vise of the other part of the tract to
_Bushrod Washington_, until it comes to the stone and three red or
Spanish oaks on the knoll; thence with the rectangular line to the back
line (between Mr. _Mason_ and me); thence with that line westerly along
the new double ditch to Dogue Run, by the tumbling dam of my Mill;
thence with the said run to the ford aforementioned. To which I add all
the land I possess west of the said Dogue Run and Dogue Creek, bounded
easterly and southerly thereby; together with the mill, distillery, and
all other houses and improvements on the premises, making together about
two thousand acres, be it more or less.
FOURTH.--Actuated by the principle already mentioned, I give and
bequeath to _George Washington Parke Custis_, the grandson of my wife,
and my ward, and to his heirs, the tract I hold on Four Mile Run, in the
vicinity of Alexandria, containing one thousand two hundred acres, more
or less, and my entire square, No. 21, in the city of Washington.
FIFTH.--All the rest and residue of my estate real and personal, not
disposed of in manner aforesaid, in whatsoever consisting, wheresoever
lying, and whensoever found (a schedule of which, as far as is
recollected, with a reasonable estimate of its value, is hereunto
annexed), I desire may be sold by my executors, at such times, in such
manner, and on such credits (if an equal, valid, and satisfactory
distribution of the specific property cannot be made without), as in
their judgment shall be most conducive to the interest of the parties
concerned; and the moneys arising therefrom to be divided into
twenty-three equal parts, and applied as follows, viz. To _William
Augustine Washington_, _Elizabeth Spotswood_, _Jane Thornton_, and the
heirs of _Ann Ashton_, sons and daughters of my deceased brother,
_Augustine Washington_, I give and bequeath four parts; that is, one
part to each of them. To _Fielding Lewis_, _George Lewis_, _Robert
Lewis_, _Howell Lewis_, and _Betty Carter_, sons and daughters of my
deceased sister, _Betty Lewis_, I give and bequeath five other parts;
one to each of them. To _George Steptoe Washington_, _Lawrence Augustine
Washington_, _Harriot Parks_, and the heirs of _Thornton Washington_,
sons and daughters of my deceased brother _Samuel Washington_, I give
and bequeath other four parts; one to each of them. To _Corbin
Washington_, and the heirs of _Jane Washington_, son and daughter of my
deceased brother, _John Augustine
|