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 } At a Court held for the County of Southampton the 9th day of April 1795 Jacob Summerell } This Will was presented in court by William Bittle one of the Thomas Halliday } 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 ------"------ ========================================================================================== In the name of God Amen, I Fortunatus Jarrott of the State of Virginia & County of Southampton being sick & weak in body but of perfect mind & memory, thanks be to God for it but calling to mind that it is appointed for all men one (once) to die do make & ordain this my last will & testament, that is to say: principally & first of all, I recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it & for my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a christian like [page break] ========================================================================================== manner at the discretion of my Executors & as touching such worldy estate as it hath pleased God to bless in this life, I dispose of in the following manner First of all my debts and funeral charges are paid and satisfied. Item: I give and bequeath to my brother John Jarrott one negro boy named Abraham & one hundred dollars & my clois may be divided equally between John Jarrott & Wm Peoples Item: I give and bequeath to William Peoples daughter Susanna Peoples, one negro boy named Charles Item: I give and bequeath to Henry Bell son of George Bell the piece of land that I had of Benjamin Wheeler one hundred acres more or less. Item: I give and bequeath to my sister Nancy Jarrott one neg. boy by the name of Ephraim one negro girl by the name of Francis and one neg. girl named Silvy, and the residue of my whole estate to her Sign'd, sealed and deliver'd in presence of us Dec the 13.. 1795 Fortunatus Jarrott (seal) Test William Peoples } Test Wiley Hopkins } John Jarrott, Executor Test Joseph Hopkins } State of Virginia Southampton County Cct The Commonwealth of Virginia to Joel Lane, presiding judge of the Court of Wake County state of North Carolina greeting or in his absence to any other person as by the laws of the state are authorized to administer an oath Know ye that we trusting to your fidelity & provident circumspection in diligently examining Wiley Hopkins and Joseph Hopkins, witnesses to the Last Will and Testament of Fortunatus Jarrott, dec'd, whether they saw the said Fortunatus Jarrott sign & publish the writing hereunto annexed as his Last Will and Testament and whether he was of disposing mind & memory and they subscrib'd their names thereto in his presence, and their examination so taken in the holy Evangelist of Almighty God into to the court aforesaid county of Southampton without delay you shall send certified under your hands & seals sending to us the said Last Will & Testament and this writ witness Samuel Kello clerk of our said court at the court house the 5 day of March 1795 in the 19th year of our foundation. John D Haupmann, D, C, C, T, C _______O_______ State of N. Carolina } Wake County ) This day Josess Hopkins appeared before me of the Justice of Pecs for said county & made oath that he saw Fortunatus Jarrott sign said and acnowledg [sic] the annex'd Will to be his Last Will & Testament & that he believes the said Jarrott was of sound mind & Memory & that he said Hopkins did sign his name to the annex'd Will March the 13 1795 David Norton, J.P. At a Court held for the County of Southampton the 8th day of January 1795 This Will was prov'd by the oath of William Peebles, one of the witnesses thereto And at a Court held for the County of Southampton the 9th day of April 1795. The said Will was further [page break] ==================================================================================================== prov'd by the deposition of Joseph Hopkins, another of the witnesses which was taken under a commission issuing from this court which is hereto annexed, & with the Will is ordered to be recorded And on the motion of John Jarrott who made oath according to law administered with the Will annexed is granted him on his giving security whereupon &c Sam Kello Clk ------"