SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - Robert Bittle, 14 Feb 1795
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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, the 14th day of February 1795, I Robert Bittle of
Southampton County being in sound mind & memory & knowing that it is appointed
for all men once to die, do make and ordain this to be my last will and
testament in manner & form following:

First, I give my soul to God who gave it me & my body I leave to (be) buryed
at the discretion of my Executors, touching what worldy goods I have, I
dispose of as follows, to wit:

I give I give & bequeath unto my Henry Bittle and his heirs forever one
neg. man nam'd Bob & one negro woman named Amey together with her future
increase, also negro boy named Peter & negro boy named Luke, one negro boy 
named Allen & one negro girl named Isbel with her increase forever.

I give and bequeath unto my son Kirby Bittle one negro man named Ben to him
& his heirs forever.

I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Lanier one negro man named Bir..,
also one negro woman named Sarah, together with her children that she has
at this time & future increase forever.

I give and bequeath unto Henry Barham, my grandson, two negro girls which is
now in the possession of his father Benjamin Barham, by the name of Patience
& Dorcas? together with their future increase, to him & heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my son John Bittle two negros, one by the 
name of Peter and one by the name of Aaron.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mildred Turner, one negro woman
named Winney together with her future increase to her & heirs forever.

I lend to my daughter Mildred Turner one negro boy named Lewis during his
life & after her death, I give the said negro boy to my grandson Benjamin
Turner, to him & his heirs forever.

Item: I give and beequeath unto my grandson Benjamin Bittle one negro boy
named Moses, to him and his heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my grand daughter Elizabeth Bittle, daughter of
Mildred Turner, one negro girl named Olive together with her future increase
& her heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my son William Bittle the plantation & tract of 
land whereon I now live containing 35 acres more or less, to him & his heirs
forever.  I also give and bequeath unto my son William Bittle one negro man
named David, one negro man named Kitt, one negro boy named Sam, one negro
woman named Sarah together with her future increase, one negro woman named Sue,
one neg. woman named Jinny, one negro girl named Charlotte, one negro girl 
named Mason together with their future increase to him and his heirs forever.
I likewise give unto my son William Bittle, after my just debts &______________
___________are paid all the remaining parts of my estate of what nature or kind
soever to him and his heirs forever.

I do constitute Henry & William Bittle hole & sole Executors to this, my Last
Will & Testament.

IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this day & year
above written.
                                                      his
                                                 Robert X Bittle
                                                      mark
Signed, sealed, published and delivered
by the Testator to be his Last Will &
Testament in presence of:

William Edmunds
Jacob Summerell
Thomas Halladay

This Will was presented in court by William Bittle, one of the Executors
therein named, proved by the oaths of William Edmunds & Thomas Halladay,
two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.  And on a 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.

                                                    Sam Kello, Cl.

               At a Court held for the County of Southampton
                      the 9th day of April 1795

Source: Library of Virginia,
Will Book 4, 1783-1797
Southampton Co, VA
Reel 17, pages 677-678

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

Note: Para. 3 above: "give and bequeath to my Henry...". The word is left
out between "my" and "Henry".  One might assume he meant to say "son" but
could be another relative.

Note: 12th paragraph above: words left out are too faint to read but
would normally say "after my just debts & funeral expences are paid.." 


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