[In the left margin] Reese John Will In the Name of God Amen I John Reese of Southampton County and Parish of St Lukes being in perfect sense & memory thanks be to Almighty God for the same but at the same time considering that all men must die & not knowing how soon it may be my lot do think this the most proper time to make this my last will & Testament & first I give I give my soul to God who gave it me hoping that he will receive it into his mansions of bliss & my body to it Mother earth to be decently buried in as to my worldly goods which it hath pleased God to bestow upon me I dispose of in the following manner Vitz Imprimis: I lend unto my beloved wife Mary Reese during her natural life or widowhood all my land likewise her four choice of all my Negroes which I may have at my death likewise the two choise of my horses & six choise of cattle three choise feather beds & furniture twenty choise of my hogs fifty barrels of corn and all the remainder of my estate wherever it may be found be sold & twelve month credit allow'd the money arising from the sale be equally divided between my children as follows to wit Randolph Reese Rogers Reese Rivers Reese Reuben Reese Rowel Reese John Reese Joseph Reese Patty Morgan wife of Matthew Morgan Mary Thorp wife of John Thorpe Selah Adams wife of Benja Adams junr to them and their heirs forever Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Lucy Johnson five shillings Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Sally Ivy wife of Benja Ivy 5/ to her & her heirs forever Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Lucky Ivy wife of Phillip Ivy five shillings to her & her heirs forever Item: It is my will and desire at the death or marriage of my beloved wife Mary Reese that all the estate lent to her both real and personable be sold at twelve months credit & the money arising from the sale be equally divided between my children as follows Randolph Reese Rogers Reese Reuben Reese Rowel Reese John Reese Joseph Reese Patty Morgan wife of Matthew Morgan Mary Thorp wife of Jno Thorpe Selah Adams wife of Benja Adams junr & in case Ither of my children should die under the age of twenty one or without lawful issue there portion to be equally divided between the remainder part of my ten children last name'd in this my last will & testament to them and their heirs forever Item: Moreover I do appoint my beloved sons Randolph Reese and Roger Reese and my friend Henry Thorpe my hole & sole exors to this my last will and testament hereby making mull & void all former wills & bequeaths heretofour made by me & constituting this and no other to be my last will & testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix'd my seal this 1st day of Dec 1792 Sign'd & Seal'd } John Reese Senr (sesl) in the presence of } William Grizzard Randolph Milton his Thomas + Pate mark At a Court held for the county of Southampton on 13th day of November 1794. This Will was presented in Court proved by the oath of William Grizzard one the witnesses and having before to wit. At a Court held for the county of Southampton on 9th day of October 1794 Proved by Thomas Pate another witness thereto is ordered to be recorded Whereupon Henry Thorp Roger Reese and Randolph Reese the Executors in this will nam'd came into court & openly refused to take up on themselves the burden of the execution thereof Sam Kello CC ========================================================================================== In the left margin:Gardner James acct currt Dr Estate of James Gardner Senr in a/c with Jesse Gardner Exor... cr ========================================================================================== 1794 Mar 14|To cash paid for Clerk at sale „ 3„0 |Sep 23 1794..By amt. Sales due this day 360„18„6 | |To cash paid Sheriff for 1792 Tax &c 2„11„2 | | |To paid Ivy Parker as ? receipt 3„18„0 | | |To paid Tho Holland on part 18„17„7 | | |To paid Benjamin Lawrence in part 2„ 5„0 | | |To my commissions of 360„11„6 at 5% 18„ 0„11½| | |To ballance due the estate 315„ 4„ 9½| | | ======= 360„18„6 | ======= 360„18„6 | Balance due the estate & Contra 315„ 4„9½ In obedience to an order of court to us directed we have Examined Settled and Stated on acct currt of the estate of James Gardner decd and find a balance remaining in the hands of the Exor of three hundred fifteen pounds four shillings & 9½ as above will appeal witness our hands this 4th day of Nov 1794 Exors Excepted Henry Gardner Jacob Darden ========================================================================================== Dr The estate of James Cobb decd in a/c Current with Wm Hines & M Cobb ========================================================================================== In the left margin: James Cobb acct curr James Darden At a court held for the county of Southampton the 13th day of Nov 1794 This account current of the estate of James Gardner decd was reported & ordered to be recorded Sam Kello CC ========================================================================================== Dr The estate of James Cobb decd in a/c Current with Wm Hines & M Cobb ========================================================================================== Cobb James |To pᵈ John Williams his a.c ... 4„ 0„_ |pᵈ William Urquhart 6„ 4„1½ | acct curr | pᵈ Lemuel Stephens 1„10„_ |pᵈ Dotto H Corke 4„13„2 | | pᵈ Drewry Lane „13„_ |pᵈ Dotto Excise tax 1„17„3 | | pᵈ Rebecca Mason 4„10„8 |pᵈ Jacob Fort Excise 3„17„7 | | pᵈ Ann Salter 1„15„7 |pᵈ Arthur Dales 1„ 7„0 | | pᵈ Mary Elvin „13„0 |pᵈ Richard Pond 2„15„3 | | pᵈ Robert Levine 2„ 0„0 |pᵈ John Pond for coffin 1„ 4„0 | | pᵈ Joel Davis „ 6„0 |pᵈ Joseph Holmes Doctor 6„ 3„0 | | pᵈ Robert Powell 4„ 0„0 |pᵈ Castes Briggs Capt 20„10„6 | | pᵈ Charles Briggs Shff 3„ 7„0 |pᵈ Clerk & Lawers fees 6„ 5„7 | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Received by the STP (go-stp.com) from Fenton Harrison on 2/22/23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------