SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - Benjamin Newsum, 14 Dec 1799 --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Benjamin Newsum of the county of Southampton being of sound mind and memory but low in health do make & ordain this to be my last will & testament in premis of: (this may have been meant to be "imprimis" meaning "in the first place, among the first things") Item: After my funeral expences are defrayed my body buried in a lawful manner & my just debts are paid, I dispose of my worldly goods both real & personal which it hath been pleased almighty God of his mercy & goodness to bestow on me in manner following, to wit: Item: I give to my daughter Elizabeth Newsum all my estate in whatasoever manner or form it hath or may be found during her natural life, after her dec'd to be equally divided between my grandaughter Dysa Newsum & grandson Crafford Newsum. If either of the before mentioned grandchildren should die without a lawful issue, the survivor to heir the hole its to be their & their heirs forever. Item: I do constitute & appoint my friend Charles Briggs Nicholson my hole & sole Executor to this my Last Will & Testament. IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix my seal this fourteenth day of December one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine. his benjamin X Newsum (seal) mark Sign'd, seal'd and adknowledged by the Testator in presents of: Charles B. Nicholson Crafford Newsum Hamlin Harris William Applewhite At a Court held for the County of Southampton the 17th day of February 1800 This Will was prov'd by the oaths of Charles B. Nicholson & Hamlin Harris, two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded (time is also allow'd the Executor named therein to qualify). Samuel Kello, Cl. (clerk) Source: Library of Virginia, Will Book 5, 1797-1804 Southampton Co, VA Reel 17, page 181 Note: Spelling was not corrected.Paragraphing and some punctuation was added by transcriber for ease in reading. There are no paragraphs in the original. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Von Mings Stachon vonstac@comcast.net ___________________________________________________________________