A year ago I found the will of William Allmond on an index of wills in Isle of Wight County, Virginia on Ancestry. It’s taken me a year to circle back to look for the will on FamilySearch and I found it!

It’s so hard to read but I do see “one Negro woman Charlotte”, “one Negro boy Sam”, “one Negro girl Hester” and “one Negro girl Salina”.

Seeing my 3nd great-grandmother Charlotte and her children listed on here among the kitchen utensils and feather beds is just … wow.

In the section with Charlotte, I was looking for Anthony, my second great-granduncle who was about a year old when this will was drafted in 1854 but I don’t see him. My 2nd great-grandfather Moses was not yet born when this will was drafted.

I recognize Sam and Hester because I see them on the 1870 Census but I don’t recognize Salina. The other daughter that I see on the 1870 Census is Liney so that is most likely Salina.

Now I really wonder because there’s also Malinda who I see on the 1880 Census. Charlotte and Hester are living with her and her husband. Her age is consistent with Salina.

Sources:

• Mixed Probate Records, 1643-1866 ; Indexes to Wills, 1850-1985; Author: Virginia. County Court (Isle of Wight County); Probate Place: Isle of Wight, Virginia (Ancestry.com)
• Virginia. Circuit Court (Isle of Wight County); Virginia. Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery (Isle of Wight County), FamilySearch.org, Mixed probate records, 1643-1866 ; indexes to wills, 1850-1985, Mixed records, Vols. 25-26 1851-1859, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TC-FHM8?i=214&cat=416816
• Year: 1870; Census Place: Newport, Isle of Wight, Virginia; Roll: M593_1657; Page: 260A
• Year: 1880; Census Place: Newport, Isle of Wight, Virginia; Roll: 1373; Page: 299A; Enumeration District: 032