SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - William Turner, 1779, (partial)
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The Estate of William Turner, Deceased
In Account Current With Benjamin Turner, his Executor
  
Dec 1779:                                 £   s d                              £   s  d
To pd Geo. Gurley for preaching          18  0  0    By bonds in hand at      780  2  7
   at funerell session                                 time of his death
To Arthur Foster as cryer, 2 days        12  0  0    By cash in the house     101  0  0
To Richard Deloach, cryer                 8  0  0      @ time of his death
To Arthur Waller for tax of brandy as     0 18  6    By 77-3/4 lb tobo @ 65/  502  2  0
   per account                                         per bl? (barrel?)   
To Alexander Murry for coffin             7  4  0    By amt of sales        10015  4  1
To John Simmons for schooling James      19  3  8    By vaist? & money          0 12  1
   Turner & Mary Turner                                 scales              ___________
To Arthur Turner per account             23  0  0                           15932  0  9
To brandy for the tax of estate           5  8  0
To pd charges for the estate            197  5  0
To pd William Hines for tickets & taxes 198  5  5
To commission of £1612-8-8 (@ 5%)       806  6  4

In obedience to an Order of the worshipful Court of the County of Southampton, we the
subscribers have examined, stated and settled the above account, given under our hands
(this date the __ day of ___).    (end of page)

Source: Library of Virginia,
Will Book 5, 1797-1804
Southampton Co, VA
Reel 17, page 264

Notes: A cryer: Also spelled crier - a person who shouts out announcements of
       news, court orders, etc.
       Tobo: an abbreviation for tobacco


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