The heirs of the late John Williams request that the executors "exhibit a fair account of all their actings & Doings in Execution of the Trust reposed in them by the said Will" of the testator. They inform the court that Williams died in 1771, bequeathing his estate to his wife Elizabeth "during her natural Life or widowhood & after her death to be sold and the money thence arising to be equally divided amongst all his children." The petitioners point out that for the past twenty-nine years the executors have sold land, tobacco, and "sundry property of the said Estate, sufficient or more than sufficient ... to discharge all just Claims against the said Estate." They note in particular that even before qualifying as executors they "did proceed to dispose of at private Sale two young negro Wenches to wit Amey and Dinah, who now have considerable Increase." The heirs therefore pray that the executors "pay to your orators & oratrixes their full ... portion of the Estate aforesaid unaccounted for."
Result: Dismissed.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
