With three old and new testament, 1 silver soup spoon, 1 doz. table ditto, 1 doz. tea ditto, 1 pair sugar tongs, 1 doz. reap hooks, 750lb Tobacco, 1000lb fodder, 6 rack tops, 3 pr ?? scales, 1 pr large scales & weights, 2 ink stands, 1 sand box, 1 plate & Tea chest & 8 tea canistrs, 2 doz. knives and forks, 1 writing desk & book case, 6 Pr cart wheels & carts, a parcel lumber & 1 pr saddle bags, 3 Pr steelyards, 1 pice mortor & pestle, 6 cow hides 1 horse dᴼ At a court held for the county of Southampton the 10th day of February 1785. This Inventory of the Estate of John Wilkinson decd was this day returned & ordered to be recorded. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [In the left margin] Elizabeth Bradshaw Inventory Inventory of the Estate of Elizabeth Bradshaw. 1 Bed and Furniture, 1 cow and calf, one iron pot & hooks, 1 chest, 3 dishes, 1 bason, 4 plates, 1 stone jug, 1 butter pot, 1 tray & 2 bowls, 2 Bottles, 1 Hogs head, 1 Barrell, 1 linnen wheel, 1 table pine, 1 water pail, 3 baskets 1 stone mug, a fat gourd, 1 heifer. Martha Bradshaw adm. At a court held for the county of Southampton the 10th day of February 1785. This Inventory of the Estate of Eliz Bradshaw decd. was returned & ordered to be recorded. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [In the left margin] John Reese Inventory And inventory of the estate of Joseph Reese decd Negroes Toby, Harry, Mary, Beck, Arthur, Grace, Edy, Sam 1 black horse, 1 young mare, 1 colt, 1 old mare, 3 cows, & calves, 1 cow & yearling, 2 heifers & one stear, 6 Sheep, 23 hogs & 1 sow and pigs, 7 pewter dishes, 6 basons, 10 spoons, 18 plates, 3 porngers, parcel of old pewter, 10 barrels of corn, 4 beds & furniture, 1 Bed, 1 brass skillet, 552lbs Pork, 6 hoes, 2 trunks, 1 black walnut table, 1 pine ditto, 1 Box iron, 1 Gun, boy feather 1 pair of Shuk shears, 1 Glass & 2 Brushes, 5 Stone jugs,& 1 glass ?an, 1 sugar box & 1 Decanter, 2 punch bowls, 2 butter pots & butter, 2 Stone pitchers, 1 Bottle, 6 ditto plates, 1 butter bowl, 1 set of tea cups & saucers, 1 wine glass, 1 vinegar crevet, 1 Tea pot 1 Oil 1 candle stick, 3 dᴼ snuffers, 1 pine mortar & pertle, 1 side saddle, 5 hides & 2 pieces leather, 1 pair money scales, 1 chest and drawers, 4 pr sheets, 1 counter pen, 2 table clothes, 2 Wallets 1 Gown pattern, 25 lbs of cotton and 8 of woollen clothes [page break] 2 pair of cotton cards, one basket & parcel of spun cotton, 3 pair cotton needles, 1 teether, 3 pillow cases, 1 razor, 2 Axes, 1 Pr steelyards, 3 iron pots, two frying pans, one ditto skillet, one meal sifter, 1 Pr cart wheel, one grind stone, 2 trays and water pail, four Baskets and quantity of cotton, one bag of cotton, parcel wool, one basket of spun wool, 4 cow hides, one Goad, 2 ploughs & hoes, 2 Bells 1 collar and harness, 1 collar & tralls, 2 baskets & spun cotton, 1 spinning wheel& basket, 1 table cloth, 1 indian pan, 2 pr cards & piece of linen, 1 Horse, 1 Cock, 8 Turkeys, 1 case of knives & forks, 1 hand saw, 1 drawing knife, 1 axze, 3 Augers, 5 bottles, 4 Gourds & fat, 1 pewter pot, 1 tray, 1 piggin, 1 wooden Cann 1 Hammer, 1 Gimblet, 9 chairs, 1 Pr fire tongs & shovel, 1 pint pot, some dried Apples, one prayer book, 1 bible, 1 Funnel, 1 salt seller, 2 tables, 4 stools, 1 meal bag, 2 mens saddles, 1 Briddle, 1 Meal Gun, 1 Mortar, 1 loom & Gear, 2 Tubs, 1 Hogshead of Tobacco,& parcel, 9 cyder casks, 1 Barrell of Bran, 1 Sifter & Gourd of Salt, 2 Snuff bottles & parcl wool, 1 Spinning wheel, quantity of lumber, 1 pair compasses, 1 parcel hard