SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - Joshua Fort, 1800 (partial)
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The Estate of Joshua Fort In Account Current With Lewis Thorp, Executor


                                 paper money
1780   To cash of Thomas Parham   398  .0  0   To pd John Fort at different  33  19  10
Aug 31 To bushels salt @ £50      300  .0  0     times as per receipt
Oct    To cash to Richard Blow    300  .0  0   To pd Edwin Fort   do         33  19  10
1781   To cash pd James Mason as 2000  .0  0   To pd Temperance Fort  do     33  19  10
Oct 11    per account                                                      ____________
       "  cash of Timothy Thorp   112   5  0                               271  19  00
       "  sundry BoL at the sale 4808  18  0                               ____________
            Jos Thorp, decd a/c                                            paper money
Jul    "  pd Dr.Peate as per a/c  320   0  0   1780: By the said Fort pro- 10236  6  5
Oct    "  pd Mr Selah Fort a/c   1810   0  0     portion of the estate of
                                ____________     Jos. Thorp, dec'd
                              £ 10049   3  0 
                                
       "  Balance due             187   3  5   By the said Fort propor-       70  0  11
                                ____________     tion of the estate of Jos
                              £ 10236   6  5     Thorp, dec'd in specie
                                   specie     
   To pd Mr Selah Fort for           1 10  0   By the appraised value of      358  2  7
      £18/33.5 paper money                       the said Fort's estate      ____________
   To pd the estate of Benjamin      5 13 11                               £  428  3   7
      Lewis per rect                                                       ____________
   To pd clerks tickets             0  5 1-1/2    By bal. due the estate  £  271  19  4
   To pd Dan'l Fisher for chan-     3 10  0                                 ___________
      cery fee & advice
   To pd John Williamson prov'd a/c  0  6  6
   To pd Arthur Freeman     do  do   0  7  6
   To pd John Rochell       do  do   0 10 10
   To pd Robt Land          do  do   1  6  8
   To pd Selah fort widow of the    23  6 11-3/4
     Joshua 1/3 of the money from 
     Thorps estate
   To pd Selah Fort 1/3 of her    119  7  6-1/2
     husbands estate              _____________
                                  156  4  5-3/4
                              
   To balance due the estate of   271  19  1/4
      Joshua Fort                 _____________
                               £  428   3   7
   To pd Priscilla Fort &          33  19  10
      husband
   To t? diff Erint __nes per rec  33  19  10
   To pd Joshua Fort at sundry     33  19  10
      times as per a/c
   To pd Wm Barnes at sundry       33  19  10
      times as per rect 

In obedience to an Order of the honourable court of Southampton bearing date July
Court 1800, we, the subscribers have stated, settled and examined Lewis Thorp's
Account Current of the estate of Joshua Fort's estate, as herein stated & fixed
vouchers for their different entrys on this account.  We further certify that 
the said Executor exhibited to us receipts from the different legacies for con-
siderable sums more than their part.......
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Source: Library of Virginia,
Will Book 5, 1797-1804
Southampton Co, VA
Reel 17, page 218

Note: I am listing this document as a "partial", however, very little is missing.
Specie used above is defined as payment made in gold, silver or other coin as
opposed to "paper money".


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