Descendants of William Lusk of Pennsylvania Probated Feb. 24 1746 Will Book 2. Page 217 (1019) Courthouse, Chester County, Pa. Westchester, Pa.

In the name of God Amen. I, William Lusk, being in my perfect senses but low in body; Do order this my Last Will an Test. and do in the presents of God Angels and Man. Commit my Soul to God and my body to the dust. I do bequeath to my wife Sarah and son David, my plantation. In during her widowhood and if she marys, David is to give her five pounds for her part of the place. and then the place shall properly belong to David. I do will and bequeath to my son James, my kean and spurs. And to my son Samuel One English Shilling. And to my son John one English Shilling. And to my son William one English Shilling. And to my son Hugh my great coat and streat cap and jacket which I had last made. And one English S. to my Daughter Mary. And I do Will and bequeath to my Daughter Martha my Young Black mear and her own saddle. And to my Daughter Sarah my Black horse and a sadle is to be given her out of the whole Stock. As for wheat that is in the ground and the wheat that is in the barn. I do alow to be devided into four equal parts and what debt is on the place is to be paid out of wheat and an equal devision of the wheat is to be made between my wife and son David. and my two daughters. As for my cows and sheep and hogs to be kept on the place as usual and them together with other movebles is to be devided equally between my wife and son and daughters as thy part. I alow my wife Sarah and my brother John Lusk to be my Ex'rs.

Signed sealed and delivered in the presents of John Breyars, Jur? his mark |X|"Will" Will Lusk, his mark. Thomas McClaior ? Jur.? February 24th 1746.

Margaret Lusk, wife of William Fulton was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Lusk. Documentation of the Lusk family is in the Augusta County Court Records:

William Lusk: Died May-August 1771--Will Book 4, page 423. Wife Elizabeth; sons John and William in Carolina, 5 shillings each; daughter, Mary Phillips; son Joseph: daughters Elizabeth, Sarah, and Margaret.

In the name of God, Amen. The 2d day of May 1771, I, William Lusk of Augusta County, Va., being sick and weak in body, but of perfect mind and memory, and calling to mind the mortality, knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament, that is today; Principally, and first of all, I recommend my soul to God that gave it, and my body to the dust, to be decently interred, at the discretion of my executors and for such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me, I give, bequeath, and dispose of the same in manner and form following:

First, I order that all my just debts and funeral charges be paid by my Executors.

Imprimis; I give and bequeath unto my sons, John and William Lusk in Carolina, five shillings to each of them, to be paid by my Executors.

Item: I give unto my daughter Mary Phillips, five pounds, to be paid unto her by my Executors.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my son, Joseph, ten pounds, to be paid unto him over and above his proportion of my estate, to be paid by my Executors befre any division of my estate.

Item: I order, and it is my wil, that all my estate, real and personal, that is to say, all my land and movables, be sold at public auction, except the household furniture, and a sorrel horse and saddle, by my Executors, and a good, sufficient title deed or conveyance, in fee simple, made by my Executors for my land to the purchasers; and the whole divided; after the deduction of my just debts and the above legacies mentioned, in the following manner, viz my beloved wife Elizabeth; my son Joseph, my daughters Elizabeth, Sarah, and Margaret, each of them to have an equal share of the whole, to them and their heirs.

Item: I give, over and above their proportion of all my estate, to my wife, my household furniture and a sorrel horse and her saddle, to be at her disposal.

Lastly: I constitute and appoint my beloved wife Elizabeth, with Andrew Hays, Senior, and Samuel Lyle, Executors and Executorix of this my Last WIll, and do hereby revoke and disannul all other Wills executed by me, heretofore made, confirming and approving this.

William Lusk

Published and Pronounced in the presence of

Arch'd Alexander
Daniel Lyle
James Lyle, Junior

At a court held for Augusta County, August the 20th 1771, this last will and Testament of William Lusk, dec'd, was proved by the oaths of Dan'l Lyle and James Lyle, Jr., two of the witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded.

At a court continued and held for Augusta County, August the 21, 1771, this last will and Testament of Wm Lusk stood was yesterday proved by the oaths of Dan'l Lyle and James Lyle, Junior, two of the witnesses thered to and ordered to be recorded and on the motion of Samuel Lyle, and Andrew Hays, the executors therein named, who made oath according to law, certificate is granted them for attaining a probate thereof, in due form, they having, with securities, entered into and acknowledged their bond according to law.

