SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - Henry Blow, 27 May 1796
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Will: Henry Blow, Southampton Co, VA (1796)

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Henry Blow of the County of Southampton being sick
and low in body but of sound mind & memory, thanks be to God for the same, do
make & ordain this my last will & testament in manner & form following (to
wit): first I recommend my soul into the hands of the almighty God who gave it
me, my body to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter
named, & as touching such worldly goods as it hath bless'd God to bless me
with, I dispose hereof in the following manner, viz:

Item: I lend unto my loving wife Sally Blow during her widowhood (or untill
one of my two children, namely: Susan Blow & William Blow shall come of lawful
age or marry) the use of all my slaves with there increase from the date
hereof also two feather beds & furniture, one hors, saddle & bridle, two cows
& calves, twenty five barrels of corn & one thousand lbs of pork out of the
crop which is now growing & that my loving wife for the use of the above
estate which I have lent her shall board school & maintain my two children as
above named during her wodowhood, and further it is my will desire that when
my loving wife shall marry or one of my children shall come of lawful age or
marry, that all that part of my estate which I have lent my loving wife, be
equally divided between my wife & children.

Item: I further lend unto my loving wife that part of my estate which shall
then fall to her after division shall take place between her & my children
during her natural life & at her death, to be equally divided between my
children, to them & heirs forever.

Item: It is my will and desire that all the residue of my estate be sold by my
Executors & the mony arising therefrom to satisfy my just debts & the surplus,
if any, to be apply'd for the support of loving children by my Executors.

Item: Lastly, I do constitute and appoint my two brothers Micajar Blow, Thomas
R. Blow & my brother in law Owen Myrick my whole & sole Executors of this my
Last Will and Testament, revoking all other Wills by me heretofore made,
declaring this & this only to be my Last Will and Testament.

IN WITNESS whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixt my seal this 27th day of 
May Anno. (Domini) 1796.
                                                       Henry Blow
Signed, sealed & delivered
in the presents of us:

William Chambliss
Michajar Blow
Janny Myrick
               At a Court held for the County of Southampton
                      the 13th day of October 1796

This Will was presented in court by Micajah Blow & Thomas R. Blow, two of the
Executors therein named, prov'd by the oaths of William Chambless & Janny
Myrick, two of the witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded.  And on the
motion of the Executors, who made oath according to law, Certificate is
granted them 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 768

Note: Paragraphing and some punctuation was added by transcriber for ease in
reading. There are no paragraphs in the original.  Viz is an abbreviation for
videlicet which means "that is to say, namely".


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