In the Name of God Amen I Richard Beal of Southampton County & State of Virginia being weak of body at present but of sound & Mind & memory thanks be to Almighty God for same and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowledge it is appointed for all to die do make and ordain this my Last will and Testament -- [In the left margin] ?????? First of all I desire that all my debts and funeral Charges to be paid and discharged Item: I give and bequeath to my son Asa Beal and his heirs the land and plantation that I bought of Hardy Pope with all the profits thereof and the bond I have against him in part of pay for the said Land Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Eady Beal and her heirs one feather bed and furniture one cow one pine chest and woolen wheel Item: I give and bequeath to my son Silah Beal and his heirs land I bought of William Ward containing by Estimation eighty three acres more or less and one pine chest Item: Item give a bequeath onto my son Elijah Beale his heirs one plantation where I formerly lived with thirty acres of land the use of ??? still to still is only drink one feather bed and furniture one pine chest and if he dies without heirs to my son Jacob Beale ---I--- Item: I give and bequeath to my son Dicky Beale and his heirs all My black Smiths Tools one pine chest 1 feather bed and furniture and five pounds Cash -- Item: I give and bequeath to my son Jacob Beal and his heirs the plantation whereon I now live with one still one feather bed & furniture 1 pine chest I Also leave onto my three daughters Millia Eady & Nancy their single lives the use of one of my Dwelling houses and and ground as mutch as they will Tend and half my orchard that Stands the west side of my dwelling houses and use of my still to still their own drink and one bay mare call pleasent and whole of my corn & meat to them that lives on this plantations Lastly my will and desire that my executors after my death do equally divide the estate that remaining between my ten children Millia Asa Abia Eady Alice Nancy Silah Elijah Dickey Jacob and likewise constitute and appoint my three sons Asa Beal Abia Beal and Silah Beal the whole of and sole executors of this my last will and testament Given under my hand and seal the 9th day of January 1797 Signed Sealed Published & declared his in presence of Richard R Beale Kinchen Edwards mark William Fowler her Margaret X Joiner mark At a Court held for the County of Southampton on 17th day of July 1797 This Will was presented in ?????????????? court by Abia Beale one of the Executor therein named / the others refusing to take upon themselves the burden of execution thereof / proved by the oaths of Kinchen Edwards and William Fowler two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. And on the 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 %call Sam Kello ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Received by the STP (gostp.ddns.net) from Fenton Harrison on 2/18/23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------