| Summary: | Will of Alfred Perkins. Provision for paying debts by hiring out 6 male slaves for as long as necessary. Even if they were sold, it was deemed to be insufficient to pay debts of [dollars] 12,000. This bill was filed by the executor, Dr Henry M Shaw, and Molly Frost, Thomas Frost, John Frost and Mary Parr against Willoughby McBride and Lovey Perkins asked for advice on the will and instructions on how to pay the debts. The personal estate (including slaves) was to be used for the payment of debts before any of the land was touched. The general legacies needed to be applied to the payment of debts before the specific legacies were taken, unless otherwise specified by the testator. The general legacy of [dollars] 300 to Mary Parr and the slaves left to Willoughby McBride were to be exhausted before touching any of the other legacies. The specific legacies had to contribute pro rata to the payment of the remaining debts.
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