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Will Book 4 1783-1797                                                             Page 785

Name and Place entries on this page include:
Drewry Joyner; Edith Joyner; Elisha Joyner; Fereby Joyner; John Joyner; Martha Joyner; 
Nelson Joyner; Joshua Joyner@; Nottoway Parish*;
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In the Name of God Amen I Joshua Joyner of the County of 
Southampton and Parish of Nottoway being of sound perfect & disposing 
mind and memory calling to mind the uncertainty of the transitory 
life and knowing that it is appointed for all men to die do think it proper 
to make this my Last Will and Testament in manner & form as follows (to wit)

First: I give and bequeath to my son John Joyner one hundred and fifty acres of 
bounded as follows Beginning at the mouth of the Cypress Swamp 
up the Swamp Jack's Branch up the bridge to the line up the line 
To the head of The bull poqoson branch down said branch to the mouth 
by a line of marked trees to the fork of Taylors gut from thence to 
The beginning to him and his heirs also my Coopers tools

Item: I give & bequeath to my son Joshua Joyner one hundred and fifty acres of land 
bounded as follows beginning at Taylor's gut from thence to the fork 
of the bull poqoson and Jacks branch dad said bridge to the back 
River of the Back river to the main Blackwater River up the Black Water 
to the Beginning to him and his heirs also I give to my sᵈ son one gun 

Item: I give and devise and bequeath to my son Nelson Joyner one hundred acres of 
land bounded as follows beginning at the little ???? up the 
???? to the line thence line to the Trough branches down the branch 
to the black Water two thirds of the Island Excepted as it is my 
desire that my sons Drewry Joyner & Elisha Joyner shall have 
an equal share in this said Island land with my son Nelson 
Joyner Also I give to my son Nelson Joyner one feather 
bed and furniture and as much of my Pewter as I have 
given to either of my Children as has left me also one cow and calf 

Item:I give & bequeath to my son Elisha Joyner one hundred acres of land 
bounded as follows beginning at the back river from thence to 
Jacks branch of the said bridge to the Maple branch up the Maple 
branch to the line up the line to the horse branch to him 
and his heirs also one cow & calf one feather bed & furniture and 
as much of my Pewter as I have given to either of my children as 
has left me 

Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Fereby Joyner one bed & 
furniture and an equal part of my pewter with Either of my 
children as left me & one cow and calf

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Testator:   Joshua Joyners; 
Leg.-       son John Joyner; 
            son Joshua Joyner; 
            son Nelson Joyner; 
            son Drewry Joyner; 
            son Elisha Joyner; 
            daughter Edith Joyner; 
            wife Martha Joyner; 
            daughter Fereby Joyner. 
Exs.-       sons John Joyner and Joshua Joyner . 
Wit.-       Joseph Scott Jr; 
            Joseph Mountfortt; 
            Joshua Joyner. 
D. 14 Sep 1783.
R. 17 Jul 1797.
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Will Book 4 1783-1797                                                             Page 786

Name and Place entries on this page include:
Arthur Applewhite; Joseph Atkinson; William Harriss; Drewry Joyner; Edith Joyner; 
Elisha Joyner; Fereby Joyner; John Joyner; Joshua Joyner; Martha Joyner; Joshua Joyner@; 
Edwin Long; Joseph Mountfortt; Thomas Teet; Henry Thorp;


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Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Edith Joyner one bed & 
furniture and an equal part of my pewter with Either of my 
children as left me & one cow and calf

Item: Lend all the rest of my Estate not already mentioned to my Loving 
wife Martha Joyner during her life or widowhood and at her death 
or marriage it is my desire that one galf of the estate as I have lent to 
my wife be equally divided between my youngest Sons (that is to say) Drewry 
Nelson & Elisha and the other half to be divided among all my eight 
Children

Item: I do here by nominate constitute ordain and appoint my son John 
Joyner and my son Joshua Joyner my hole & sole Executors 
of this my last will and testament In Witness whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and seal this fourteenth day of Setember in 
the year of our lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and eighty three 

Signed sealed pronounced              } 
& declared to be the sᵈ Joshua Joyner }         Joshua Joyner (seal)
to be his last Will and Testament     } 
in presence of us                     } 

Jos Scott Junr
Joseph Mountfortt
      his
Joshua X Joyner
      mark           At a Court held for the County of Sᵒton 
on 15th day of May 1797  This Will was presented in Court and proved by the oaths 
of Joshia Joyner of the witnesses thereto And At a Court held for the County of Sᵒton 
on 17th day of July 1797  This will was further proved by the oaths of Joseph Scott 
another witnesses thereto and and to be Recorded And on the motion of 
Jno Joyner the Exors nam'd who made oath according to 
Law a probat is granted him on giving Security whereupon &c
                                                     Sam Kello CC                                                             

==========================================================================================------An Inventory of the Estate of William Harriss deceased as hath 
Come to my knowledge as follows
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In the left margin: 1796 May                                              |  £ |  S |  D |
Docto Thos Teet's bond on demand ?tt Nov 1794 for £76„3„2 }               |    |    |    |
Credit on it recd by Arthur Applewhite ?? no date £3„16„3                 | 73 |  6 | 11 |
Jno Jno Walls & Edwin Long's bond on demand ay same time for £3„11„9      |    |    |    |
Credit on it recd by Arthur Applewhite 14th May 1794  £1„0„0              |  2 | 11 |  9 |
Henry Thorp's bond with Jos Atkinson ????? on demand at same time         |  9 | 14 | 10¾|


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Received by the STP (go-stp.com) from Fenton Harrison <abbubba@gmail.com> on 2/21/23
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