Item: My will and desire is that after the death of my loving wife aforesaid that all the personal estate & negro lent her be sold & after the legacies are paid which I have given away then I desire that the overplus be equally divided amongst all my loving children or their heirs Item: And lastly, I do nominate & appoint my loving wife Margaret Adams Executrix and my son in law Joseph Prince Executor to this my Last Will & Testa ment hereby revoking disanulling [sic] & making Void all former Wills heretofore by me made & confirming this and no other to be my last will & Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affix'd my seal this 30 day of October 1794. Sign'd, seal'd and acknowledg'd his in presence of: Benjamin BA Adams (seal) mark Hasbert Pate } his } Jordan X Pate } mark } Richard Mason } At a Court held for the County of Southampton the 12th day of March 1795 This Will was presented in court by Joseph Prince one of the Executors therein named prov'd by the oaths of Jordan Pate & Richard Mason two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded And 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 / time being allowed for the Executrix to qualify Sam Kello Clk ------"------ ========================================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [In the left margin] Bittle Robert Will In the name of God Amen, the 14th day of February 1795, I Robert Bittle of S°ton County being in sound mind & Memory & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament in manner & form following) First, I give my soul to God who gave it me & my body I leave to (be) buryed [sic] at the discretion of my Executors, touching what worldy goods I have, I dispose of as follows /to wit: I give I give & bequeath unto my Henry Bittle and his heirs forever one neg man nam'd Bob & one negro woman named Amey together with her future in crease, also negro boy named Peter & negro boy named Luke one negro boy named Allen & one negro Girl named Isbel with her increase forever - Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Kirby Bittle one negro man named Ben to him & his heirs forever Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Lanier one Negro man named Bir also one Negro Woman named Sarah together with her children that she has at this time & future increase forever Item: I give and bequeath unto Henry Barham my grandson two negro girls which [page break] ========================================================================================== is now in the possession of his father Benjamin Barham by the name of Patience & Dorcas together with their future increase to him & heirs forever Item: I give and bequeath unto my son John Bittle two negros one by the name of Peter and one by the name of Aaron Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mildred Turner one negro woman named Winney together with her future increase to her & heirs forever I lend to my daughter Mildred Turner one negro boy named Lewis during his life & after her death I give the said negro boy to my grandson Benja Turner to him & his heirs forever Item: I give and bequeath unto my grandson Benja Bittle one negro boy named Moses to him and his heirs forever Item: I give and bequeath unto my grand daughter Elizabeth Bittle daughter of Mildred Turner one negro girl named Olive together with her future increase & her heirs forever Item: I give and bequeath unto my son William Bittle the plantation & tract of land whereon I now live containing 35 acres more or less, to him & his heirs forever I also give and bequeath unto my son William Bittle one negro man named David one negro man named Kitt one negro boy named Sam one negro woman named Sarah together with her future increase one negro woman named Sue, one Neg woman named Jinny one negro girl named Charlotte, one negro girl named Mason together with their future increase to him and his heirs forever I like wise Give unto my son William Bittle after my just debts & funeral Expenses are paid all the remaining parts of my Estate of what nature or kind soever to him and his heirs forever I do constitute Henry & William Bittle hole & sole Exors to this, my last will & testament In Witness whereof I have here unto set my hand & affixed my seal the day & year above written Signed, sealed, published and delivered } his by the Testator to be his Last Will & } Robert X Bittle Testament in presence of } mark William Edmunds } Jacob Summerell } Thomas Halliday } At a Court held for the County of Southampton the 9th day of April 1795 This Will was presented in court by William Bittle one of the Executors therein named & proved by the oaths of William Edmunds & Thomas Halladay two of the witnesses thereto And ordered to be recorded. And on a 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 Clk ------"