SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - Richard Beale, 9 Jan 1787
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IN THE NAME OF GOD Amen, I Richard Beal of Southampton County, state of
Virginia being weak in body at present but of sound & perfect mind and memory,
thanks be to almighty God for same, and calling to mind the mortality of my
body and knowledge it is appointed for all to die, do make and ordain this my
last will and testament. First of all I desire that all my debts and funderal
charges to be paid and discharged.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Millia (could be Willia) Beal & her
heirs one feather bed and furniture, one cow and calf, one sow and pigs, one
ewe, one large pewter dish, three earthen plates, one pine chest call'd her
own?(word marked over), linen wheel, one loom and gin?.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Asa Beal and his heirs the land and
plantation that I bough of Hardy Ripe with all the profits thereof and the
bond I have against him in part of pay for the said land.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Abid Beal and his heirs the money which
I have already paid for his land and the bond I have against him in part for a
horse.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Eady Beal and her heirs one feather
bed and furniture, one cow, one pine chest & woollen wheel.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Silah Beal and his heirs the land I
bought of William Ward containing by estimation eighty three acres, more or
less, and one pine chest.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Elijah Beale and his heirs one
plantation where I formerly lived with thirty acres of land and the use of my
still to still his own drink, one feather bed and furniture, one pine chest
and if he dies without heirs, to my son Jacob Beale.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Dickey Beale and his heirs all my black
smiths tools, one pine chest, one feather bed and furniture and five pounds
cash.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Jacob Beal and his heirs the plantation
whereon I now live with one still, one feather bed & furniture, one pine
chest.

I also leave unto my three daughters Millia, Eady & Nancy (during) their
single lives the use of one of my dwelling houses and ground as mutch as they
will need? and half my orchard that stands the west side of my dwelling houses
and use of my still to still their own drink and one bay mare called Pleasant
and whole of my corn & meat, to them that lives on this plantation.

Lastly, my will and desire that my Executors, after my death, do equally
divide the estate items remaining betwixt my two (it says two) children:
Millia, Asa, Abid, Eady D______(faint-can't read), Nancy, Silah, Elijah,
Dickey, Jacob.

I likewise constitute and appoint my three sons Asa Beale, Abid Beale and
Silah Beale the whole of and sole Executors of this my Last Will and
Testament.  Given under my hand and seal this 9th day of January 1797.
                                                             his
                                                     Richard  R  Beale (seale)
                                                             mark
Signed, sealed, published and declared
to be the Last Will and Testament of Richard Beale
in presence of:

Kinchen Edwards
William Fowler
    her
Margaret X Joiner
   mark
                   At a Court held for the County of Southampton
                          the 17th day of July 1797

This Will was presented as Last Testament? in court by Abid Beale, one of the
Executors therein named (the others refused to take upon themselves the
burthen of the execution thereof) proved by the oaths of Kinchen Edwards and
William Fowler, two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.  And
on the motion of the said Executor who made oath according to law, Certificate
is granted him for obtaining a Probat thereof in due form giving security
whereupon &c.
                                                     Samuel Kello, Cl. (clerk)

Source: Library of Virginia,
Will Book 4, 1783-1797
Southampton Co, VA
Reel 17, pages 808-809

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


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