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- If he could speak to us today, William Ligon II might describe his life as follows.
I was born in present-day Chesterfield County about 1682. My mother was Mary Tanner and my father, William Ligon who died when I was about 7 years of age. In 1694 my uncle Edward Haskins gave me a cow named Fortune that was at Mother’s plantation called “Powells.”
I married Elizabeth Batte before 1704 when her grandparents, Henry and Ann Lound, gave us 258 acres of land. We were the parents of three: Sarah, William, and Joseph Ligon.
In 1735-7 I assembled 900 acres on Sandy Creek in that part of Amelia County that became Prince Edward in 1754. We gave 600 acres to our son William, and the remaining 300 acres eventually went to Henry Ligon who married our daughter, Sarah.
In 1745 Elizabeth and I sold our 130 acres at “Neck of Land,” “reserving thirty feet square where the burying place is” and settled on 650 acres William gave us along Sandy Creek.
I prepared my will in Prince Edward County 22 October 1759, but was living with William in Amelia County when I died because they recorded my will there 27 September 1764. At my death I owned 8 slaves worth £372 and 18 head of black cattle valued at £35. Since I disposed of most of what I owned before moving in with William, the rest of my personal property amounted to only about £29.
http://www.virginians.com/redirect.htm?topics&880 (Ancestry.com 9 Mar 2011)
Will of William Ligon 22 October 1759 In the name of God Amen, I, William Ligon, of Prince Edward, being weary in body but in sound mind and memory does this 22nd day of October in the year of our Lord 1759 make this my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say, first lend to my loving wife, Elizabeth Ligon, all my estate that I am now possessed with during the term of her natural life and after her decease I give my Negro man Grimmy to Mary Moseley, wife of William Moseley, and to her heirs forever.
Item. I give my Negro man Matthew to Martha Moseley, wife of Matthew Moseley, and to her heirs forever after my said wife deceased.
Item. I give to my daughter Sarah Ligon, wife of Henry, ten pounds current money of Virginia also one bed and furniture as it stands as also four cows and four calves to be delivered after my said wife deceased.
Item. I give to my grandson, Joseph Ligon, two cows and two calves to be delivered after my wife deceased.
Item. I give to my son William Ligon, all the rest of my estate, of Negroes, and all the rest of my moveable estate to him, my son William Ligon, and to his heirs forever.
And Lastly, I do constitute and appoint my said son, William Ligon, whole and soul executor of this my last will and testament, revoking all other will or wills before me made. Signed with my own hand and seal the day and year being first above written.
William (X) Ligon
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered, In the Presence of Richard Burkes, William Ligon, Jessa (x) Lewelling. (www.virginians.com, family history of John W. Pritchett [Ancestry.com 9 Mar 2011])
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Abt 1682 - Abt 1764 (82 years)
