In the name of God Amen: I Samuel L. Selby of Prince George's
County in the State of Maryland being of sound and disposing mind,
memory and understanding, considering the certainty of death, and
the uncertainty of the time thereof, and being desirous to settle
my worldly affairs, and thereby be better prepared to leave this
world when it shall please God, to call me hence, do therefore
make and publish this my last will and testament, in the manner
and form following that is to say: First and principally I commit
my soul into the hands of Almighty God and my body to the earth--to
be decently buried, at the discretion of my Executrix hereinafter
named: after my funeral expenses are paid; I devise and bequeath
as follows:
Item, I give and devise to my dearly beloved wife
Mary P. and
daughter Virginia jointly, the House and Lot in the Village of
Woodville, where I am now living; also land bought of Mrs. Harriet
E. Wood, except 25 acres more or less, on the right hand side of
Public road leading to Trueman's Point and next to Scotts place;
also note of William Riley for (?) said note
when collected to be expended in repairing the house in which I
now reside, also crop of tobacco as housed at said farm, also whatever
tobacco is now in hand to be unsold, and at the death of my dear
wife said daughter Virginia to have all the property herein left
to her mother and herself.
Item, I give and devise to my son John A.
Selby during his natural
life and to his wife Mary E. during single life, the farm on which
they are now residing, after his death and her death or second
marriage the property to be equally divided between their children.
Item, I give and devise to my daughter Sarah
P. Scott also the
25 acres more or less, to be taken from the farm purchased of Mrs.
Harriet E. Wood and accepted as my device to my dear wife and
daughter Virginia.
Item, I give and devise to my son William
S. Selby, the old Grant
house place, on which I formerly resided: also house and lot in
the Village of Woodville known as Wilsons.
Item, my household furniture I give and devise to my dear wife
during her life, at her death to be equally divided between my
daughter Virginia and my son William S.
Item, all my live stock I leave to be equally divided between
my daughter Sarah P. Scott and Virginia Selby and my son William
S. Selby.
And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my dear wife Mary
P. as sole executrix of this my last will and testament. Testimony
whereof I hereto set my hand and seal this eleventh day of October
in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and eighty
two. Sam'l
L. Selby [seal]
Signed, Sealed, Published and declared by the within married Samuel
L. Selby as and for his last will and testament in our presence
who at his request, in his presence, and in the presence of each
other, have hereto set our hands as witnesses hereto.
Charles H. McPherson, James B. Craycroft, T. Martin
Keech
Codicil not(e)
Upon mature consideration owing to the health of my wife
Mary P. I appoint my son Wm. S. Selby to act with his mother
in settling up my affairs. Signed this 16th day of October 1882.
Witnesses to codicil: Charles H. McPherson, James B. Craycroft,
Rebecca W. Connick
Prince George's County,
Nov. 9th 1882
There came Chas H. McPherson, James. B. Craycroft, and T. Martin
Keech the subscribing witnesses to the aforegoing last will and
testament of Samuel L. Selby, late of said county deceased, and made
oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, that they did see the
testator herein named sign and seal this will, hear him publish,
pronounce and declare the same to be his last will and testament,
that at the time of his so doing he was to the best of their apprehension
of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding, and that they
together subscribed their names as witnesses hereto in the presence
of the testator at his request and in the presence of each other.
Sworn before Thom. R. Smallwood, Reg of Wills
