benefit of all my children that may be been living As to the remainder of my lands & tenements & lots in the Town of Petersburg, Prince Town & Jeruselem Fisheries on Chowan & Meherrin Rivers my will is that they be rented out yearly and the profits arising therefrom be divided equally between my wife and all of my children as may be them living but my will further is that no timber renting out my land in Sussex County Virginia & Halifax County North Carolina not on her shall be made use of more than for the necessary support of the several plantations therein nor anymore Lands clear'd on either Lastly at the decease of my wife Judith my will is that the whole my estate that is then left be equally divided between such of my children as may be then living or the heirs of such as be dead (if any) draw a parents part I hereby appoint my brother Levi Rochelle Executor of this my last will and testament leaving him 5 pd 6s for trouble in settling my estate or should he die before my estate is settled I appoint my friend James Butts to succeed him as my executor to whom I allow the same 5 pd 6s for what part shall remain unsettled. In Witness whereof I haveon to set my hand and affix'd my seal this thirtieth day of February 1794 Sign'd Seal'd Publish'd & declar'd } John Rochelle (seal) bu the saud John Rochelle as & for } his last will and testament in the } Presence of } Geo Gurley } Jeremiah Drake } Stephen Handcocke } willsum At a Court held for the County of Sᵒton the 10th day of April 1794 This Will was prov'd by the Oath&s of Geo Gurley Jermuah Drake & Stephen Handcocke the witnesses thereto and Ordered to be Recorded And on the Motion of Levi Rochelle the Executor therein nam'd who made oath &c. tProbate is granted him for in due form giving Security whereupon &c Sam Kello ========================================================================================== In the left margin: Johnson Josiah Inv An True Inventory of the Josiah Johnson decd estate =============================================================================================== Cash £4„16,0 _ 3 horses 8 Cattle 8 hogs 3 Feather beds & furniture 14 plates 4 dishes & bason 15 Spoons 3 Pots and hooks 1 Dutch Uven and hooks 1 frying pan 1 skillet 1 Gun 1 Riddle 1 Looking Glass 1 pʳ Sheep Shears 3 Jugs 1 Chest 1 Trunk 1 Sifter 8 Bottles 3 Vials 2 Mugs 10 Knives 6 Forks 1 box Iron & 3 heaters 1 Coffee Pott 3 pʳ Cards 4 Punch bowls 6 Saucers 3 Cups 1 Pitcher 10 Funnels 1 Brass Candlestick 1 Pepper box 1 pʳ Fire Tongs 1 Shovell 1 flesh fork 1 Griddle 2 SSaddles 1 Set of Shoemaker Tools 1 Crruing Knife 5 Axes 5 Weeding Hoes 2 Grubbing Hoes 2 Augers 1 Gouge 2 Chisels 1 Claw hammer 1 drawing Knife 1 Carpenter Adds 2 Taper bitts pʳ Stock 1 Steel trap 1 Jointer 1 Jack Plane 5 Jointer Irons 3 Bells 1 Pair Compasses 6 Setting Chairs 1 Loom & ?emples & Shuttles 3 Slays & harness 2 Washing Tubs 3 Pails 2 briddles 1 Spinning Wheel 1 flax Wheel 8 hooks 1 butter Pott 1 Chamber Pott 1 hand saw 3 Powdering Tabs 1 Tobb. hogshead a Parcel of Tobb. 1 brandy barrel 2 Kegs 1 pʳ Iron Wedges 2 Plow hoes 1 Cotter 1 Cooper Vice 1 pʳ Cart wheels 3 Meal Gums 2 pine Tables 1 Bell Mettal spice Mortar Pestle 1 Iron ladle 1 Slate 3 Canisters 2 pʳ Scissors 1 Box of Wafers 1 Ink Stand A Quantity of Corn A Quantity of Pork A Quantity of hogs Lard A Quantity of Cotton & Wool 1 horn Tumbler 1 Raw Hide A parcel of Leather Hannah Johnson At a court held for the County of Sᵒton the 10 day of Apr 1794 This Inventory & sppraisement of the estate of Josiah Johnson decd was returned And Ordered to be Recorded Sam Kello CC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Received by the STP (go-stp.com) from Fenton Harrison on 3/15/23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------