------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Will Book 4 1783-1797 Page 587 Name and Place entries on this page include: Samuel Bailey; Sarah Bailey; Chaina+; Prince George County*; Jacob Darden; Jonathan Darden; Ann Gardner; Henry Gardner; Peggy Gardner; Polly Darden Gardner; Joshua Gardner@; James Hunnecutt; Rebeccah Hunnecutt; Jacob Darden Jr; Samuel Kello (Clerk); Barnaby Micon; Millie+; Milly+; Barnaby Nixon; Mary Pretlow@; Mary Pritlow; Ann Ricks; Robert Ricks; Jacob Darden Sr -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> One bason one iron pot four pewter plates three spoons and three Earthern Plates one womans saddle, two cows & calves three sows & piggs five ewes & lambs to her and her heirs forever Item: I unto my daughter Polly Darden Gardner one negro girl named Millie & twelve pounds current money of Virginia one bed & furniture one woolen wheel one Chest two black walnut chairs two maple ditto one dish one bason four pewter plates three spoons & earthern plates one Iron Pot one womans saddle two calves & calves three sows & piggs five ewes & lambs to her and her heirs forever I give unto my daughter Peggy Gardner one negro girl name China One bed and furniture One Chest two black Walnut Chairs two Maple ditto one Woolen wheel one dish one bason fou4 pewter plates three spoons & three Earthern plates one Iron Pot one womans saddle two cows and calves three sows & piggs five ewes & lambs to her and her heirs forever. And in case either of the daughters should die without lawful issue my will and desire is that her legacy should be equally divided amongst my children than alive -- I give unto my loving wife Ann Gardner for use of my plantation and land whereon I now live and all the residue of my estate of what kind or quality whatsoever during her natural life my will and desire is my estate may be kept together with my wife until my Children Severally comes of age to receive their legacies as above mention'd and my desire is my Estate may not be appraised but only an Inventory return'd - I hearby nominate and appoint my wife Ann Gardner executrix and my son Henry Gardner executor to this my last will and testament revoking all of the wills by me before made Ratifying this and no other to be my last will and Testament In Witness whereof I have set my hand and I affix'd my seal this 4 day of February 1793 Signed Sealed & pronounc'd } in the presence of } Joshua Gardner (seal) Jacob Darden Senr } Jacob Darden Jur } Jonathan Darden } At a Court held for the County of Southampton on 12 day of December 1793 This Will was presented in Court by Ann Gardner & Henry Gardner the Exors therein named and prov'd by the oaths of Jacob Darden Senr & Jacob Darden Jur 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 ========================================================================================== In the left margin: Pretlow Mary Will I Mary Pretlow of Southampton County being sound in mind & memory do hereby make and ordain this to be my last will & testament in manner & form following (viz): First, I give and bequeath to Ann Ricks, wife of Robert, ten pounds cash. Second, I give & bequeath to Rebeccah Hunnecutt, widow of James Hunnecutt, deceased, ten pounds cash. Third, I give and bequeath to Sarah Bailey, wife of Samuel Bailey, ten pounds. Fourth, I give & bequeath to the monthly meeting of friends at Black Water ten pounds. Fifth, I give and bequeath to Barnaby Micon of Prince George County ten pounds. Sixth, I give and bequeath to Peter Peebles Jr and James Peebles each five pounds. Seventh, I give to four young negros now under my care, namely: Lllie, George, Cala & Charlotte each 2 (looks like 2%, could be 2 shillings or 20 shillings). Eighth, My will & desire is that all the remainder of my estate may be equally divided amongst Thomas, Robert, Richard, Joseph, Mary, Milicent & Ann Ricks, children of my brother Robert Ricks, and Elizabeth Bailey & Sarah Bailey, daughters of my sister Elizabeth Scott, dec'd. I constitute and appoint my nephew Robert Ricks my whole and sole Executor to this my Last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & fix't my seal this 28 day of July 1792. Sign'd, seal'd & publish'd Mary Pritlow (seal) in presence of: Thomas Pritlow Ann Pritlow Thomas Taylor At a Court held for the County of Southampton the 12th day of December 1793 This Will was presented in Court by Robert Ricks, the Executor therein named (being one of the people called Quakers) and prov'd by the solemn affirmation of Thomas Pritlow (another of the people called Quakers) and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of the said Executor who made affirmation according to law, Certificate is granted him for obtaining a Probat therein due form giving security whereupon &c. Sam Kello, Cl. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> In the name of God Amen I James Gardner Sr of Southampton County & state of Virginia being sick and weak of body but of sound & disposing mind & memory, thanks be to almighty God for the same, and calling to mind the uncertainty of this life and knowing that it is appointed once for all men to die, do make and ordain this my last will & testament in manner following: First & principally I recommend my soul into the hands of almighty God & my body to the ground from whence it was taken, hoping at the last day to receive that blessed pentence, come ye blessed children of my father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you before the beginning. And also what worldly estate it hath pleased God to bestow on me I give and bequeath in manner & form following, vizt: Item: I give and bequeath unto my son James Gardner Jr ninety seven acres of woodland being part of a survey executed by myself and James Daughtry, dec'd, bounded by the land of Col. Benjamin Baker, Matthew Gardner, the county line & his own land that he bought of John Daughtry to him his heirs and assigns forever. Item: I give and bequeath unto three of my grand children, sons of my son John Gardner, dec'd, to wit: Jesse, David & John the land & plantation that I bought of Thomas Thorp containing three hundred acres adjoining the land I now live on, Nicholas Cobb, & the tract that I give my son Jesse Gardner binding by a dividing line made between him & this tract by myself & Nicholas Cobb to them, their heirs and assigns forever equally. Item: I give & bequeath unto my son Jesse Gardner the land and plantation he now lives on bounded by a dividing line between this tract and the tract given to my grand children, Robert Darden and the county line thence by that line to the Cedar Swamp thence up the said swamp to the afores'd dividing line to the beginning containing three hundred acres, the residue to Thorp, also one hundred & seventy five acres bought land purchased of Thomas Thorp agreeable to a patent granted Rev. Bryant called and known by the name of Gale Berry to him his heirs & assigns forever. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Received by the STP (go-stp.com) from Fenton W Harrison <_mainaccount@go-stp.com> on 3/16/23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------