Adrian Anglin's Will and the
Inventory & Appraisement of his Estate

Since the early records of Buckingham County, Virginia, were destroyed in the courthouse fire in 1869, we believed that Adrian Anglin's will was lost forever, and we were surprised, overjoyed and puzzled when a copy of the will appeared in Walt Anglin's book The Anglin Families of Colonial Virginia. I eventually learned that Betty Neill sent it to Walt, but that Donald Price of Richmond, Virginia, had found it among a collection of family papers which had been given to the Library of Virginia. Evelyn Williams gave me a citation to that collection, and I sent a request to the Library of Virginia for a copy of the will. I had never heard that an inventory and appraisal of Adrian Anglin's estate was also among the records, so I was surprised to receive that from the Library of Virginia along with the will. Since I had long ago given up hope that anyone would ever find any corroboration of the hearsay concerning Adrian Anglin's French origin, I was astonished to see that the first item in the inventory was "40 French books."

Apparently copies of the will and the inventory and appraisement were in the collection of papers because they were needed in connection with a lawsuit between Philip Anglin and William Hays. Let's hear it for good old American litigiousness!

A copy of Adrian Anglin's Will and the Inventory and Appraisement of his Estate are to be found in the Library of Virginia, Accession Number 34126, Box 18, Folder 543: The Gravely Family Papers (Anglin - Athey Families).