SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - John Fort, 13 Jun 1795
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Will: John Fort, St.Luke, Southampton Co, VA (1795)

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I John Fort of Southampton County & Parish of
St.Lukes, being of sound mind & memory do make this my last (will) & testament
in manner & form following, to wit:

Item: I give and bequeath to my mother Milly & her children & their increase
during her life & my will & desire is that she may (have?) enough of my estate
yearly to support the children till they are able to earn it & at her death,
for them to be equally divided between my sister Rebecca Barnes children to
them & their heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath to my sister Temperance Fort when she becomes of age
or marries, two negros namely: Jack & James to her & heirs forever, but my
will & desire is that if she dies without heir for them to go to my brother
Edwin Fort to him & to his heirs forever.

Item: My will and desire is that all the remainder of my estate of what kind
or nature soever or wheresoever found be sold to pay my just debts & the
remainder, if any, to my brother Edwin Fort, to him & to his heirs forever.

And lastly, I constitute & appoint my friends William Chambless & Joseph Thorp
my whole & sole Executors to this my Last Will & Testament hereby revoking all
others by me heretofore made.

IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 13 day of Jun?
1795.

                                                      John Fort (seal)
Seal'd & deliver'd in
presence of:

William Capele
Kirschen Jelks
Charles Nicholson

               At a Court held for the County of Southampton
                      the 11th day of February 1796

This will was prov'd by the oaths of Kirschen Jelks & Charles Nicholson,
two of the witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded.  And on the motion of 
William Barnes, the Executor in this Will mentioned named refusing to qualify 
take upon themselves the burthen of the execution thereof who made oath
according to law, Certificate is granted him for obtaining a Letter of 
Administration with the Will annex'd giveing security whereupon &c.

                                                Sam Kello, Cl. (clerk)
Source: Library of Virginia,
Will Book 4, 1783-1797
Southampton Co, VA
Reel 17, page 721

Note: The month (Jun?) shown before signature could be Sept or something
else. It appears to have been left out and squeezed in partially over the 1795.

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


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