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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.610.06 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1832 |
| Title | Copy of a codirect and the last will and testament of George Dawson |
| Date | 9 May 1832 |
| Author | Dawson, George (fl. 1771-1832) |
| Document Type | Legal document |
| Content Description | The codirect bequeaths his plates, furniture, and books to his wife Anna Maria Dawson and appoints his friend, George Ralston, his new executor (to replace his deceased son-in-law, James Coleman). The will leaves his property in England and America to his son-in-law, Washington Jackson (as well as the deceased Coleman), to invest for the benefit of his wife, children, and heirs. Detailed discussion of how the trust should be allocated under different circumstances. Codirect witnessed by John Riddle, J.P. Stackhouse, and Washington Jackson. Will witnessed by Jackson, William Clay, and J.B. Mahaney. Dawson, a former loyalist, had served as a captain in Tarlton's Light Dragoons (in the British Army) during the American Revolution. |
| Subjects | Estate Death Law Children and Family Loyalist Women's History Revolutionary War |
| People | Dawson, George (fl. 1771-1832) Tarleton, Banastre, Sir, Bart. (1754-1833) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Law; The American Revolution; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |