Richard Kirkland's Will.
In the name of God Amen. I Richard Kirkland of the County of Fairfax being weak of body sound of mind ___ and remembrance praised be God for the same doth make ordaine & appoint this to be my Last will & Testament revoking and disolving all former wills & testaments formerly made by me & ordaining this to be my Last Will & Testament in manner & form following as first I giveth and bequeath my sole into the hands of Almighty God my heavenly father, hoping that through the martrus death and passion of Jesus Christ my Lord and Savor for our free pardon & forgiveness of all my Sins & to obtane a joyfull resurrection at the last day & as for my body to be buried at the discretion of my Exect hereafter nomanated.
Item, I give and bequeath to my son Richard Kirkland all my right title & claims which I have to a track of Land Containing two hundred acres of Land being known by the name of Browns Survey & lying & being in Baltimore County.
Item, I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Mary the plantation on which I now live & all the Land belonging thereunto during the term of her natural life & after her deses to my Son Robert Kirkland & his heirs for Ever, my Son Robert Kirkland paying my Son John Kirkland ten p;ounds current money of Virginia.
Then all my moveable estate I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Mary during the term of her natural life & after her decease to be Equally Divided amongst all my Sons & Daughters.
Item, I appoint my well beloved wife Mary and George Collbard to be my Execrs. of this my Last Will & Testament.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & seal this Seventeenth day of November 1742.
Richard (his mark) Kirkland
Signed Sealed & delivered
in prsencre of us:
Thomas Smith
Francis Stone
and my desire is that my Estate Should not be appraised.
At a Court held for Fairfax County May 19: 1743
The last Will & Testament of Richard Kirkland dec'd was presented in Court by Mary Kirkland & George Colbert Executors therein, and who made oath according to law & being proved by the oaths of Thomas Smith and Francis Stone the witnesses thereto is admitted for record & on motion of said Executors & their performing what is usual in such Cases Certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.
. . . Contrary to the testator's express wish, his estate was inventoried, and mentioned a debt received from Edward Kirkland, who was not mentioned in the will. The final accounting was 20 Oct 1743.
1870 Census, Blackwell, Barnwell County, SC:
Dyches, Osborn 55 M W Farmer 1680 475 SC
Dyches, Sarah 37 F W Keeping House SC
Dyches, Benjamin 16 M W Farm Help SC
Dyches, Henry P. 3 M W At Home SC
Riley, Laura 12 F W Attdg School SC
Riley, Mary 10 F W Attdg School SC
Riley, Elizabeth 8 F Attdg School SC1880 Blackwell, Barnwell County, SC Census:
Osborne DYCHES Self M Male W 66 SC Farmer SC SC
Sarah DYCHES Wife M Female W 47 SC Keeping House SC SC
Mary RILEY SDau S Female W 20 SC Seamstress SC SC
Lizzie RILEY SDau S Female W 18 SC Seamstress SC SC
Henry DYCHES Son S Male W 13 SC Farm Hand SC SC
Carrie DYCHES Dau S Female W 10 SC At School SC SC
Irene DYCHES Dau S Female W 6 SC SC SC
Martha DYCHES Dau S Female W 2 SC SC SC
Tombstone reads:
who was buried in Puerto Barrios Guatemala C.AIra lived in the area of "Castillo de San Felipe de Lara", in Guatemala. All of his children with Ernestina were born there.
Ira died after eating what he believed was a tropical root called "Malanga" but may have been a poisonous plant that resemebled it.
1880 San Jacinto County Census:
San Jacinto County, Texas, Dist. 2, 4 Jun 1880, HH #4.
James A. Lee WM 33 Farmer Miss S.C. Miss.
Nancy WF 29 Wife Tx Tx Miss.
Ira L. WM 7 son Tx Miss Tx
Mary B. WF 4 Dau Tx Miss Tx
Sicily I. WF 2 Dau Tx Miss Tx1900 Census, 2-Pct, San Jacinto County, TX:
Lee Iry Head W M Mar 1873 27 M 7 TX MS TX Farm Laborer
Lee Cary A Wife W F Aug 1874 25 M 7 3 2 TX AL MS
Lee Virgie Daughter W F June 1894 6 S TX TX TX
Lee Vernen Son W M Aug 1896 3 S TX TX TX1910 Census, 3-Pct, Liberty County, TX:
Lee I. L. Head M W 37 M1 16 TX MS TX Teamster
Lee Carrie Wife F W 36 M1 16 9 5 TX AL
Lee Virgie Daughter F W 15 S TX TX TX
Lee Vernon Son M W 13 S TX TX TX
Lee Lubie Daughter F W 9 S TX TX TX
Lee Rufus Son M W 6 S TX TX TX
Lee Eddie Daughter F W 1 8/12? S TX TX TXVirgie Lee's Social Security application lists Ira Levi Lee as father and Carrie Adelia "Hues" as mother.