Will of John May, 1759, Inventory, 1767 - Amelia Co. VA Amelia County, Will Book 2 x, Page 187 In the name of God, Amen. I John May of Amelia County being very infirm in body but in perfect mind and memory thanks be to God for the same but calling to mind the Mortality of the body and that it is appointed for all flesh to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament and as touching on my worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I give devise and dispose of the same in the Following manner and Forms Imprimis I give and bequeath to my Son John two Acres of land lying in Dinwid County (more or less) On the Old Sappony Road it being part of that Tract of Land I Sold to Mr Robert Rudfin (?) Also every thing else he is now possessed of that was my own heretofore. Item I leave to my Dearly beloved Wife Mary the use of my negro Tom during her Natural life and after her decease to be Possesd by Son James. Item I give to my Daughter Martha Nance four Pounds also a bell Mettle Kettle. Item I give to my Daughter Mary Ragsdale four pounds. Item I give to my Daughter Dorthy Bruices Four pounds Item I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Robertson four pounds The above four Legasies left my Daughters to be paid in good and Lawfull money of Virginia by my Executor hereafter mentioned to be levy'd out of my Personal Estate. Item I Give to my well beloved Son James whom I likewise Constitute make and Ordain my Only and Sole Executer of this my last will and Testament all my land negroes & Estate both Real & Personal by him freely to be Possed & Injoy'd for ever AND I as hereby revoke Disanul all former wills Testaments Legasies and Executers Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand and Seal this eighteenth day of Maye One thousand Seven hundred and fifty nine. Signed & Declaired by the said John May as his last will and Testament in the presence of the subscribers John I May Saml Sherwin Richard R Wilson Gideon Winper At a Court held for Amelia County this 28th day of May 1767 This Will was proved by the Oaths of Saml. Sherwin and Richard Wilson two of the Witnesses thereto Sworn to by the Executor therein named and Ordered to be Recorded And on the motion of the said Executor who entered into and acknowledged Bond with Security as the law Directs Certificate was granted him for Obtaining a probate in Due form. An Inventory of the Estate of John May, Decd. Amelia County Will Book 2x, pages 210-211 To Wit: Tom a Mulatto Slave, Copper Kettle, 3 Iron potts, 3 Flatt Ditto, 3 pott hooks & pott Rack , 1 Old kettle, Curry knife and Steel, Rundlet, Spice Morter, 2 Tables 6 Old Tubs, 2 Bread Trays, 5 Casks, Flax Wheel part of an Old Whip San & Tiller a garter Loom Chests 2 Old Trucks and bottle Case a frying pan a pair of fire tongs a pair Stillards a Spinning Wheel and Spindle a Buckett Sugar looking Glass and Candle Stick a pair pincers a pair snippers a shoe Hammer a gun and Bayonett a Small Box 2 Beds & Bed heads, Old Horse, a box Iron, Flax hatchel, 3 Rugs 2 Blankets a pair sheets, pillow, chamber pott 2 Old Books & a pair of Do, Single pott hooks a Jointer, Crows Howel (?) Taper bitt & stock a Cowel bitt 2 Bung Boarers and Coopers axx a handsaw 2 Augers Square and Compass a foot adds a Hammer 2 Chisels, Pewter dishes 6 plates 2 Basons 2 porringers 2 Earthen plates 3 butter Potts, Earthen Bowle & a pint Mug & 21 head of Cattle October 22 1767 James May Appraisement of the Estate of John May Decd. Tom a Man Slave appraised to L50 21 Head of Cattle L23.10 1 old horse 15/ 24 5 1 Copper Kettle 100/ 5. 3 Iron Potts & Old Kettle 17/ a parcel of pothooks 1. 3 1 Pott Rack 7.6 1 Currying knife & Steel 10/ 17. 6 a parcel of Coopers tools 15/ & a parcl of Carpenters Do 8/ 1 3 a spice morter 5/ a parcel of pewter 25/ 1 10 a parcel of Earthen Ware 12/6 2 Tables 7/6 1 5 Casks 22/6 6 Old Tubs 5/6 3 fatt Potts 2/ 1 10 2 Bread Trays 3/ 1 Flax wheel 10/ part of a whip San &c 5/ 12 4 Chests 1 Old trunk & a case 30/ a garter loom 5/ 1 11 3 a Frying Pan & a pr of fire Tongs 6/ a pr Stillards 7/6 13 6 a Spining wheel & Spindle 4/ 4 a Bucket Sugar Box Trunk looking Glass and Candle Stick 8 A parcel of Old Books 2/6 2 6 A parcel of Shoe makers tools 3/6 3 6 A gun & Bayonett 2/ a Small Box /5 1 1 3 2 Beds with their furniture 13 10 1 box Iron 5/ 1 Flax Hatchel 15/ 1 0 1 Small Rundlet 12 1 0 L106.1. 6 October 17th 1767 Samuel Sherwin Gideon Winper John Gooch At a Cout held for Amelia County the 22nd day of October 1767. 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