I John Smoot of the County of Fauquier being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given to kind providence. Calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament. That is to say as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased kind providence to bless me with, I give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form. First I give and bequeath to Tomsen my dearly beloved wife all and singularly all my right and title of the lott of land I now possess together with all my household goods and moveable effects. Also I give and bequeath to my son Leonard one shilling, also I give and bequeath to my son John one shilling, also I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary one shilling, also I give and bequeath to my daughter Betsy one shilling, also I give and bequeath to my son James one shilling, also I give and bequeath to my son Barton one shilling, also I give and bequeath to my son William one shilling, also I give and bequeath to my daughter Charity one shilling. I give and bequeath to my son Claiborn one shilling, also I give and bequeath to my son Lewis one shilling, also I give and bequeath to my son Enoch one shilling, also I give and bequeath to my daughter Frances one shilling which they are to receive from my dearly beloved wife Tomsen after my decease. Also I do likewise constitute, make and ordain my dearly beloved wife Tomsen executrix of this my last will and testament and I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannul all and every other former testaments, wills, legacies, bequests and executors by me in any way before named, willed and bequeathed. Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament, witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six.
Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and
declared by the said John Smoot as his last will
and testament in the presence of us
Aquila Davis
De Wood
William Wood

At a court held for Fauquier County 26^th day of June 1797 This will was proved by the oaths of Dickason Wood and William Wood, witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded, and on the motion of Tomsen Smoot the executrix therein named who made oath and together with Matthew Neale and Dickason Wood her securities executed and acknowledged bond in the penalty of one thousand dollars conditioned as the law directs, certificate is granted her for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.