M6 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1800. 



queath to George Washington Park 

 Custis, the grandson of my wife, 

 and my ward, and to his heirs, the 

 tract I hold on Four-Mile Run, in 

 the vicinity of Alexandria, contain- 

 ing one thousand two hundred acres, 

 more or less, and my entire square, 

 numher twenty-one, in the city of 

 Washington. 



5th. All the rest and residue of 

 my estate, real and personal not dis- 

 posed of in manner aforesaid, in 

 whatsoever consisting, wheresoever 

 lying, and whensoever found, a sche- 

 dule of which, as far as is recol- 

 lected, with a reasonable estimate 

 of its value, is hereunto annexed, I 

 desire may be sold by my executors 

 at such times, in such manner, and 

 on such credits (if an equal, valid, 

 and satisfactory distribution of the 

 specific property cannot be made 

 without,) as in their judgement 

 shall be most conducive to the in- 

 terest of the parties concerned, and 

 the monies arising therefrom to be 

 divided into twenty-three equal 

 parts, and applied as follows, viz. 

 To William Augustine Washing- 

 ton, Elizabeth Spotwood, Jane 

 Thornton, and the heirs of Ann 

 Ashton, son and daughters of my 

 deceased brother Augustine Wash- 

 ington, I give and bequeath four 

 parts, that is one part to each of 

 them; to Fielding Lewis, George 

 Lewis, Robert Lewis, Howell 

 Lewis, and Betty Carter, sons and 

 daughter of my deceased sister, 

 Betty Lewis, I give and bequeath 

 five other parts, one to each of 

 them; to George Steptoe Wash- 

 ington, Lawrence Augustine Wash- 

 ington, Harriot Parks, and the heirs 

 of Thornton Washington, sons and 

 daughters of n,y deceased brother, 

 Samuel Washington, I give and 

 bequeath the other four parts, one 



part to each of them; to Corbin 

 Washington, and the heirs of Jane 

 Washington, son and daughter of 

 my deceased brother, John Augus- 

 tine Washington, I give and be- 

 queath two parts, one part to each 

 of them. To Samuel Washington, 

 Frances Ball, and Mildred Ham- 

 mond, son and daughters of my bro- 

 ther Charles Washington, I give 

 and bequeath three parts, one part 

 to each of them; and to George 

 Fayette Washington, Charles Au- 

 gustine Washington, and Maria 

 Washington, sons and daughter of 

 my deceased nephew George Au- 

 gustine Washington, I give one other 

 part, that is, to each a third of that 

 part. To Elizabeth Park Law, 

 Martha Park Peter, and Eleanor 

 Park Lewis, I give and bequeath 

 three other parts, that is, a part to 

 each of them; and to my nephew, 

 Bushrod Washington, and Law- 

 rence Lewis, and to my ward, the 

 grandson of my wife, I give and be- 

 queath one other part, that is, a 

 third thereof to each of them. And, 

 if it should so happen that any of 

 the persons, whose names are here 

 enumerated, (unknown to me) 

 should now be dead, or should die 

 before me, that in either of these 

 cases, the heirs of such deceased per- 

 sons shall, notwithstanding, derive 

 all the benefits of the bequest, in the 

 same manner as if he or she was ac- 

 tually living at the time ; and by 

 way of advice, I recommend it to my 

 executors not to be precipitate in 

 disposing of the landed property 

 therein directed to be sold, if, from 

 temporary causes, the sale thereof 

 should be dull, expei-ience having 

 fuUy evinced that tlie price of land 

 (especially above the falls of the 

 rivers, and on the western waters) 

 has been progressively rising, and 



