[In the left margin] 81/ Contra Cr [In the left margin] Sept 12th 1751 by the appraisment - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 58„ 4„2½ by advance on the sale - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6„15„8 by James Kitchen Note of hand when paid - - - - - - 3„ 0„0 -------- £ 68„ 9„10½ In Obedience to an Order of the County Court of Southampton bearing Date the 13th Day of February 1752 We the Subscribers have examined stated and settled the above account Given under our Hands this 4th Day of April 1752 –– A Jones Ja: Jordan Scott Joshua Prettow At a court held for the County of Southampton on Thursday 9th April 1752 This Account was reported pursuant to the order of this Court and on the motion of Exum Scott Administrator the said account Report were Ordered to be Recorded Test R Kello clk [In the left margin] Benjamin Blunts Will In the Name of God Amen the fourth day of July Anno Dom One thousand seven hundred and fifty one Benjamin Blunt of Southampton County being Sick and Weak of Body but of Sound And Perfect Sence and Memory Thanks be to Almighty God therefore, And calling into mind the Certainty of Death do make this only Last will and Testament Impr: I give and Bequeath my soul to Almighty God that gave it to me in Sure and Certain hope of a Glorious Resurrection unto Eternal Life and my Body to be Buried at the Discretion of my Executors hereafter Mentioned ---- ---- ---- Item: I give to my son William The Plantation Whereon Snow live Containing 200 acres as also 265 Acres Bought of Samuel Davis Also 70 acres of land Adjoyning that whereon I now [In the left margin] 82/ Live as also an Entry of Land Lying in the Meadow To him and his heirs or assigns for evever and if any Part of one hundred acres of Land I Bought of Benja Clifton shall be on the South Side of Powells Branch I give that said part to my Son William to him and his heirs or assigns forever Item: I give to my Son John my Plantation I Bought of John Chapman Call'd. Deeds Containing 240 acres and an Extry of Land thereunto adjoyning asid all my other Land on the North side of Powell's branch to him and his heirs or assigns forever --- Item: I give to my Son Benjamin all my Land and Rites of Land Lying in North Carolina to him and his heirs or assigns forever --- Item: I give my Part of a Surver of Land Taken up with Samuel Davis Lying on Meherrin River to Equally Divided Among my Three Sons William John & Benjamin Giving Each of them an Equal distance on the River Williams part to be at the Lower end John's In the Middle and Benjamin's at the Upper end To them and their Heirs or assigns forever --- Proviso: If my wife Shall hereafter Bare unto me a Male Child I give unto such Child forty Pounds Current money to be Raised out of my Estate Before any Distribution Item: I give to my Loving wife the use of my Plantation Whereon I now live during her Natural Life as also the use of the following Negtos Peter Dick and Nan During her Natural Life and also the Use of The following Negros Frank and Jenny Dureing her Widowhood after which I give the sᵈ Negros to be Equally Divided amony all my Children --- Item: I give all my other Negros To be Equally Divided Among all my Children When my Son William Shall Come to the age of Twenty one years to be Fivided in Quantity and [In the left margin] 83/ Quantity According to the Judgment of my Brothers Henry Blunt & Henry Thomas and John Person Senr & John Person Junr / 16 them and their Heirs or assigns forever Item: I give to my Loving Wife one half of my Personal Estate after my Just Debts and the aforesᵈ Legacy is paid and the other half to be Equally divided Among all my Childres I also Appoint my Loving Wife Whole & sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and fixt my seal the Day and Year first above Written The word Wife Interlined before signed Signed Heald and Pronounced } To be the Last Will and } Benja Blunt /Ls/ Testament of Benjamin of } Blunt in the Presence } John Person Jun: Edward Windham Elias Foster Alexander Watson At a Court held for the County of Southampton on Thursday the 14th May 1752 - This Will was presented in Court Proved by the oaths of John Person and Edward Windham two of the Witnesses thereto who deposed that they saw Elias Foster and Alexandre Watson the other Witnesses Subscribe their names as such in the presence of the testator and Ordered to be Recorded. And on the motion of Priscilla Bunt the Executrix therein Named Certificate was granted her for obtaining a Probat thereof in due form giving Security Test R Kello Clk