Priscilla (Prissy) Holland ¹⁶

  General Notes:

The 1870 Federal Census shows J. J. (Joseph John) Daughtrey (b. 1830) as the head of the household with Priscilla Daughtrey (b. 1804) and additional people Margaret J. (b. 1840), Asenath (b. 1845), and Josiah (b. 1860). J. J.'s father had recently died and he was now living at his parents home with his mother and sisters.


Will of Prissy (Priscilla Holland) Daughtrey
ISLE OF WIGHT COURTHOUSE
Isle of Wight, Virginia
Will Book 30, Page 247
19th July 1869
(The ( ) is not in the will, but I am placing that into the document for clarification)

I, Prissy (Priscilla Holland) Daughtrey of Isle of Wight and State of Virginia being in not very good health but of sound mind, memory, and understanding, do make and ordain this writing to be my last will and testament and after the payment of all my just debts I do dispose of all my worldly goods and effects in manner following, to wit:

Item, First, I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph J. Daughtrey all my interest in the crop now growing on my place, and my bay mare, and my cart and wheels and all my farming implements to him and his heirs forever,

Item, Second, I do give and bequeath all the balance of my property not mentioned in the item first to my sons and daughters, namely, Eley Daughtrey, Allen Daughtrey, Martha E. (Elizabeth) Daughtrey, Margaret J. (Jane) Daughtrey and Asenath Daughtrey to them and their heirs forever.

Lastly I nominate and appoint my son Joseph J. Daughtrey Executor of this my last Will and Testament.

Given under my hand and seal this 19th day of July 1869.

Prissy X Daughtrey

William H. Cutchin
D. H. Holland
Josiah J. Cutchin



Virginia,
In the Quarterly Court of Isle of Wight County September the 2nd 1872.
The last will and testament of Priscilla or Prissey Daughtrey decd. was proved by the oaths of Wm H. Cutchin & Dixon H. Holland two of the subscribing witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded, and on the motion of Jos. J. Daughtrey the Executor therein named who made oath together with Dixon H. Holland & Wm H. Cutchin his securities, (who justified) entered into and acknowledged above in the penalty of two hundred dollars ($200.00) with condition according to law, certificate of Probate is granted him on said will, the estimated value of the Estate being less than one thousand dollars, no United States Revenue Stamp is required on said bond, which is ordered to be recorded.

Teate
C. H. Hunt, D.C. for
N. P. Young Clk.

Her property is recorded as sold on 26th Nov. 1872 by Joseph J. Daughtrey
[The William H. Cutchin above is the future husband to Asenath Daughtrey, Prissy's daughter.]

  Research Notes:

Below is an interesting record that is apparently not our Priscilla Holland Daughtrey - see general notes on Priscilla Daughtrey married to Jesse Holland:
Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917
Name: Priscilla Holland [married name] Priscilla Daughtrey [maiden name]
Birth Date: abt 1803
Birth Place: Nansemond
Death Date: 13 Jan 1883
Death Place: Nansemond County, Virginia
Death Age: 80
Race: White
Gender: Female
Father Name: James Daughtrey
Mother Name: Elizabeth Daughtrey
FHL Film Number: 2048578

Priscilla married Joshua Daughtrey, son of Richard Daughtrey II and Apenina (Appenine) (Peninah) Morgan, about 1820. (Joshua Daughtrey was born on 6 Apr 1795 in Isle of Wight Co., VA, died on 6 Apr 1868 in Isle of Wight Co., VA and was buried in Daughtrey Family Cemetery just inside the Isle of Wight Co. line on Lee's Mill Road coming from the City of Suffolk (old Nansemond Co.).)