and Executors by me in any ways before this time names willed and requested ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written  I allow and appoint my loving wife to be my whole executor

Signed Sealed published and delivered in the presents of us

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Daniell Harrison

Samuel Hemphill

Edward McGarry