Item: I Give and Bequeath to my Son Herman Taylor one Negro Boy Called Jeffry and one Negro Winch call Nan Item: I Give and Bequeath to my Son James Taylor one Negro Winch called Grace Item and Bequeath to my Daughter Olive Taylor one girl call Sall and one Nagro Girl call beck ~ Item: I Give and Bequeath to my Son John Taylor one Negro boy called Tryal Item: I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Hannah Taylor one Negro Girl call Celia and one Negro called Lydia ~ Item: I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Margaret Taylor two Negros called Moll and Ned ~ Item: I Give and Bequeath to my burn Airport Taylor one they grow called Ephraim ~ and all the Remaining Part of my Estate I give to ] my well loved wife Katherine Taylor ~ And this my Last Will and Testament I constitute and appoint by well beloved Wife Katherine Taylor and my son Herman Taylor my whole and soul Executrix and Executor In Witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and I affixed my Seal the 7th Day of August 1754 Signed Sealed Delivered in Presence of} Thos T Taylor John Pitman Arthur Pitman James Taylor At a court held for the County of Southampton the 14th Day of November 1754 This Will was Ppoved by the Oaths of John Pitman Arthur Pitman and James Taylor the Witnesses therto and Ordered to be Recorded And on the Motion of Katherine Taylor & Herman Taylor Executors therein named who made Oath according to Law Certificate was granted them for obtaining a probat thereof in due form giving Security Teste R Kello Cl ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [In the left margin] Edward Barrett Will Southampton County {in Virginia} In the Name of God Amen I Edward Barrett of Southampton County being Very Sick and weak of Body but in Perfect memory thanks to God for it and Remembering the Mortality of my Body do give and Bequeath in this Manner following first I Bequeath my Soul to God who gave it and my Body to be Buried in a Decent manner according to the Directions of my Executors and with what worldly Goods God Continues on Page 157 had been pleased to bestow me with I Give and Dispose of in manner and terms as following Item: I Give and Bequeath to my Son Edmond the Plantation as I now Live on and half my Land Belonging to it to he and his Heirs forever and a Feather Bed and Furniture. Item: I Give and Bequeath to my Son Simon the Plantation that he Liveth on and the other half of my Land to he and his Heirs forever and one cow and calf and one Dish and one Bason. Item: I Give and Bequeath to my Wife Sarah two Feather Beds and furniture Dureing [sic] her Life and then to my Son Edmond and I Give to my Wife Sarah my Rideing [sic] Horse bridle and Saddle Item: Now the Rest of my Estate to be Equally Divided Between my wife Sarah and my Son Edmond I do hereby Constitute and appoint my Wife Sarah and my Son Edmond my whole and sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament Witness my Hand and Seal his this 24th Day of October 1754. Edmond TTT Barrett Test Mark his Samuel XXXX Davis Mark William M Fowler Jacob Barrett At a court held for the County of Southampton the 14th Day of November 1754 This will was proved in Court by the oaths of Samuel Davis William Fowler and Jacob Barrett the witnesses thereto and on the Motion of Edmond Barrett one of the Executors therein named who made Oath according to Law Certificate is granted him for obtaining probat hereof in due form giving Security whereupon. Test R. Kello CC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [In the left margin] -Eliz Sail's Will In the name of God amen I Elizabeth Sail being in the same sense and memory do make this my Last Will & Testament in manner & form as followeth that is to say first give my soul to God Hoping to Receive Pardon for my Sins and my Body to be Buryed [sic] in a Christian Manner at the Discretion of my Ex'or hereafter Named Item: I Give to my son William room all my goods and Chattles [sic] Continues on Page 159 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------