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Will Book 4 1783-1797                                                            Page 778

Name and Place entries on this page include:
Henry Blunt; Richard Blunt; William Blunt@; China+; Samuel Kello (Clerk); Edmund Turner; 
Nancy Turner; Benjamin Turner@; James Turner@;

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[In the left margin] James Turner Will

In the Name of God Amen I James Turner of the County of Southampton & 
State of Virginia being week in body but of a Sound and disposing mind & 
memory thanks be to God for the Same and Calling to mind the uncertainty of this 
transitory life do make this my last Will and Testament in Manner following)

Imprimis: It is My Will and desire that my body be decently buried at the discretion of my 
Executors and my just debts Paid-

Item I Give and bequeath to my son Edmund Turner one half of my lands & one half 
of my mill to him and his heirs forever but if he Sould die before he arrives 
to the age of twenty one years, or without Lawfull Issue then I give the Said 
Land and the half of the Mill to my Son Benjamin Turner to him and 
to his heirs forever -

Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Benjamin Turner the other half of my Land 
& Mill to him and his heirs forever but if he Should die before he arrives to the age 
of twenty one Years, or without Lawfull Issue then I Give the Said land & half the Mill 
to my son Edmund Turner, to him & his heirs forever.-

Item I Give and Bequeath to my daughter Nancy Turner one Negro Girl nam'd China 
to her & her heirs forever

Item I Give & Bequeath the Remainder of my Negroes & all their future in
crease to my three children namely Edmund Turner Benjamin 
Turner & Nancy Turner to be equally divided between them when my 
Son Edmund Turner arrives to the age of twenty one years to them and their 
heirs forever -

    My will and desire is that the remainder of my estate herein 
mentioned of what Kind or nature soever or wheresoever found to be Sold & 
the money arising from Such Sale to be equally divided between my three 
children above mentioned ==

    And lastly I do constitute and appoint Henry Blunt William 
Blunt Edmund Turner and Richard Blunt the whole and Sole executors 
of this my last will & testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set 
my hand and seal this 14th day of February 1797.
Signed sealed published  }                                     James Turner (Seal)
& declared in presence of}
William Blunt  }
Newit Harris   } At a Court held for the County of Southampton 
Edmund Turner  } the 17th day of April 1797 This will was presented in Court 
Henry Blunt    } by William Blunt & Richard Blunt two of the execu
Richard Blunt  } tors therein named (the others refusing to take upon
themselves the burthen of the execution thereof) proved, by the oaths of 
Newit Harris Edmd Turner & Richard Blunt three of the witnesses thereto 
and ordered to be recorded _ And at a Court held for the s.d County the 15th day of 
May 1797 on the Motion of the Executors Certificate is granted them for 
obtaining a probat thereof in due form giving Secy whereupon
                                                                  Sam Kello Clk
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Received by the STP from Fenton Harrison on 8/26/20 
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