In the name of God amen the fourth day of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred sixty one I Patrick Young of Augusta County and Colony of Virginia being weak of body yet of good and perfect memory and reason and considering the uncertainty of life and that all flesh must yield unto death when it shall please God to call I do make and declear this my last will and testament in memor and form following and none else and first I do will my body from the dust from where it was taken and my sole to God who gave it hoping through the merrits of Jesus Chrsit to have all my sins pardoned and to be aquited in the Day of Judgment and now for the settling of my worldly estate and such goods & chattels as it has pleased God far above and beyond my deserving to bestoe upon me I do order the same in memor and form following I do order my wife Esibala Young and Joseph Walker to be my lawful Executors and, first I do order that the neu house be put in tenantable repair out of the moveable estate, secondly I leave to my well beloved wife Isabella Young one third of all my moveable estate after house is finished, 3ly I leave to my son James Young the Plantation and no more, 4thly I order that the two parts of moveable estate be equally divided among my three Daughters Sarah Young and Janet Young and Allas Young in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this day and year first above written.

Patrick (his mark) Young
Signed Sealed and Delivered
in presence of us..... William (his mark) Hall, James Campbell, Samuel (his mark) McMurtry(?)

At a court held for Augusta County May 19, 1761 this last will and testament of Patrick Young dec'd was proved by the oaths of the witnesses thereby ordered to be recorded.

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