ware, gold gourds with lumber, 1 riddle full of lumber, 6 Vials, 1 Sithe & lumber, 1 quilting and garder frame, 1 meal bag, broken pots, 1 piggin, parcel of Beef, 1 tray & Soap grease, 2 frails & old lumber, 1 mouse trap, 1 bottle & 2 Salt Gums, 1 cyder cask, 1 Barrell & some wheat, 2 old Guns & Lumber, 5 Gourds & some shot, 6 yrd cloth, 7 candles, 1 pr horse Shlegms? & hard ware, 1 tin bucket & old lumber, 18 Geese, 3 yds Virginia cloth, 2 powdering? tubs, 1 Gimblet, 1 Book, 1 parcel of Potatoes, 1 cyder cask, some tobacco & paper money, 2 shoats & balance of lumber & caah in the house three pounds. taken by John Reese adm. At a court held for the county of Southampton the 10th day of February 1785. This Inventory of the Estate of Joseph Reese decd. was this day returned & ordered to be recorded. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the laft margin: Benj Britts's Will In the name of God Amen are Benjamin breath of the County of Southampton being of sound and disposing mind and memory do make and ordain this my last will and testament as followeth Imperious After recommending my soul to God that gave it and my body to the earth To be burries at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named I give and bequeath unto my son Britten Britt all the lands the south side of Tarropin swamp & all other things he has in possession besides To him in his heirs for ever I give and bequeath unto my son Matthew Britt the plantation whereon soap grease (can't read next few words) whereon he now lives and all other things he has in possession & my shoemakers tools and every knife to him & his heirs for ever. Item I give & bequeath unto my Son Benjamin Britt the Sum of Five pounds & all other things he has in possession to him & his heirs for ever. Item I give & bequeath unto my son Gordon Britt twenty five pounds Sp??? one feather bed & all other things he has in possession to him and his heirs for ever. Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Sally Stephenson wife of Edmund Stephenson five shillings & all other things she has in possession to her & her heirs for ever. Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Anne Coging wife of John Coging five shillings & all other things she has in possession to her & her heirs for ever. Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Holland Britt, one Bed & furniture one chest to her & her heirs for ever. Item I give & bequeath unto my Son Joseph Britt the plantation whereon I now live the north side of Taropin [sic] swamp & my still & all the appurtenances thereto belonging & my personal Estate that is not given away of what nature or kind or wheresoever it be found taking of his providing he takes care of his mother then to him & his heirs for ever. Lastly. I do appoint my Son Joseph Britt to be my whole & sole Ex'or of this my last will & testament whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Seal this fourteenth day of April one thousand seven hundred and eighty three Sign'd, seal'd & } acknowledged in } Benjamin Britt §Seal§ presence of } Arthur Allen James Allen her Anne x Allen mark At a Court held for the county of So.ton the 10th day of March 1785. This will was presented in court by Jos. Britt the Executor therein named & proved by the the oaths of Arthur Allen & James Allen two of the witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of the said Executor who made oath according to law a certificate is granted him for obtain- ing a Probat thereof in due form giving Security. Whereupon &c.