Notes on Lawrence Butler
Will: Butler, Elizabeth Daughter 18/11/1773 29/7/1777 Butler, Lawrence, 18 Nov. 1773; 29 July 1777. Daus. Joice, Sarah, Elizabeth and Jane 1 negro each; sons Christopher, John, Griffin and Lawrence; wife Eleanor 1 negro. Lands to be sold and
money to all children. Evidently a godson of Lawrence Washington and mentioned in his will of 1697/1698: godson Lawrence Butler 1 mare and 2 sows;
220
Estate Records:
Estate records filed in Westmoreland County, VA and settlement of Will include:
Negroes
Old Joe 15($pounds) Buck 40 ($pounds) George 60 ($pounds) Aron 65($pounds)
Moses 70($pounds) Jemm 30 Jack 40 Charles 50 Silvia 40 Patience 50 Patt 35 Penny 35 Young Joe 20 Betty 8 Jenny 10 Moll 15 Lettice 20 Phill 15 Venus 15 Nie 10 Tom 18 Judy 35 Lettice 45 milly 45
Note: These 2 in Mrs. Butlers Jointure (Pounds) 909.0.0
Stocks
53 head of cattle 79 ($pounds) 0.0 12 calves 6(pounds$) 4 oxen 12 ($pounds)
34 sheep 10.4 1 grey mare 15 1 Do bay 15
1 black mare 15 1 do horse Tinker 12 1 sorrel mare 5
7 sows & 40 pigs 10 13 hogs fatned for bacon 23
4 sows with pig 4 34 shoats 13..12/
1 cart wheels 15/ plows, ox chains, hoes axes
lumber 3
A parcel of Coopers & carpenters Tools (pounds) 228.1.0
Household furniture
Bed Chamber
Bedstead, blanketts and curtains 4 dressg. draws & glass 5
1 tester bedstead & bed 6 1 sqr. table 15/ tongs, fender and irons 25
1 small sq. carpet & oild cloth 10 / 1 dozn bl walnut chairs 9
(pounds) 9.10.0
Hall
2 mahogny chairs 8 1 round do table 3 16
1 china table 5
1 china board & china ware 14 tongs, shovel and irons & fender 7.0.0
3 suits Morine window curtains 4 a coffee pot 4.10.0
Passage
1 sqr. walnut table 45 1 copper cistern 20/ 1 desk 3
8 wooden arm chairs 2 1 leather Do. 20 63. 5.0
(page 225)
Dining room
11 knives & forks & carving knife 30/ shovel, tongs & fender & irons 3.16.0
1 sq walnut table 45/ 1 oval do 15. 1 oil'd cloth 20/
2 flower pots 12/6 7.0.0
11 china cups & suacers 15/ 6 coffee cups 10/
4 cups & 6 saucers 4/ 1.9.0
2 tea pots & a milk pot 6/11 table & 1 soup spoon silver 18 18.6.0
1 dizn. tea spoons 50/ 4 bottle stands 20/
2 Japann'd salvers 6 3.16.0
2 decanters 6/ 4 glass salts 2 do stands 2 tumblers
etc.
Lawrence Butler Decedent 18/11/1773 Butler, Lawrence, 18 Nov. 1773; 29 July 1777. Daus. Joice, Sarah, Elizabeth and Jane 1 negro each; sons Christopher, John, Griffin and Lawrence; wife Eleanor 1 negro. Lands to be sold and money to all children.
Back