and one Coffee pott & three Porringers & Two Earthern boles & one pott & one frying pan and one Table & the remainder part of my state after my decease the same to her and her heirs forever ___ Lastly I do hereby appoint Elisha Whitney to be my whole sole Executor of this my last will and testament Renouncing and disanuling all other will or wills by me heretofore mention'd declar'd as Witness my hand and Seal this the 1st day of June 1783. her Signed Sealed & Delivered } Mary + Jones (seal) in the presence of } seal Joshua Whitney } At a Court held for the County of Sᵒton on 10 day of Apr 1794 This Will was prov'd by Jermina Hatfield } the Oaths of Jermina Hatfield & Ann Whitney two of the witnesses thereto and Ann Whitney } Ordered to be Recorded And on the Motion of the Elisha Whitney the Executor therein nam'd who made oath according to Law Certificate is granted him for obtaining a probat thereof in due form giving Security whereupon &c Sam Kello ========================================================================================== In the left margin: Harris West Will In the Name of God Amen I West Harris of the County of Southampton do this fourteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one fhousand seven hundred and nineth four make and ordain this my last will and Testament in manner following - I desire that there may be a line ?un from a pine thats the corner tree of the dividing line between me and Wm Harris to the Creek so far as it will take ten acres of Wm Harris's land to make up my 337 Acres ___ Item: I lend onto my wife Julia Harris the whole of my lands containing 337 Acres Until my son Hardy Harris arrives to the age of twenty one years to be given to him and to his heirs forever. I give and bequeath unto my wife Julia Harris one Mare Three head of cattle (her choice) one sow & nine pigs five Earthern plates, three pewter plates, one pewter dish & Bason one pine Table one pine chest one Feather bed and furniture one Iron pot & hooks one case of Knives & forks one tablecloth & two flat Irons ___ Item: I desire and direct the residue of my estate be sold a public sale to satisfy my just debts Lastly I do appointment my friends Henry Thorpe Arthur Applewhite and Jno Richardson Exors of this my last will and testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal on the day and year as above written Sign'd Seal'd Publish'd & West Harris (seal) declar'd in presence of his } Morris + Dunn } mark } her } Mabel + Dupree } mark } Jno T Richardson } At a Court held for the County of Sᵒton on 10 day of Apr 1794 This Will was presented in Court by Henry Thorp & Arthur Applewhite (The third refused) proved by the Oaths of Morris Dunn & Mabel Dupree the witnesses thereto and Ordered to be rcorded. 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 ========================================================================================== In the left margin: Williams Issace acc curr Dr The estate of Issac Williams decd in a/c Current with John Davis admr ====================================================================================================================== Dec 1789|To tax on admr his estate | „|12| O |pᵈ Wm Crichlow at diff times his ????? } | | | | Jan 7 |pᵈ Shff his tax &c for 87 ^ ??? | | | |pᵈ 7„15„1 acct 3/9 } | 7|18|10 | |ticket of 136 lb of Tobbaco | 8|15| 7½|pᵈ Richd Yarbough ???? division his estate | 3| 0| O | Jun |pᵈ Micajah Griffin for crying the estate | „|12| O |pᵈ Anselm Bailey his acct | 1| 1| 6 | |pᵈ Mary Moore her acct | 1| 8| 1 |pᵈ Shff taxes &c for 1788 | 7| 1| 8 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Received by the STP (go-stp.com) from Fenton Harrison on 3/13/23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------