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Will of Sallie Maria Galt, 1869 May 18

 Item — Box: Series 2, Box 12, Folder: 121
Identifier: id113237

Scope and Contents

Requests burial "in the old Episcopal Church yard" [Bruton Parish]; requests that William R. Galt publish the manuscripts of John M. Galt and Elizabeth J. Galt, and to pay for this gives him 8 years rent of her house; gives William R. Galt's son, John Minson Galt, her house and lot in Williamsburg with all the furniture and her library and her brother's, except for the books on insanity, the shell collection, the marble bust, and its scarlet crepe embroidered cover, which to go to the Eastern Lunatic Asylum; Gabriella V. Galt and Susan Mayer each have a room and furniture in the house until their deaths; kitchen and land east of it to Arena Baker, colored woman, and Alick Preston, former slave, for their lifetimes, and then to John M. Galt; jewelry to Elizabeth Ann Williamson Harrison; John M. Galt's gold watch to Thomas G. Williamson; her gold chain to Mrs. Gay Williamson. William R. Galt, executor, to carry out bequests in order given. Notation at bottom, dated September 3, 1880, that this copy was left in the clerk's office, and, in pencil, that the will could not be followed. D [copy]

Dates

  • Creation: 1869 May 18

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

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Extent

From the Collection: 129.00 Linear Feet

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository

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