[In the left margin] 124 Quantity of Books 7/6 oneside saddle 7/6 quantity of toaacco pʳ hundred 11/8 0|15|0 Quantity of Corn Shucks 7/6 one bed stead 6/ one Linnen wheel 2/ 0|15|6 quantity at 9d pʳ 1 ax and two hoes 6/ 6 Barrels and two HogsHead 22/ 0| 8|0 Qne Grind Stone Cart wheel ring & Staples 11/11 one Hand Mill 2/6 0|17|10 Wooden ware 11/ one Loom and Gear 8/9 three Iron Pots 12/1 1| 4|9 Three Stake tops 20/ quantity Blades @ 3/ pʳ hunᵈ one yoke Steers £10 11| 0|0 One Bull 60/ one Cow 50/ one ditto 40/ one ditto 50/ two Heifers 50/ 13| 0|0 One Cow 50/ one ditto 40/ two Heifers 60/ two young Steers £1„10 15| 0|0 One Cow 45/ two yearlings 36/ eight sheep 60/ one sow 7 five piggs 36/ 8| 5|0 Quantity of fresh pork pʳ hunderd 25/ one boar shoat 4/ two Sows and her piggs 36/ 2| 0|0 Three shooats 15/ one more and Colt 80/ one mare Colt £6 10|15|- ---------- £ 79| 2|4 In obedience to an order of the Worshipful Court of Isle of Wight we the subscribers have appraised the Estate of Margerett Godwin as the order appears as witness our hands this 30th day July 1788 Samuel Holliday Senr. James Pitt Russel Godby Isle of Wight County January Court 1789 This appraisement was returned into Court by the appraisers and ordered to be recorded. Teste Francis Young Clk Ct ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In the name of God Amen, I Samuel Corbitt of the Isle of Wight County in Virginia being perfect in sense and memory thanks be to God and on consideration that Life and Sense are uncertain do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament (Vizt) I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it and my body to the Earth, As to my worldly Estate I I give devise, dequeathe and dispose of in the following manner (Viz) Item I give to my son Johnson Corbitt the manner plantation whereon I now live containing one hundred acres (more or lass) to him and his heirs forever provided that my son Johnson Corbitt pays the following Legacies Viz To my Son Richard Corbitt Ten Pounds To my Son John Corbitt Ten Pounds To my Son Samuel Corbitt Ten Pounds To my Son Shadrick Corbitt Ten Pounds To my Son Elias Corbitt ten Pounds and if the said Johnson Corbitt should decease without Issue the my will is We had the said plantation & Land I give to Samuel Corbitt - Item I give & bequeath to my Son Johnson Corbitt the best bed and furniture on my plantation (after my decease my will and desire is, that the above mentioned Sons (Vizt) Richard John Samuel Shadrack and Elias Corbitt have no demands or pretentions to my Land or Plantation for which I give the aforesaid sons Ten pounds each and my will and desire is that after my disease that all my personal Estate be divided equally between my Sons and Daughters (excluding the above Legacies Vitz Richard John Johnson Samuel Shadrack and Elias likewise my Daughters Mary Elizabeth [In the left margin] 125 Amey and Cherry Corbitt. Item I appoint Johnson Corbitt and Elias Corbitt Executrs of this my last Will and Testament and do hereby Invest them Authority and power to dispose of my other Estate of what kind there soever be - And do hereby disannul every other form Will or Testament and do Ratify and Confirm this to be my last will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this sixth day of May one thousand seven hundred & seventy Eight Signed Sealed Published and } Samuel X Corbitt (his mark) (seal) Declared in the presence of Us } John Lucas John Brewer } At a court held for Isle of Wight County Feby 5th 1789 Edy X Brewer (her mark) Frans Young } This Will was presented in Court by Johnson Corbitt and John Laurence, Wm English } Elias Corbitt the Executors therein named who made oath thereto } according to Law and the same was proved by the oaths of } John Brewer Francis Young and William English three of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be Recorded. --- And upon the motion of the said Executors who together with William English their security entered into and acknowledged their Bond in the Penalty of five hundred pounds conditioned as the Law directs. Certificate is granted them for obtaining a Probate thereof in due form ------- Teste Francis Young Ct Clk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [In the left margin] Dardens Will In the name of God amen I John Darden of Isle of Wight County and at this time weak of body but of perfect sense and memory and calling to mind the uncertainty of this Life do think fit & proper to make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament in manner form following. first it is my will that all my Just Debts and funeral charges shall be first paid and descharded & for the rest of my worldly goods I give as followeth --- Item I Give and bequeath to my wife Charity a dev? one negro Girl called Pink and one feather Bed and furniture called hers, and one white mare and one Saddle and bridle two pewter dishes two pewter Basons, three pewter plates one Linen wheel one Iron Pott the her and her disposal --- Item I give to my son John now liveth on during his life and not to be Rented out nor sold by him and after his death my will is that it be sold to the highest bidder by my Executor hereafter after mentioned and the and the money that is fetch fully divided between my two sons Henry Goodman Darden and Elijah Darden and if are one to chance to die before he come of age the living one to have the money that it shall fetch to him and his heirs - I also give to my son John Darden one horse saddle and bridle now in his possession and all the Cattle Hogs that I have on that Land and all the cider hogsheads that I bought with the Land and also one feather bed already in his possession and one Iron pot one frying pan one pewter dish one pewter bason three pewter plates and one negro named old Tom to him and his heirs and no more --- Item I give unto my son Mills Darden one half of my land I now liveth on and my Will is that Mills shall have the one half that lieth on the north side of the Dam branch running up the run of the said branch to a fork and then along the North prong to the head and a straight course through the read pocoson to Corner of William Powell and Englishes and I give to Mills two negroes young Tom and Cate and one feather bed and furniture one one New