Chesterfield County, Virginia, Wills:  Will of James Elam, 1796

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p.599 Will of James Elam 
To grandson William Elam, son of William, 80 acres, part of tract I live on,
next to William 
Blankinship and Peter Baugh 
To son Richard, land and plantation I live on; and also my land on south side
of Horsepen 
branch 
To son Henry, 5 shillings 
To wife Lucy, items, and all my land on north side of Horsepen branch for
life, and then to 
my daughter Bettsa Elam, but if Bettsa dies without heirs, then to my grandson
Robert Baugh, 
son of Peter Baugh.  At death of my wife the negro Soil is to be divided
between my daughters 
Maryann Baugh and Bettsa Elam  
To son Richard Elam, Phebe Cheatham, Sally Gordon and Patience Smith, 2
negroes, equally 
Rest of estate equally among my children: Richard Elam, Phebe Cheatham, Sally
Gordon, Patience 
Smith, Maryann Baugh and Bettsa Elam. 
Executors; son Richard, Aaron Haskins, George Markham, and Edward Bass, son of
Thomas Bass. 
Dated 6 Feb 1796 
Wit: R. Haskins, Jr., Archer Blankinship, John Condrey 

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