William was the son of Daniel Viers and Dorothy Handley. In 1766, his father wrote a will leaving a bequest to William. He was to receive part of a tract called "Nine Eatton" after his mother's death.[1]
He was recorded in the special provincial census of 1776 in Frederick county, Maryland (in an area which later became Montgomery county), age 41.
William also bequeathed and did not free at least ten enslaved people (there may have been unnamed others in the residue of his estate left to his wife):
Negro boy Joe, to son John Mason
Negro boy Len, to son Solomon
Negro boy Clem, to son Levi
Negro boy Sampson, to William
Negro girl Sal, to son Edward
Negro girl Beck and her increase, for use of daughter Nancy and upon her death to her son William
↑ Montgomery County Land Records, 1795-1797; Liber G
↑ Will of William Veirs, Maryland, Montgomery County, probate case files, Estate Record T3140/C1138-9, G, ca. 1809–ca. 1811 FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSY2-YS8F-Y
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 6 Oct 2021), "Record of Viers, William", Ancestor # A118754.
Maryland Records, Colonial, Revolutionary, County, Church, from original sources, Vol 1
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