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From: PHHGENE <>
Subject: [RHEA-L] Virginia Inheritance Laws
Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 18:38:05 EDT

Prior to 1786, a will in Virginia did not have to name the wife or the eldest
son. Their inheritance of real estate was set by law; the widow receiving her
one-third dower and the eldest son receiving the remaining two-thirds, unless
otherwise specified in the father's will. the eldest son also received his
mother's share if she died.

If the eldest son had died, the eldest grandson of the whole blood became the
heir-at-law, not the second son.

If a man was unmarried, his heir-at-law was his eldest brother, never his
father or his uncle.

This was printed in my quarterly I receive from Miami Co Ks. Gen. Society,
Paola, Ks.

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