In the left margin:Wm Edwards Will In the Name of God Amen I William Edwards of County of Southampton being of sound and disposing mind & memory body Thanks be to Almighty God for the same but calling to mind and uncertainty of his life and knowing that is appointed for all men to die do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner & form following Imprimis: I give and bequeath unto my son James Edwards that land that I bought of Speed? containing one hundred and eighty acres be the same more or less to him and his heirs for ever give and bequeath unto my my son William Edwards the land I bpught of Mills Applewhite beginning at a pine in Jones's line thence running a line of marked trees down the swamp to the point of the beach Island thence up the severest run of the said Swamp to a corner tree in my old patent thence to the old line to a gum thence along line of marked trees to Jonas Edwards line containing two hundred and seven acres be the same more or less to him and his heirs forever Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Elias Edwards all the remainder of the land i bought of the Applewhites lying Westwardly of that I give my son William except that I sold Simon Murphree containing two hundred & even acres be the same more or less to him and his heirs forever Item: I give and devise and bequeath unto my son Albridgton Edwards all the land that is not before mentioned containing two hundred and seven acres be the same more or less and one feather bed and furniture one cow and calf one Ewe and lamb to him in his ears forever Item: I give and devise and bequeath unto my daughter Sally Wester one Negro boy named Tom to Her and her Heirs forever Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Williams one negro Girl named Huldy and her increase during her and her husband natural life if she has no Child at their deaths to be Equally divided the same amongst all the rest of my Children but if a Child to her and her heirs forever Item: I give and devise and bequeath unto my daughter Lyddy Lawrence one Negro boy nam'd Miles to her and her heirs forever Item: I give and devise and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Edwards one Negro girl name'd Beck one feather bed and furniture one cow and calf & one Ewe and Lamb to her and her heirs forever Item: I will leave the use of the following Negro (Vitz) Pompey, Abram, Sam, Grace, Lender, Deness, & Jacob and the use of all my movable Estate to my beloved wife Pricilla Edwards during her natural life or widowhood and after her death to be equally divided the following Negro' (Vitz) Grace the other increase Lender the other increase Deness & Jacob and all my movable Estate in the remainder amongst all my Children Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Jonas Edwards one Negro man name'd Sam after the death or marriage of sᵈ wife to him and his heirs forever Item: I give an bequest to my sons (Vitz) William Edwards & Elias Edwards one negro man named Abraham after the marriage or death of my said wife to them and their Heirs forever --- Item: I give an bequest to my son Albridgton Edwards one negro man Pompey after the marriage or death of my sᵈ wife to him and his heirs forever --- Lastly I appoint my son James Edwards Williams Edwards & Elias Edwards Exors to this my last will and testament revoking and disannulling all former will and will by me heretofore made in allowing This and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 21 day of March 1794 Signed Sealed Published & declared Wm Edwards (seal) in presence of Robert Williams Nathan Pope At a Court held for the County of Southampton on day of Septr 1795 -- This Will was presented in Court by James Edwards and William Edwards ywo of the Exors therein named in the will, (the other refusing to take upon himself the burden of the execution) proved by the oath of Robert Williams a witnesse thereto and continued And at a court held for ========================================================================================== The Estate of William Harris deceased with James Arthur Applewhite his Admr ============================================================================================================ | | £ | S | d | |To paid Edwin Claud bal of Bond | 2 | 15 | 3 |Feb 27 By Amt of Sale of Estate £ 285„ 8„ 3¾ |To paid Edwin Claud bal of Bond | 2 | 15 | 3 |Feb 27 By Amt of Sale of Estate £ 285„ 8„ 3¾ |To pᵈ Edwin Seward for acct | 2 | 1 | 9 | debit 270„ 7„ 5 |To pᵈ Nathan Thomas for Dᵒ | „ | 9 | 2½| 15„ 0„11¾ |To pᵈ Shff for acct | 6 | 1 | | |To pᵈ Jno Wall for acct | 1 | | | In Obedience to an Order of the worshipful |To pᵈ Clks Ticket | 6 | 4 | 4 | Court of Sᵒton bearing date July |To pᵈ Lewis Harris for acct | 14 | 19 | 4¼| Court 1796 We the Subscribers have |To Sundry bonds & accts delivers Joseph|221 | 13 | 4¼| Examined Acct of Arthur Applewhite |Vick admr of Wm Harris | | | | decd and who was the amdmr of Wm |To pᵈ Philip Felts as for acct | 2 | 8 | 5 | Harriss decd presented us by John |To pᵈ the Adm for his trouble | 14 | 5 | 5 | Applewhite the Admr of the said | |270 | 7 | 5 | Arthur Applewhite and we find the ac account justly stated # Vochers for the above debts we find all that in a re receipt of Joseph Vick who has recd the Estate of the above nam'd Wm Harris that a bond of ???? Thos Peete was pᵈ him by the said John Applewhite on what bo and an entry was made by rge above man'd Arthur Applewhite that the sᵈ Peete is to credit on the said bond giving under out hands this 6th day of September 1796 Robt Mabry Jas Williams S Mason ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Received by the STP (go-stp.com) from Fenton W Harrison <_mainaccount@go-stp.com> on 2/24/23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------