SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - Jesse Pope, 22 Oct 1791
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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Jesse Pope of the County of Southampton being weak
in body but of sound and disposing mind and memory, thanks be to God, do make
& publish this writing as & for my last will & testament in manner & form
following, that is to say:

First, I give and bequeath to my son Nathaniel Pope, the land that he now
lives on to be bounded as follows: beginning at Hicory, a corner tree of
Nathan Barnes's, Amos Joyner and from thence a strait line to the flat branch
where the path now crosses and down the said branch to Evans Popes line, to
him and his heirs forever.

Item: I lend the west room of the house that I now live on to my two daughters
Jinny & Mary Pope as long as they live unmarried, also lend them as much
ground as is sufficient to make them cotton upon, I also give to my two
daughters Jinny & Mary Pope each of them a feather bed and furniture and cow &
calf to each to them forever.

Item: I give and bequeath to my son David Pope the remainder of my land
undispos'd of also my colt & feather bed & furniture to him and his heirs
forever.

Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Hannal Beal one cow & calf.

Item: My will and desire is that the remainder of my estate undispos'd of to
be equally divided between John, Zedekiah, Jesse, Hannah, Jinny and Mary Pope.

And I do hereby appoint my son Nathaniel Pope & Asa Beal Executors of this my
Last Will and Testament.

IN WITNESS whereof I Jesse Pope have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal
this twenty second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and ninety one.

                                                       Jesse Pope (seal)
Sign'd, seal'd, publish'd &
declared to be my Last Will and
Testament in presence of:

Nathan Barnes
Amos Joyner
   his
Evans X Pope
   mark

This Will was presented in court by Nathaniel Pope the Executor therein
name'd and prov'd by the oaths of Amos Joyner & Evans Pope, two of the
witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded & on the motion of the said
Executor who made oath according to law, Certificate is granted him for
obtaining a Probat thereof in due form giving security whereupon &c.

                                                  Sam Kello, Cl.

               At a Court held for the County of Southampton
                      the 14th day of October 1790

Source: Library of Virginia,
Will Book 4, 1783-1797
Southampton Co, VA
Reel 17, page 612

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


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