At a Court held for the County of Southampton the 12th day of September 1793 This will was pre sented in court by Jacob Lawrence one of the Exors therein named time being allowed for the other to qualify proved by the oath of John Bishop Nathan Land & Lawrence Williams three of the witnesses thereto And Ordered to be Recorded And on the motion of the said executor who made oath according to law, a Certificate is granted him for obtaining a Probate thereof in due form giving security whereupon &c. Sam Kello, Cl ========================================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [In the left margin] William Jones Will In the name of God Amen, I William Jones of S ton County & state of Virginia being very sick & weak of body but of sound and disposing mind & Memory thanks be to almighty God for the same and calling to mind the uncertainty of this life & knowing that it is appointed once for all men to die do make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament in manner & form following -- Imprimis: I give and bequeath unto Nancy Simmons daughter of Mason Simmons my negro man Darry & his wife Beck & their two sons Ned & Lem & my negro girl Nanny and future increase of them, to her & to her heirs forever --- Item: I give & bequeath unto Henry J P Westbrooke sons of Passons Westbrook deceas'd my Negro Girl Tabb & her increase to her & heirs forever. Item: I give & bequeath unto Mason Simmons Westbrooke, daughter of said Passons Westbrooke my Negro girl Nell & her increase to her & heirs forever I give and bequeath unto Richard H Simmons son of William Simmons, my Negro man Pompey & boy Amos, to him & his heirs forever Item: I lend the use of my old wench Amy to my mother during her natural life & after her death for her to pass to my brother Edwin Simmons to him & his heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath unto my brother Edwin Simmons my negro man Tong & the use & labor of my negro wench Eady & her son Bob untill [sic] his oldest daughter shall come of lawfull age or marriage & then for the said wench to pass to her absolutely & for her futer increase then to be divided equally between the rest of his children to them & each of them separately & destinctly [sic] & their heirs forever ---- Item: I give and bequeath unto my brother Edwin Simmons all my lands & its appurtenances & my riding horse to him & is heirs forever --- Item: My will & desire is that after all my just debts are pᵈ that the remainder of my Estate be equally divided between my brother William Simmons & Edwin Simmons to them & their heirs forever. Lastly, I constitute & appoint my two brothers William & Edwin Simmons my whole & sole Executors to this my Last Will & Testament revoking & disannulling all former Will or Wills by me hitherto made & allowing this & no other to be my last will & Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this 22nd day of July 1793. Sign'd seal'd & published & declared by } the sᵈ William Jones to be his Last Will &c. } his James Butts Wm X Jones (seal) Jo Vick Mark Robt H Fisher } At a Court held for the County of Southampton Edwin Simmons } the 12th day of September 1793 This Will was presented At a Court held for the County of Sᵒton the 12th day of September 1793 This Will was presented in court by Wm Simmons & Edwin Simmons, the Exors therein named & proved by the Oaths of James Butts & Jo Vick the witnesses thereto and Ordered to be recorded And on the Motion of the said Exors who made oath according to Law Certificate is granted them for obtaining a Probat thereof in due form giving security whereupon &c. Sam Kello, Clk ========================================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [In the left margin] Henry Harts Will In the name of God Amen the seventeenth day of August one thousand seven hundred & ninety two I Henry Hart of the County of Southampton do make and order this my last will & testament & for what tempil [sic] Estate it hath pleased God to bestow on me, I dispose of in form & manner following Imprimis: I give to my son Benjamin Hart the plantation whereon I now live containing one hundred & ten Acres more or less to him & his heirs forever Likewise, I Give to him one mare & one feather bed & furniture & one negro named Cate after the death or marriage of his mother he is to possess the mare & feather bed at my death. I give to my two daughters Elizabeth Hart & Ann Hart each of them a feather bed & furniture at my death --- I lend the residue of my Estate to my well belov'd wife Lucy Hart during her widowhood -- Item: At her death or Marriage to be apprais'd & Equally divided by the Appraisment [sic] between my three children Benjamin, Elizabeth and Ann. I Likewise appoint Joseph Hart Sen. & my son Benja Hart my hole & sole Executors of this my Last Will & Testament the day & Year above Written Seald & delivered in presence of Henry Hart (seal) Jesse Womble } Robert Har } At a Court held for the County of Southampton the 12th day of Sept 1798 This Will was presented in court by Joseph Hart Sen. & Benjamin Hart the Executors therein named & prov'd by the oaths of Robert Hart and John Hart, two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded And on the motion of the said Executors who made oath according to law Certificate is granted them for obtaining a Probat thereof in due form giving security whereupon &c. Sam Kello, Cl. ========================================================================================== [In the left margin] Hart Saml Will In the name of God Amen, August the second one thousand seven hundred and ninety three, I Samuel Hart of Southampton County do make and ordain this to be my last will & Testament & for what temporal estate it hath been pleased God