Essex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Wills.....Reeves, Joseph April 1, 1781
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Written: April 1, 1781
Recorded: April 21, 1783

Will of Joseph Reeves
Essex County, Virginia
Will Book 13 pg. 371

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN  I Joseph Reeves of the parish of South farnham & 
County of Essex being in perfect Sence (sic)  & memory Do make this my last 
will & Testament ( And hereby revoking & Denying all other Wills by me 
heretofore made) in manner and form following IMPRIMUS I give & bequeath 
unto my loving wife Elizabeth Reeves my best bed & furniture my Grey Horse & 
four Barrels of Indian Corn  I also lend to her During her natural life my 
negro wench Rose & at her Death I give the said negro to my five Grand 
Daughters namely Mary Lumpkin, Susannah Coleman, Elizabeth Ball Henrietta 
Ball & Sally Waggener – ITEM I give & bequeath unto my Grand son Carter Ball 
all my land to him & his heirs forever – ITEM I give & bequeath unto my five 
Grand Daughters abovoe named all the remainder of my estate of what nature 
or kind so ever it be to be equally divided amongst them Lastly I Constitute 
& Appoint my Grandson Carter Ball & my friend Robert Lumpkin my Executors to 
this my Last will and Testament  IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto Set my 
hand & Seal this first Day of April 1784
Signed Sealed Published & Del’d ~	}
To be his last will & Testamt		}		Jos: Reeves	
(Seal)
Reuben Garnett
Gabrel Gatewood

A Codicil to the within will made this 7th Day of December 1782  I Give and 
bequeath unto my Friend Lewis Moody my Still and Side Saddle to him & his 
heirs forever  Any thing in my will mentioned to the Contrary 
Notwithstanding.  As witness my hand & Seal the Date above.
Signed Sealed & Acknowledged		  Jos: Reeves	(Seal)
In presence of us...........}
Reuben Garnett
Gabriel Gatewood
At a Court held for Essex County at Tapp.a on the 21st Day of April 1783  
This last will and Testament of Joseph Reeves Decd was proved by the 
witnesses and ordered to be recorded.
				Teste  Hancock Lee  Clk

And at a Court for Essex County at Tapp.a on the 19th Day of May 1783 This 
will was further proved by Robert Lumpkin who qualified as an Exor thereto 
which is Ordered to be (erased and stricken) Certified –
				Teste	
                                     Hancock Lee  Clk



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