Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Wills.....Doles, Arthur, 1808 

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Arthur DOLES, 
        will, 12 Mar 1808 (pr'd 19 Dec 1808) 


[margin note]  Arthur 
               Doles 
                Will 

In The name of God  Amen  I. Arthur Doles of the County 
of Southampton  being of perfect mind and memory do make and 
ordain this my last will and Testament _ as touching Such worldly 
Estate as it has pleased God to bless me with in this life _____ 
I. Give devise and dispose of in the manner and form following ___ 
Imprimis as the true intent and meaning respecting Land in the 
first place ___      _____    _____      _________      ______ 
Item _ I. Give and bequeath unto my Son Exum Doles one Certain 
tract or parcel of land it being all the land I. possess in the County 
of North Hampton and State of N.Carolina one Negro woman 
violate and Child and one Negro man Ben, one feather Bed and 
furniture to him and his heirs forever _____________________ 
Item. I. Give and bequeath unto my Son Willie Doles the plantation 
whereon he now lives with all the Stock of every Kind that is 
on said plantation  three negroes named Ned, Lucy and Bob to 
him and his heirs forever ______________________________ 
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[p.] 586 

Item_ I. Give and bequeath unto my Son Allen Doles the plantation 
whereon Willis Doles now Lives one Negro man Peter one Negro Girl Tempy 
one boy Jack one feather Bed and furniture to him and his heirs forever _____ 
Item_ I. Give and bequeath unto my Son Willis Doles the Sum of twenty five 
Shillings to him and his heirs forever __________     _____     __________ 
Item_ I. Give and bequeath unto my Son Jesse Doles one Negro woman 
Mimy and her Son Elick one feather bed & furniture to him and his heirs ___ 
Item_ I. Give and bequeath unto my Daughter Sally Long one negro Girl 
Gilly and her brother Bob to her and her heirs forever ____________________ 
Item_ I. Give unto my Daughter Elizabeth Counsil One negro woman 
Milly, and one Negro boy Dempsey to her and her heirs forever _____________ 
I. tem I. Give and bequeath to my Son Patrick Doles One Certain tract of 
Land which I. purchased from Benjamin Britt to him and his heirs 
forever   _____________________    _____________________________ 
Item. I. further Give and bequeath unto my Son Allen & Exum Doles 
each one Good Horse Bridle and Sadlle for them to receive when they 
become of age  to them and their heirs forever __________________ 
Item_ I. Lend to my Loving wife Elizabeth Doles the plantation where 
=on I. now reside with every other Species property which I. possess that 
has not been named after paying my Just debts_  One negro man 
Isham Excepted which I wish to be sold and apply'd to the payment 
of my just Debts, until Patrick becomes of age at which time my 
will and desire is that an equal division shall take place between 
my Said wife and her Child of all the above Lent property, the Land 
Excepted, which property I. Give and bequeath to them and their heirs 
foever ___  The Said Lent Land my will and desire is Shaould be equally 
divided between my Sons Herod and James Doles which land I. 
Give and bequeath to them and their heirs forever __________ 
I. Do Constitute appoint and particularly request Eley Counsil  Willie 
Lanford and Willie Doles my whole and Sole Executors to this my 
Last Will and Testament  In Witness whereof I have hereunto set 
my hand & Seal this 12th day of March 1808_ 
asigned  Seal'd & published { 
pronounc'd & declared       {                  Arthur Doles  ĪSealĪ 
In presence of              { 
 Silas Summerell           {   At a Court held for the County of Southampton 
 Henry Edwards            {    on the 19th day of December 1808.  This will was 
 Willis Brister          {     presented in Court by the executor therein 
                        {      proved by the oath of Silas Summerell one of 
the witnesses hereto and is ordered to be recorded_  And on the motion of 
Silas Summeral for adm'n on the estate of the decedt. (the exor. in his 
proper person refusing in Court to take upon himself the burthen 
of the execution of the will, the Same is granted him on Giving bond 
and Security whereupon &C___ 


Southampton Co., VA, Will Book 6 (1804 - 1810), pp. 585-86 
The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA, 
   Southampton Microfilm Reel 18 


Arthur purchased the 46-acre tract bequeathed to his son Patrick 
   from Benjamin BRITT & Wilton Fort Lewis JENKINS, 6 Jan 1803. 
   A transcription of the deed (DB11:143-44) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/deeds/11db143.txt 


[BRISTER, COUNCIL, COUNSIL, DOLES, EDWARDS, LANKFORD, LONG, SUMMERELL] 

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Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com) [brackets & line breaks mine] 

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