[In the left margin] 38/ Bless me with I give and dispose thereof as follows First I give & devise to my Daughter Margrate Bruce wife of James Bruce my Negro Girl Called Gilley to her heirs forever. Item I give & devise to my Daughter Mary Mirick (wife of Owin Mirick) one Shilling Sterling Item I give & devise to my Granddaughter Mary Harris eight Pounds Current Money of Virginia Item I give & divive to my Grandaughter Ann Harris Eight Pounds Current Money of Virginia Stem I give & divise to my Grandaughter Mary Barham Ten Pounds Current Money of Virginia Item I give & devise After my Debts & funeral Expences are paid & Discharged my Land to be sold to the Highest Bidder & the Money together with the Rest & Residue of my Estate both Reall & Personal to be Equally Divided Between my Three Sons & two Daughters Viz John Troup Timothy Thorp Joseph Thorp Olive Atkinson & Mary Bruce or the Survivors of them. And Lastly I Nominate & appoint John Thorp & Timothy Thorp eecutors of this my last Will & Testament hereby Revoaking & making Vord all other wills & Testament by me at any time heretofore made In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this second day of December Anno Dom 1750 -------– Signed Sealed Published } & Declared in presents of us } Edward Harris her his Frances M Hillard Timothu TT Thorp mark mark Thomas T Amon mark Timothy T Therp At a court held for the county of Southampton on Thursday the 14 Day of March 1750......... [In the left margin] 39/ This Will was presented in Court by John Thorp and Timothy Thorp the Executors therein named proved by the Oaths of Frances Hillards & Thomas Ammon two of the Witnesses thereto & Ordered to be Recorded And on the Notion of the said Exors who made Oath according to Law Certificate was granted them for obtaining a Probat thereof in due form giving Security Test R Kello Clk [In the left margin] Invy & appraisment John Jones A True & perfect Inventory of the Appracement of the Estate of John Jones Deceased ----------------------- To Seventeen head of hogs -----------------------£ 3„ 8„. Thirteen Sheep & three Cows & Calves ------------ 5„ ,„. Thirty head of Cattle ---------------------------- 21„ 5„. Thirty head of Hoggs ----------------------------- 3„12„. Two Horses & one mare two Saddles & Bridles ------ 11„ 5„. Twos Negro Men ----------------------------------- 65„ .„. Five feather Bed & furniture --------------------- 25„10„. one Still Cop & worm & one sides saddle ---------- 10„ .„. A Parcel of Puter & Lumber ----------------------- 6„ 2„6 one Table & a Parcel of Lumber ------------------- 2„ .„. A Parcel of Tools -------------------------------- 3„ 3„. one Table & Parcel of new goods ------------------ 9„ .„. four Trunks one Chest & two Caskets -------------- 1„10„. A Parcel of Lumber ------------------------------- 2„17„6 one Pair of Pistols holstoprs Sword & Gun -------- 2„10„. A parcel of wool & Cotten & wareing cloathe } two Meal Sifters & one Sarch } ---- 2„13„6 one Loom & Pirniture ----------------------------- 1„15„. A parcel of Sumber ------------------------------- 3„ 7„. Tobaco & Coon & Parcel of old Laskx? ------------- 16„ 4„6 Cart & Wheels one Iron Pot & Coller -------------- .„12„6