A Guide to the Elizabeth T. Bernard Will, 31 March 1863 Bernard, Elizabeth T., Will, 31 March 1863 21835

A Guide to the Elizabeth T. Bernard Will, 31 March 1863

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the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 21835

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Repository

Library of Virginia

Accession number

21835

Title

Elizabeth T. Bernard Will, 31 March 1863

Physical Characteristics

2 leaves (negative photostats).

Physical Location

Personal Papers Collections, Acc. 21835.

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Elizabeth T. Bernard. Will, 31 March 1863. Accession 21835, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Lent for copying by Bernard Guest, 4 April 1941.

Biographical/Historical Information

Elizabeth T. Hooe Fauntleroy Bernard was born 9 October 1774. Married to a man named Fauntleroy, she remarried after his death to William Bernard (1770-1841), a prominent landowner in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Bernard died 20 November 1870.

Scope and Content Information

Will, dated 31 March 1863, of Elizabeth T. Bernard (1774-1870) of Hanover County, Virginia. In it, she directs part of her estate go to pay for emancipating some slaves in whom she had a life interest. A note on the will states that this will was revoked by a later one, written 1 October 1865. A later will is recorded in Fredericksburg Will Book H, p. 70.