In the left margin: Vick William Will In the Name of God Amen I William Vick Senr of county of Southampton and State of Virga being sick & weak of body but of sound & disposing mind and memory thanks be to Almighty God for it & calling to mind the uncertainty of this life and knowing that it is appointed once for all men to die do make & ordain this my last will and Testament in manner & form following Item: I Give and bequeath unto my son Thomas Vick two Negros (to wit) George & Abraham which he hath been possessed With some time to him and his heirs forever. and every other article which I possess'd him with when he mov'd to Georgia and I do hereby acknowledge my consent to the sale of Negro girl Joan that he sold before he went away to Jonas Bryant I lend the labor and use of four Negros Ben, Mike, Ted, and Jesse to my daughter Sarah Dugger now wife to Howell Dugger during her natural wife and after her death I give Ben and Ted to my grand daughter Patsy Dugger and Mike & Jesse to my granddaughter Polly Dugger being the negros that I have heretofore lent my said daughter Sarah Dugger & in which she is now in possession of to them my said granddaughter and their heirs respectively forever & every other article which I have heretofore put in the possession of Howell Duggar I lend in like manner and after my said daughter death be equally divided between my sᵈ granddaughters Item: I leave the labor and use of Negro wench Celah and her present increase into my daughter Rachel Pennington now wife of James Pennington during her natural life and after her death I give the said Negro wench Celah & her present & future increase unto all my grand children born of my sᵈ daughter Rachel Pennington that may be living at the time of her death to them and thier heirs respectively forever - which said Negro wench Celah & her present increase I have possess'd James Pennington with already also I lend the use of all and every other article what do I have possess'd him with in like manner & after mt sᵈ dughters death I give them in like form Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Dorcas Boykin now wife of John Boykin one Negro boy named Anthony which she hath now in possession and all other Articles which I have put her heretofore in possession of and at my wife's death for my son Newit Vick to pay her thirty pounds hard money out of I may leave him to her and her heirs forever Item: I give the labor and use of Negro's Bitha & her percent increase & Sam unto my daughter Patience Browne now wife of Daniel Browne during her natural life and all of the Articles that I have heretofore put in the possession of Daniel Browne and after her death I give him bequeath Bitha & her her present & future increase & Sam & all other of the property unto my grandchildren born of my daughter Patience Browne they may be living at the time of her death to be equally divided to them & their heirs respectively forever Item: I give & bequeath unto my son Burwell Vick Negros Jack & Cherry & their increase which I have heretofore put him in possession of and given him a deed of Gift for but for fear of his not having the same legally recorded, I now confirm them to him & his heirs forever also all other rticles possess him with Item: I give & bequeath unto my son William Vick the land & plantation whereon Holloway Denson formally liv'd & whereon my sᵈ son now lives together with two hundred acres of land more or less adjoining the same bounded as follows beginning on Worrells line then on the sᵈ line to William Whitehead line and then on sᵈ Whiteheads line to the first branch then down said branch to the hogpen Branch then up to said branch to where the old line Crossit then binding on the old line to the Holly Pond branch then up the Holly Pond Branch to the first branch out of it then near a fourth horse on a line of mark'd trees to a post oak standing in a small pond then near a west course to Mary Pope's corner tree where the sᵈ Popes & the line which was formerly my fathers Jones then down my fathers old line to the west corner then on the sᵈ old one to the beginning also eight Negros (to wit) Phillis, Ben, Jesse, Natt, Fann, Norah, Little bear and Jesse, and other the articles that I have heretofore possessed him with together with the increase of the said Negroes to him and his heirs forever Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Charlotte Vick Negros Hannah & Bob one Bed & furniture one Babe mayor called Nancy & a pine beanie Chest & the increase of the sᵈ Negros to her and her heirs forever Item: I lead the labor and use of the remaining of my Negros (to wit) Joan, Ned, Lucy, Guss, Jacob, Isbell, Ben & Mark & Luke and the use of Manor Plantation & lands thereto belonging & all other of my estate of what nature or kind soever unto my loving wife Martha Vick during her natural life or widowhood and after her death or marriage I giveand bequeth the same & every part thereof that may then remaining at that time & their increase onto my son Newit Vick and his heirs forever Lastly: I do appointment loving wife Martha Vick and my two sons Wm Vick & Newit Vick my whole & sole Exors to this my last will and testament revoking and disannulling all former will or wills by me heretogore made allowing this and no other to be my last will & Testament In Witness whereof are they sᵈ William Vick hath hereunto set my hand and affix'd my seal 8th day day of August 1794. Sign'd Seal'd [P]ublish'd his and declared in presence of William X Vick (seal) Jas Vick mark Ann Barnes John Fennel At a Court held for the County of Southampton on 11 day if December 1795 This Will was presented in Court by Newit Vick one of the Exors therein named And Prov'd by the oaths of Ann Barnes & John Fennel two of the witnesses thereto and Ordered to be recorded And on the motion of the said Exor 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: Bird Land Will In the Name of God Amen I Bird Land of Southampton County and State of Virginia being weak in body at Present but of sound & perfect mind and memory thanks be to Almighty God for the same & calling to mind the Mortality of my Body knowing it is appointed for all to die do make & ordain this my last will and Testament Vitz first of all desire that all my debts & funeral charges be pᵈ and discharg'd Item: I give & bequeath unto my son Littleberry Land & his heirs forever one Negro Girl named Bet & one Negro Girl named Ginna which is now in his possession Item: I give & bequeath unto my son Lieuallen Land & his heirs forever one Negro Girl named Miley Item: I give & bequeath unto my daughter Lucreatia Bowers the wife of Britton Bowers & her heirs forever one negro woman named Hannah & one nickel Girl named Esther Item: I give & bequeath unto my son Lewis Land & Lastly: I nominate & appoint my trusty & well belov'd son Littleberry Land my whole & sole Executor of this my last will and Testament In Witness whereof I the sᵈ Bird Land ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Received by the STP (go-stp.com) from Fenton W Harrison <_mainaccount@go-stp.com> on 3/9/23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------