"In the name of God, Amen: this second day of October AnnoDom. One thousand seven Hundred and
Seventh nine I James McClung of Rockbridge County and commonwealth of Virginia being sick &
weak in Body but of sound & disposing memory & calling to mind the Mortality of my Body
and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordainthis my last Will
and Testament.
Principally & first of all I recommend my soul to God who gave it & my Body to the dust to be
decently interred at the discression of my Executors and for such worldy Estate wherewith it
hat pleased God to bless me I dispose of in manner following:
Item I give and bequeath to my son Henry his Heirs and assigns for ever one hundred and forty
acres of land part of the tract I now live on adjoining James Doughterty's and Samuel Lyles
Land.
Item I give and bequeath unto my son William his heirs and assigns for ever Eighty acres of
land the part of the tract I now live.
Item I give and bequeath to my son William one horse and saddle one Pair of Steel yards my
grand-stone cane cutting knife chairs Tongs and crooks and all my iron tools and utensils one
blanket and one quilt and one large Bible and two volumes of Harvey's works and one large
Jugg.
Item I order that the remainder of my estate be equally divided amongst my three sons James
Henry and William and my daughter Agnes Gray. And lastly I do hereby constitute and
appoint my two sons, James and Henry, executors of this my last Will and Testeament and all
other Will or Wills by me heretofore made I do declare to be void to all intents and purposes.
Signed, sealed and published and declared to the said James McClung to be his last Will and
Testament in presence of us.