SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - William Bryant, 17 Sep 1797
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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I William Bryant of Jones______of Southampton County
& state of Virginia, being weak of body but of sound & disposing mind do make
this my last will & testament as followeth, viz:

I give to my dear beloved wife Sally Bryant the land and plantation whereon I
now live during her life, then to my son Gorant Bryant and his heirs for ever,
containing by estimation, one hundred acres, be the same more or less, and
bounded as followeth (viz): begining at in the mouth of a branch in the Little
Swamp up the said branch to a black gum in Exmunys? Barretts line, thence
along said Barretts line to a line, a corner in Jacob William's line, thence
along said William's line to a pine, a corner in said William's line, thence
along the said William's line to a lightwood stump, thence up said run of the
said swamp to the begining.

Also I give to my dear beloved wife all my stock of horses, cattle, sheep, &
hogs, also my house hold & kitchen furniture, tools of all kinds.  Also I give
to my dear beloved wife the tract of land lying on the other side of the
branch joining the first tract of land containing by estimation, two hundred
seventy five acres, be the same more or less, bounded as followeth, viz:
begining at the mouth of a branch in the Little Swamp joining the first tract
of land, thence up the said branch to a stark? gum in James Peck's line,
thence along said Peck's line to a turky? oak, a corner in Lewis Worrell's
line, thence along said Worrell's line to a pine, a corner in said Worrell's
line, thence along said Worrell's line to a pine, a corneer in said Worrell's
line, thence along said Worrell's line to a pine, a corner in said Worrells
line, thence along said Worrell's line to a sweet gum in the woolfpit branch,
thence down the run of said branch to a willow oak, a corner in Jiles Joyner's
line, thence along said Joyner's line, a lightwood jcast? in Jourdin Vick's
line, thence along said Vick's line to a black gum in the Little Swamp, thence
up the run of the swamp to the begining. (there seems to be a repeat of
"Worrell's line, etc" but that is what is in the document)

Also I give to my dear beloved wife my negro woman named Rachel, also one
negroe boy named Moses, I give this last tract of land, negroe woman & negroe
boy to be sold to satisfy my just debts.  Also, it is my desire that Lewis
Worrell shall have fifty acres of the last tract of land lying joining the
said Worrell begining in said Worrell's line in the run of the Little Swamp,
thence to Wards woolfpit branch, a convenient to both parties as can be laid
off.

Also I leave my wife Sally Bryant & Drewry Bryant my Executors to this my Last
Will and Testament.

WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this
seventeenth day of September seventeen hundred ninety seven.
                                                       William Bryant (seal)
Sign'd, seal'd & deliver'd
in presents of:

Lewis Worrell
Nathan Williams
    his
Jacob X Williams
    mark
               At a Court held for the County of Southampton
                      the 16th day of July 1798

This Will was presented in court by the Executors therein named, proved by the
oaths of Nathan Williams and Jacob Williams, two of the witnesses thereto &
ordered to be recorded.  And on the motion of the said Executors who made oath
according to law, a Certificate is granted them for obtaining a Probat thereof
in due form giving security, whereupon &c.

                                                    Samuel Kello, Cl. (clerk)
Source: Library of Virginia,
Will Book 5, 1797-1804
Southampton Co, VA
Reel 17, pages 69-70

Note: Spelling was not corrected. 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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