========================================================================================== In the left margin: Pope Jesse Will In the Name of God Amen I Jesse Pope of County of Southampton being weak in body but of sound and disposing mind and memory, Thanks be to God, do make & publish this writing as & for my last will & Testament in manner & form following, that is to say, first I give and bequeath to my son Nathaniel Pope, the land that he now lives on to be bounded as follows beginning at Hickory a corner tree of Nathan Barnes's Amos Joyner and from thence a straight line to the flat branch where the path now Crosses and down this sᵈ branch to Evan Popes line, to him and his heirs forever ___ ___ Item: I lend the west room of the house that I now live in to my two daughters Jinny & Mary Pope as long as they live unmarried also lend them as much ground as is sufficient to make them Cotton upon, I also give to my two daughters Jinny and Mary Pope each of them a feather bed and furniture and a cow and calf to each to them forever Item: I give and bequeath to my son David Pope the remainder of my land undispos'd of also my Colt & feather bed & furniture to him and his heirs forever Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Hannah Beal one cow and calf Item: My will and desire is that the remainder of my estate undispos'd to be equally divided between John Zedekiah Jesse Hannah Jinny and Mary Pope, And I do hereby appoint my son Nathaniel Pope & Asa Beale Executors of this my last will and Testament In witness whereof I Jesse Pope have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this Twenty second day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Ninety one Signed Sealed Published & declared to be my last will and Testament In presence of ======= Nathan Barnes } Jesse Pope (seal) Amos Joyner } At a Court held for the County of Southampton on 13 day of Feburary 1794 Evans Pope } This Will was presented in Court by Nathaniel Pope the Executor therein nam'd, and prov'd by the oaths of Amos Joyner & Evans Pope two of the witnesses thereto And ordered to be recorded & On the Motion of the said Executor who made oath according to Law Certificate is granted him for obtaining a probat thereof in due form giving Security whereupon &c Sam Kello CC ========================================================================================== In the left margin: Thorpe Jun Jno acc curr Dr The estate of Jno Thorpe Jun decd in acct current with Martha Thorpe & Hardy Harris Exors ========================================================================================== To paid for Coffin & Funeral Expences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1„| 2„| 0 | To paid Doctr Thomas Peetes as ac proved account . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1„| 19„| 0 | . . . . . To paid Arthur Matthews . . . . . . . ditto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | „| 14„| 8¾| To paid William Hines by John Hay ac as per proved account . . . . . . . . | 18„| 12„| 5 | To paid William Hines for Wm Hay as per proved account . . . . . . . . . . | „| 15„| 0 | To paid David Ivey for crying said estate at sales . . . . . . . . . . . . | 4„| 2„| 8 | To paid Shff taxes for 1781 and Clerks Tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1„| 8„|11 | To paid Daniel Fisher price sundry services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1„| 15„| 0 | To Clarks ticket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1„| 8„| 1½| carried over ~~~~~~~~ | 32„| 17„| 8¼| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Received by the STP (go-stp.com) from Fenton Harrison on 3/15/23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------