DB 9, page 14, 17 February 1761 (Chalkley III, page 367) William Lusk to Hugh Lusk, 220 acres, patented to said William Lusk

10 August 1759, north side of Buffalo Creek; delivered to Hugh Lusk 15 August 1771 (deed was delivered)

James Lusk: Died March-August, 1774 (Will Book 5, page 252) to brother William; to brother Robert: land in Forks of James to brother William

Survey Book 1, page 92, John and Samuel Lusk, survey on North River of Shenandoah, 1746

page 40, Survey for Samuel Lusk, 1749

page 88, Hugh Lusk, survey in Forks of James, 1755

Judge Charles W. Lusk, of the Sixth judicial district court of Hamilton county, Tenn., traced his lineage to Joseph Lusk, a Revolutionary soldier who was born in Augusta County and emigrated to Carolina. In will book 4, p. 423, Augusta Co., the records, of the will of William Lusk mentions "sons John and William in Carolina" and son Joseph, wife Elizabeth, Sarah and Margaret evidently at home. Joseph apparently followed his brothers to the Carolinas.

County Court Judgments, August, 1749-- William Lusk testifies that he came from Lancaster, Penna, Paxton Township" The bond in question is dated Nov. 24, 1744. There is a Lusk lot in the abandoned churchyard of Old Providence, but most of the stones have disappeared.

William Lusk

BIRTH: ABT 1696, Scotland

WILL: BEF 1745, Westchester, Chester, PA

PROBATE: 24 FEB 1745/46 [S37]

DEATH: 24 FEB 1745/46, Chester, PA DEATH: 1745, Augusta, VA

BIRTH: 1690, Ireland

BIRTH: 1696, Ireland

Father: John LUSK

Family 1: Sarah GUINN

MARRIAGE: BEF 1715

1.David LUSK

2.Samuel LUSK

3.William LUSK Sr.

4.Mary LUSK

5.Robert LUSK

6.Hugh LUSK

7.James LUSK

8.Martha LUSK

9.John LUSK

10.Sarah LUSK

BIRTH: ABT 1693

Family 1: William LUSK

MARRIAGE: BEF 1715

1.David LUSK

2.Samuel LUSK

3.William LUSK Sr.

4.Mary LUSK

5.Robert LUSK

6.Hugh LUSK

7.James LUSK

8.Martha LUSK

9.John LUSK

10.Sarah LUSK

11. Joseph LUSK

BIRTH: BEF 1662

Family 1:

1.John LUSK

2.Nathan LUSK

Samuel LUSK

BIRTH: 1718, Augusta, PA [S37] [S62] DEATH: 1773, Rowan, NC [S62] [S86] [S86]

Father: William LUSK Mother: Sarah GUINN

Family 1: Elizabeth

MARRIAGE: BEF 1752 [S62]

1.John LUSK

2.Hugh LUSK

3.William LUSK

4.Caroline LUSK

5.Joseph LUSK

Family 2: Agness

MARRIAGE: BEF 1773

BIRTH: BEF 1745

REFERENCE: 460

Father: William LUSK Mother: Sarah GUINN

DEATH: ABT 20 AUG 1771, Augusta, VA

WILL: 02 MAY 1771, Augusta, VA

PROBATE: 20 AUG 1771, Augusta, VA

BIRTH: 1720, Chester, PA

BIRTH: ABT 1715, Chester, PA

BIRTH: 1720, Augusta, VA

DEATH: BEF 02 MAY 1771, Augusta, VA

Father: William LUSK Mother: Sarah GUINN

Family 1: Elizabeth VANCE

MARRIAGE: BEF 1743

1.William LUSK Jr.

2.Mary LUSK

3.Joseph LUSK

4.John LUSK

5.Elizabeth LUSK

6.Sarah LUSK

7.Margaret LUSK

BIRTH: 1726

Father: William LUSK Mother: Sarah GUINN

BIRTH: 1724

Father: William LUSK

Mother: Sarah GUINN

Martha LUSK

BIRTH: 1732

Father: William LUSK

Mother: Sarah GUINN

Sarah LUSK

BIRTH: BEF 1745

Father: William LUSK

Mother: Sarah GUINN

BIRTH: ABT 1712, Scotland

DEATH: BEF 28 AUG 1751, Augusta, VA

BIRTH: 1700, Ireland

Father: John LUSK

Family 1: Elizabeth HAYES

MARRIAGE: 1722, Ireland

1.Sarah LUSK

2.John LUSK

3.James LUSK

4.William LUSK

Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War, p.109 FULTON, ROBERT.--Augusta, Oct. 28, 1833. Born in Augusta, Nov. 18, 1760. Drafted, October, 1780, for three months, rendezvous at Waynesboro, and served at Richmond under Capt. Samuel McCutcheon, Lt. John McKenny, and Ensign David Gibson. Capt. Francis Long commanded until the arrival at Richmond. Drafted next February under Capt. James Tate, Lt. James Mitchell, and Ensign John Young, and was in battle of Guilford where Capt. Tate was killed and declarant taken prisoner. He was put into a prison ship in Cape Fear river and there confined till the middle of July. It was about Aug. 10th when he reached home, being unable to travel faster because of the feebleness produced by his confinement and treatment. [p.110]