SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS - Elizabeth (JENKINS) RAIFORD, 25 Jul 1888 ----¤¤¤---- [p.] 39 [...] [margin note] Ex. This is to certify that I, Elizabeth RAIFORD, do this day and date, One thousand eight hundred and eighty eight do hereby make my last will and testament I, give and bequeath unto my son Everitte RAIFORD one twenty dollar Gold piece to him or his heirs for ever no more nor less. I, give and bequeath unto my son Levi P. RAIFORD, one twenty dollar Gold piece, to him or his heirs for ever, no more nor less. I give and [page break] [p.] 40 bequeath unto my daughter Martha Elizabeth RAIFORD one twenty dollar Gold piece, to her or his heirs for ever no more nor less. I, give and bequeath to my son John T. RAIFORD my home plantation and all my chattel estate (except my bed clothing which I want to be equally divided among my four children above named, to him or his heirs for [blank] Given under my hand and seal this 25.th day of July 1888 her Elizabeth X RAIFORD (Seal) mark Witnesses Mills E RAIFORD Geo W RAIFORD Herbert E RAIFORD Virginia Southampton County Court, October term 1901. A writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Elizabeth RAIFORD - was produced in court, and proved by the Oaths of Mills E RAIFORD and Geo W. RAIFORD, two of the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Test B.F. MCLEMORE C.C. Southampton Co., VA, Will Book 22 (1899-1924), pp. 39-40 Library of Virginia, Southampton Co. Microfilm Reel 381 abstracted by Matt HARRIS [surname capitalization, line breaks & brackets mine] ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Matthew W. Harris Zoobug64@aol.com ___________________________________________________________________