SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - Elizabeth Blunt, 26 Sep 1794 --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Elizabeth Blunt of the County of Southampton being in my perfect sense & memory do make & ordain this my last will & testament in manner & form as followeth, to wit: Imprimis: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Francis Briggs Lucas & to heirs forever all that tract or parcel of land that I purchased of Lewis Grigg in the County of Greensville containing by estimation thirty acres but in case she should die without issue or before marriage, then and in that case, I give & bequeath the said tract or parcel of land into my son Benjamin William Blunt & to his heirs forever. Item: I give unto my daughter Francis Briggs Lucas one negro gril (girl) named Clarissa to her & to heirs forever, but in case my said daughter Francis Briggs Lucas should die without issue or before marriage, then & in that case, I give the said neg. Clarissa unto my friends William Lucas of Maclinburg & Rebeccah Raines, wife to Hartwell Raines, to be equally divided between then to them & their heirs forever. I do appoint my loving husband Samuel Blunt Executor of this my Last Will & Testament revoking all other Wills by me heretofore made. IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this 26th day of September 1794. Elizabeth Blunt (seal) Sign'd, seal'd, publish'd & declar'd in presence of: Ben Blunt George Blunt At a Court held for the County of Southampton the 12th day of February 1795 This Last Will & Testament of Elizabeth Blunt, dec'd, prov'd by the oath of Benjamin Blunt, one of the witnesses thereto who also deposed that he saw George Blunt and the witness thereto who is since dead, subscribe his name as such & ordered to be recorded, time being allowed the Executor to qualify. Sam Kello, Cl. Source: Library of Virginia, Will Book 4, 1783-1797 Southampton Co, VA Reel 17, page 672-673 Note: Paragraphing and some punctuation was added by transcriber for ease in reading. There are no paragraphs in the original. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Von Mings Stachon vonstac@comcast.net ___________________________________________________________________