In the Name of God Amen I Solomon Deloach of Southampton County and State of Virginia being Sick of body but perfect in mind memory and understanding thanks be to Almighty God have thought to dispose what worldly goods God has bestowed on me in manner & form as follows Item: I lend to my loving wife Lucy Deloach all my Lands negroes with all other property of what kind soever I am now possessed with her natural life and after her death to be divided as hereafter directed Item: I give bequeath to Solomon DeLoach son of Richard DeLoach decd two negroes (nam'd) Duglas and Lucy Children of Fanny to him and his heirs forever Item: I give & bequeath to Allen DeLoach Dunn two Negroes (namely) Harry & Venus to him and his heirs forever Item: I give & bequeath to Thomas DeLoach Dunn two Negroes (namely) Jacob & David to him and his heirs forever Item: I give and bequeath to my Frederick Parker son of Drewry Parker decd all and every part of my estate not heretofore given away to him and his heirs forever And I and I do also appoint Col. Sam Kello all and the whole Executor to this my last Will working and annulling by these presents all former Wills by me made declaring this to be my last will and Testament and none other in witness whereof I have you hereunto set my hand and I fix'd my seal this Fourteenth day of November in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred & ninety five Signed Sealed Delivered } in the presence of } his his Burel X Long Solomon X Deloach (seal) mark mark Lucy Myrick John Meglamore At a Court held for the County of Southampton on 17th day of April 1797 This Will was proved by the Oaths of Burwell Long & John Meglamore two of the witnesses thereto and Sam Kello the Exor in the will nam'd refusing to take upon himself the burden of the Exor thereto & continued And at a court held for the County of Southampton the 16th day of may 1797 on the motion of Frederick Parker who made oath according to the law Administration with the will and next annex'd is granted him giving bond &c whereupon Sam Kello CC ========================================================================================== [In the left margin] Will I Lemuel Jones of Southampton County do make and ordain this my last will and Testament in manner & form as follows Vitz ~~~ First: I Give devise & bequeath to my sons Joseph Jones & Samuel Jones all my plantation and Lands, supposed to contain about nine hundred & ninety acres to be equally divided between them and their heirs Second: I give & bequeath to my four daughters (namely) Peggy Jones Elizabeth Jones Martha Jones & Ann Jones the sum of one Hundred pounds to each of them that is to say of four Hundred pounds to be equally divided among my aforsaid Daughters to be paid to them at the rate that money now pases in the state Third: I give & bequeath the rest remainder & residual of my Estate of what kind or nature soever to be equally divided among all my Children or their heirs or assigns at such time or times & such manner and proportions as my Exors hereafter name'd shall judge most condusive to my general good case and quiet of my family I do ????? recommend to my Children to live in love & particularly request my sons to be kind to their Sisters & afford them every Brotherly protection and accommodation in their lives Fourth I desire that no appraisement being made of my estate and that my Exors shall not be accountable or call'd in question in about or concerning any waste or loss which may happen in the said residual of my estate so long as the same shall remain in the hands of my Children & that no Security be required of my said Executors Lastly: I do hereby constitute & appoint my Brothers-in-law Jordon Densen & Joseph Denson and my sons Joseph Jones and Samuel Jones whole and sole Exors to this my last Will and Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix'd my seal this twenty third day of the eleventh month 1796 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Signed sealed and acknowledge } in presence of } Samuel Jones (seal) Henry Bulls Edmond Johnson his Zachariah X Doyal mark At a Court held for the County of Southampton on 15th day of May 1797. This Will was presented in Court by Joseph Jones one of the Executors therein named liberty being reserved for the others proved by the oaths of Henry Bulls Edmund Johnson & Zachariah Doyel the Witnesses thereto and order'd to be recorded And on the motion of Joseph Joyner probat granted &c Sam Kello CC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Received by the STP (go-stp.com) from Fenton Harrison on 2/21/23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------