SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - John Andrews, 9 Jun 1795
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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I John Andrews of Southampton being of sound mind &
good memory & calling to mind the certainty of death, I do make & ordain this
my last will & testament.  First, I recommend my soul to almighty God who gave
it.

I give to my daughter Eliza Andrews three negros, Bob, Lucky & Frank, also one
feather bed & furniture to her & her heirs forever.

I give my daughter Sally Andrews three negros Joham, Phillis & Joe, also one
feather bed & furniture to her & her heirs forever.

I give the use of my plantation and land and my negros Tom & Ted to my wife
Ludy Andrews during her life and at her death my will is that my Executors
sell my plantation and land and the two neg. Tom & Ted & the money arising
from the sale of my land and negro Ted to be equally divided between my two
daughters Eliza Andrews and Sally Andrews, and the money arising from the sale
of my negro Tom to be equally divided between my son James Andrews & my
dauaghter Nancy Boykin.

My will & desire is that my Executors sell my negro man Coffee & as much of my
peresonal estate as will pay all my just debts.

All the remainder of my estate not before given away, both personal estate & 
negros, I give the use of to my wife Lucy Andrews dureing her widowhood & at
here marriage or death, my will is that the same be equally divided between
my two daughters Elizabeth Andrews and Sally Andrews.

And I do appoint my friend William Urguhart, John Urguhart & my wife Lucy
Andrews my Executors of this my Last Will & Testament revoking all other
Wills made by me heretofore, given under my hand this ninth day of June 1795.

                                                       John Andrews (seal)

               At a Court held for the County of Southampton
                      the 11th day of February 1796

This writing purporting the Last Will & Testament of John Andrews dec'd was
presented in court by Lucy Andrews, the Executrix therein named, established
by the propositions of William Urguhart, Jacob Turner & Daniel Butts & ordered
to be recorded, and on the motion of the said Executor (the Executors herein 
named refusing to take upon themselves the burthen of the execution thereto)
who made oath according to law, Certificate is granted her for obtaining a
Probat thereof in due form giving security whereupon &c.
                                                        Sam Kello, Cl.(clerk)
Source: Library of Virginia,
Will Book 4, 1783-1797
Southampton Co, VA
Reel 17, page 722

Note: Paragraphing and some punctuation was added by transcriber
for ease in reading. There are no paragraphs in the original.


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