Miller School of Albemarle - Blue Ridge Blast Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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Old OX carts ..----- 325. 2 I Woriiout wagon. .... 5 ' 1 Cast roller ....... .... 5 ' 1 Wheat fan .... .......... 3 ' 2 T Wo-horse plows, Old ..... 5' 1 One-horse plow, old .... I' 3 Shovel plows ..... .... I -3' 2 Harrows ...... ........ ' 2 Cultivators ........ ...... 5 ' 1 Lot shovels and Spades .... ............... 5 - 3 Scythes and cradles and 4 mowing Scythes .... 5- 3 Coulters. .............................. 1' 2 Crowbars. .... I' 2 Log chains ..... 2' 1 Lot plow gear. . . I 1 Horse rake ........ 5' 2 Pair iron wedges ....... . . . I- I Cutting-box out of order .... 3- 1 Lot forks. ............... I- 1 'Grass harrow . . . I- 1 Yoke oxen ....... 7S- 4 Milch cows, old .... 30- II Yearling calves .... 132- 1 Bull ............ 20 3 Yearling calves .... I0- 3 Farm horses ..... 200- 1 Silver watch. . . . I0 1 Revolver .... . . II SS I ,2.5O, 1 50 Synopsis of Mr. lVliller's Will and 25th Clause in Full 1st-SARAH, a former slave, house and lot, and .... 312,000 2d-WINIFRED PETERSON ....... .............. I 2,000 3d-I'IENRY LAZENBY ............... .......... 5 ,ooo 4th-EDXVARD B. BUTLER, release of debt, and ........... . 5,ooo 5th-AMBROSE B. RUCKER ....... ............................. 5 ,ooo 6th-LUCY AND JESSE MILLER, two farms and equipments, and .... 5,ooo 7th-MARY D.fDAVIDSON, 5o Shares of bank Stock, and ..... .... 1 o,ooo Sth-ROBERT W. DAVIDSON, house and tenement, and ....... 10,000 9th-JAMES M. DAVIDSON, part of two houses and lots, and .... .......... S ,ooo 1oth-JOHN DAVIDSON, part of foregoing, and .... ...................... 8 ,ooo Ilth-SAMUEL M. DAVIDSON, tract of land, and ......... ................ 2 S,ooo 12th-BENNETT M. DAVIDSON, tract of land, and ....................... 28,000 I3tl1-WILLIE ANN, a former Slave ....... ............................. ' 4,ooo 14th-Liberated all his Slaves. I2

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Property on Plantation, Household and Kitchen Furniture, at Samuel lVliller's Late Residence Library books ..... ........... V . .......... 352 5 Bookcase and case of drawers ..... QQ Pr. center tables ...... ........ 1 0 Picture Wlashington ..... 2 Small desk.. ........... . . I Hat-rack .................. 5 Vfashstand, basin and cwer. . . . 2 Marble-top washstand ....... IO Sofa .......... ......... I 5 Bureau ..... ...... 2 O Mahogany chairs .... 1 2 Lookin g- glass ........... 5 Fender, irons, spittoons .... 2 Bedstead and furniture: .... 25 Sideboard ...... ......... I 5 Crockery and glassware .... IO Silver spoons ...... ...... 5 Teatable .... ........... 5 Small dining table, plain. . . 2 Old sofa ............. . . . IQ Brass Candlesticks. . . I Cane dining-chairs.. . . Andirons and shovel .... Writing-deslcs. . .... . . 6 5 Easy chair ....... . . 2-5 Bed and furniture. . . 25 Small tables ........ .... I Sideboard ....... ........ U IO Mahogany Writing-desk ..... D IO Table and washstand ..... 2 Lot old carpenter's tools .... I5 Candlestand ...... ...... 2 Small table and old desk. . . 2 Barometer .... ......... 2 Bookcase... . . . 3 Small tables ...... ' 5 Cushioned steets .... 2 5 Old bureau ....... 7 Candlestand ........ I Kitchen Furniture. . . I 5 Rockaway .... ..... 1 50 Grindstones .....' ..... 2 Old Washing machine .... 2 5 Old wagon and harness. . . 2 5 Horse cart .......... . . . . . 7 II 'Q

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E P if Q' 4 V 4- I I5tl1-LYNCHBURG FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM, tract of land, and... . 35151,500 16th-Four annuities amounting to 8550.00 per annum. 17th-JAMES NIILLER, to occupy farm for life. I8th1COUNTY OF CAMPBELL.. ............. IO 000 19th-DR. J. J. TERRELL. ...... 2 000 20th-CHISWELL DABNEY ...... . 2 000 2ISt1MAR'FHA, a former slave ..... 1 000 22d-CITY OF LYNCHEURG .................... .......... 2 0,000 23d-ANTOINE'FTE THAMMERSLEY ...... .................... 1 ,000 241311-LEMUEL G. VVIIITE, debt to be uncollected during life. 85,327,500 25th. All the rest and residue of my estate, not hereinbefore disposed of, whether real, per- sonal, or mixed, I give, bequeath and devise to The Board of the Literary Fund, Ca Cor- poration created by an Act to be found in the Code of Virginiaj, and to their successors for- ever, in trust, and for the uses and purposes following, and none other, that is to say: That they shall make sale of the property, with the exception of the tracts of land in the County of Albemarle, hereinafter mentioned, upon a reasonable credit, and invest the proceeds thereof in the purchase of some safe and profitable Stocks or securities Cpreferring those of the State of Virginia, or some City or Town therein, if to be hadj, and they, the said Board of the Liter- ary Fund, shall then hold the property devised and bequeathed in this clause, or the proceeds thereof, in trust, for the benefit of the County of Albemarle, in the State of Virginia, to be appropriated to the uses and purposes, and in the manner following, and none other, that is to say: That the said Board of the Literary F und, shall, through the agency of the County Court of the said County of Albemarle, appropriate the income and profits of Stocks and Securities, to be purchased as aforesaid, to the founding, establishment and perpetual sup- port of a School on the Manual Labor Principle, on the tract of land in the County of Albe- marle, purchased by me from john B. Speice, trustee of jesse Wood's Estate, or on the tract adjoining, purchased by me from Bolling Smith, the former residence of my mother, also situated in Albemarle County, to be superintended by a competent teacher or teachers, wherein, at all times there shall be fed, clothed and instructed in all the branches of a good, plain, sound English education, the various languages, both ancient and modern, agricul- ture, and the useful arts, and wholly free of expense to the pupils, as many poor orphan children and other white children whose parents shall be unable to educate them Cthe said orphans and other children being residents of the said County of Albemarlej, as the profits and income of the funds herein devised and bequeathed will admit of, or compass, regard being had to the cost of the buildings hereinafter directed to be built for the use of said school, and all other expenses incident to the execution of the said trust, including the purchase of additional land on which to erect said buildings, should such purchase be deemed necessary or expedient. It is also my will, and I do hereby direct, that out of the profits and income of the fund embraced in this clause, there shall be erected on the land so as aforesaid purchased by me from the said Speice, trustee, as aforesaid, or on the tract aforesaid, purchased of Bolling Smith, in the said County of Albemarle, such buildings of brick, or other durable materials, as shall be sufficient for the comfortable accommodation of one hundred pupils and their teachers, which buildings are to be kept constantly in good repair. The County Court of the said County of Albemarle is hereby authorized and directed to