SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - John Boykin, 8 Oct 1794
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Will: John Boykin, Nottoway Parish, Southampton Co, VA (1794)

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I John Boykin Sr of the County of Southampton in the
Parish of Nottoway being sick & weak (in) body but of sound mind & perfect
memory do make & ordain this to be my last will and testament, viz: I
recommend my soul to almighty God that gave it me & my body to the earth to be
buried in a christian like manner at the discretion of my Executors hereafter
named.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Cherry Eley, wife of Robert Eley,
twenty shillings and all other things she has in possession to her and her
heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Matthew Boykin twenty shillings & all of
his things he had in possession to him and his heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my son John Boykin twenty shillings & all other
things he has had in possession to him and his heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Joel Boykin one hundred & fifty acres of
land lying on the south side of Tuckins? Swamp which he has in possession &
twenty shillings and all other things he had in possession to him & his heirs
forever.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Daniel Boykin the plantation he now
lives on and all the land thereunto belonging and thirty pounds cash and all
other things he has had in possession to him and his heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Palunee Turner, the wife of Jacob
Turner 20/ (shillings?) and all other things she has had in possession to her
and her heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Boykin one negro boy
named Jordan & one negro girl named Patt, also one bed & furniture which she
now calls her own & _______(very faint) pounds cash to her and her heirs
forever.

I give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha Vick, wife of Thomas Vick, twenty
shillings and all other things she has had in possession to her and her heirs
forever.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Ava Branch, wife of William Branch,
20/ and all other things she has had in possession to her and heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Kiziah Boykin one negro boy named
Simon and one negro girl named Beck and one bed & furniture & ten pounds cash
to her and her heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah Shirod, the wife of Arthur
Shirod, 20/ and all other things she has had in possession to her & her heirs
forever.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Ely Boykin my land & plantation whereon
I now live and all appurtenances thereunto belonging and my still and one
negro named Sam & one named Dick & one named Ben, one boy named Fred & one
named Dick, one negro woman named Phillis & one named Amy & one named Jude &
one named Judah, one negro boy named Jerry & one named Jack, one named
Charles, & one nam'd Andrew and all their increase and all and every kind of
my stock, horses, cattle, hoggs, sheep & household furniture and all the
remainder part of my estate in whatsoever it consisteth or wheresoever it be
found to him and his heirs forever.

Lastly, I do appoint my son Ely Boykin & Jacob Turner my whole & sole
Executors of this my Last Will & Testament and I do hereby revoke and make
void any former Wills by me heretofore made, and I do establish this my Last
Will & Testament.

IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this 8 day of
October 1794.
                                                       John Boykin (seal)
Sign'd & seal'd in
presents of us:

Britton Britt
    his
John Cook
    mark
Frederick Boykin

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

This Will was presented in court by Jacob Turner, one of the Executors therein
named (the other refusing to qualify) prov'd by the oaths of Britton Britt, 
John Cook & Frederick, three 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, pages 680-681

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


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