SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - Mary Nicholson, 23 Sep 1795
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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Mary Nicholson of the County of Southampton being
of disposing mind & memory, thanks be given to almighty God for the same, do
make & ordain this my last will & testament, viz:  Imprimis: After my just
debts are paid I dispose of my estate both real & personal in the following
manner, to wit:

Item: I give & bequeath to my son Charles Briggs Nicholson either the calf or
the _____ty to his choice to him & his heirs forever.

Item: I desire that my bed covers may be put into lots & equally divided
between all my children __________ (small ink scratches, can't read).  I
dispose of my clothes in the same manner.

Item: I desire all the remainder part of my estate to be sold & equally
divided between all my children and likewise one equal part may be drawn &
equally divided between Polly & Nancy Barham.

Item: I give to Polly & Nancy Barham negro boy Lewis to them & heirs forever &
if they shoud die before they arrive to the age of twenty one years, then for
him to be sold & equally divided between all my children.

Item: I do constitute & appoint my son Charles B. Nicholson & Bird Lundy
Executors of this my Last Will & Testament.

IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affix'd my seal this 23 day
of September one thousand seven hundred & ninety five.

                                                      her
                                                 Mary  M  Nicholson (seal)
                                                      mark 
Sign'd, seal'd, publish'd & declar'd
by the said Mary Nicholson as her Last Will in
presence of:

John Mecom
James Mecom
               At a Court held for the County of Southampton
                      the 8th day of October 1795

This Will was presented in court by Jonny Myrick, prov'd by the oaths of John 
Mecom & James Mecom, two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.

                                                 Sam Kello, Cl. (clerk)
Source: Library of Virginia,
Will Book 4, 1783-1797
Southampton Co, VA
Reel 17, page 710

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


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