SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - Fortunatus Jarrott, 1795
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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Fortunatus Jarrott of the State of Virginia &
County of Southampton being sick & weak in body but of perfect mind & memory,
thanks be to God for it, but calling to mind that it is appointed for all men
one (once) to die do make & ordain this my last will & testament, that is to
say: principally & first of all, I recommend my soul into the hands of God
that gave it & for my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a
christian like manner at the discretion of my Executors & as touching such
worldy estate as it hath pleased God to bless in this life, I dispose of in
the following manner: First of all my debts and funeral charges are paid and
satisfied.

Item: I give and bequeath to my brother John Jarrott one negro boy named
Abraham & one hundred dollars & my clois (clothes?) may be divided equally
between John Jarrott & William Peoples.

Item: I give and bequeath to William Peoples daughter daughter Susanna
Peoples, one negro boy named Charles. (word daughter appears twice)

Item: I give and bequeath to Henry Bellson of George Psh? (parish?) the piece
of land that I had of Benjamin Wheeler, one hundred acres, more or less.

Item: I give and bequeath to my sister Nancy Jarrott one neg. boy by the name
of Ephraim, one negro girl by the name of Francis and one neg. girl named
Silvy, and the residue of my whole estate to her.

                                                 Fortunatus Jarrott (seal)
Sign'd, sealed and deliver'd in
presence of us:

Test - William Peebles
Test - Wiley Hopkins                 John Jarrott, Executor
Test - Joseph Hopkins

State of Virginia
Southampton County Sct?

The Commonwealth of Virginia to Joel Lane, presiding judge of the Court of
Wake County, state of North Carolina, greeting or in his absence to any other
person as by the laws of the state are authorized to administer an oath. KNOW
YE that we trusting to your fidelity & provident circumspection in diligently
examining Wiley Hopkins and Joseph Hopkins, witnesses to the Last Will and
Testament of Fortunatus Jarrott, dec'd, whether they saw the said Fortunatus
Jarrott sign & publish the writing hereunto annexed as his Last Will and
Testament and whether he was of disposing mind & memory and they subscrib'd
their names thereto in his presence, and their examination so taken in the
holy evangelist of almighty God into to the court aforesaid county of
Southampton without delay you shall send certified under your hands & seals
sending to us the said Last Will & Testament and this writ witness Samuel
Kello, clerk of our said court at the court house, the 5 day of March 1795 in
the 19th year of our foundation.

                                               John D. Haupmann, D, C, C, T, C

State of N. Carolina
Wake County

This day Josess Hopkins appeared before me of the Justice of Pecs (Peace?) for 
said county & made oath that he saw Fortunatus Jarrott sign said and acnowledg
the annex'd Will to be his Last Will & Testament & that he believes the said
Jarrott was of sound mind & memory & that he said Hopkins did sign his name
to the annex'd Will March the 13 1795
                                               David Norfton, J.P.

              At a Court held for the County of Southampton
                      the 8th day of January 1795

This Will was prov'd by the oath of William Peebles, one of the witnesses thereto

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

The said Will was further prov'd by the deposition of Joseph Hopkins, another
of the witnesses which was taken under a commission issuing from this court
which is hereto annexed, & with the Will is ordered to be recorded.  And on
the motion of John Jarrott who made oath according to law administered with
the Will annexed, is granted him on his giving security whereupon &c.

                                                Sam Kello, Cl.
Source: Library of Virginia,
Will Book 4, 1783-1797
Southampton Co, VA
Reel 17, pages 678-680

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


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