SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - George Blunt, 2 Dec 1794 --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I George Blunt being in my perfect sense & memory do make & ordain this my last will & testament in manner & form as followeth, vizt: Imprimis: I give and bequeath unto my father Benjamin Blunt & to his heirs forever the land and plantation wherein I formerly lived, also all my slaves, stock of all kind, crop? together with all and every part of my estate of what nature or kind soever. I desire that my estate may not be apprais'd. I do appoint my father Benjamin 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 2nd day of December 1794. George Blunt (seal) Sign'd, seal'd, acknowledg'd & declar'd in presence off: Samuel Blunt Ben Edwards William Blow At a Court held for the County of Southampton the 12th day of February 1795 This Will was presented in court by Benjamin Blunt, the Executor therein named, prov'd by the oaths of Ben Edwards & William Blow, 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. Sam Kello, Cl. Source: Library of Virginia, Will Book 4, 1783-1797 Southampton Co, VA Reel 17, page 673 Note: Paragraphing and some punctuation was added by transcriber for ease in reading. There are no paragraphs in the original. Viz or vizt stand for vidilicet which means "namely, that is to say". ___________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________