The Will of Henry Mayes.

4 Nov 1786 Probated 15 May 1787. (Will Book I pg 161-152)

Estate Inventory 15 Oct 1787 p 159-161;

In the name of God Amen. I Henry Mayse of Henry Co County and State of Virginia being sick & weak in body but of perfect since & dispossession of mind an memory thanks be to Almighty God for same do make & ordain this my last will & Testament in the manner following viz: Item I bequeath to my son Abraham Maze give one shillings out of my Estate. Item I give & bequeath to my son Sherwood Maze one Shillings & three pence out of my Estate. Item I give & bequeath to my son ..... Littlebury Maze Wheat Sive. Item I give & bequeath to my son Henry Maze 1 cow out of my Estate. Item I give & bequeath to my son Gooding Maze one mans Saddle & Sadle bags & grindstone. Item I give & bequeath to my son Liggen Maze one hundred & twenty acres of land the land that I bought of George Lumpkin also one sorrel colt & one feather bed & furniture. Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Susannah Hollandsworth five schillings. Item I give & bequeath unto my Elizabeth Gouset one schilling. Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Fanny Sollomon one small pot. Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Phebey Maze one feather bed and furniture one trunk one tin sugar box & one looking glass one chist three plates one bason & a paisel of Earthenware & one flax wheal & one collon wheal. Item I give unto my son David Maze my tract of land where I now live containing one hundred & ten acres more or less also one rone horse & all my stock o cattle hogs & all the residue of my estate both real & personal after (??) of my wife which my will & desire is that my son David Maze should take the above mention articles & plantation twas of alsorts after my death & maintain my beloved wife Phebey Maze during her life or widowhood lastly I do appoint my friend David Lanier & David Maze my hole & sole executors of this my last will & testament dissanulling all former wills by me made. In testiment whereof I have hereunto set my hand & fixed seal this 4 day of November in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & Eighty six Signed, Sealed & Delivered in the presence of: Alex Joyce, D Lanier, Joseph (X) Chandler. Signed: Henry Maze, L.S.

INVENTORY: The inventory of the estate of Henry Mayse (Mayze, maze) dated 15 Oct 1787, filed in Will Book I, pg 159-161 Public Records of Henry Co, VA, recorded 12 May 1788, appraised by George Hairston, Alexander Joyce and Thomas Jamison showed the valuation of the estate as 79 pounds, 13 schillings and 4 1/ pence.. A copy of the full inventory can be found in the book "The Ancestors & Descendants of James Dickerson Mayes" by Thomas Clure Mayes, or you may check in the Mayes Public Domain Section for a copy.