Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Wills.....Williams, Sion, 1799 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Sion WILLIAMS, will dated 16 Jan 1799, proved 14 Feb 1799 [margin notes] Sion Williams. Will In the name of God Amen, I Sion Williams of Southampton County being sick andweak in body, and calling to mind the uncertainty of this life, do make and ordain this my last will Testament in manner and form following (to wit) - - - - - First. I leave to my wife Mary Williams the use profits and emoluments of the plantation and one third part of the land whereon I now live on also the Sorrel Mare Womans Saddle & bridle, three Cows & Calves, twenty shoats three feather Beds an furniture, one Table & Chest, one Loom & Gier, one Iron Pott, one frying pan, six Sitting chairs, one Cart & Wheels with planta =tion Utensills sufficient for her use for and during the term of her natural life or widowhood I also give her as much corn, meat, and other mat =ter of provision and provender as now lay'd in for the use of her and my family the present year and this I leave her in lieu and satisfaction of any Sower she may hereafter claim in my estate also I give to my son Drewry Williams and to my son John Williams and to my daughter [page break] [p.] 132 daughter Frances Bun the sum of fifteen shillings current money that is to say five shillings each and to each of them what I have already possessed them with, to them and their heirs and assigns__ also I give to my son Burwell Williams what I have already possessed him with to him and his heirs and assigns, also thirty acres of Land adjoining his, to him and his heirs and assigns forever __ __ also I give and bequeath to my sons Jordan Williams Silas Williams Benjamin williams and Jeremiah Williams and my daughter Polly Williams the sum of seventy five pounds current money, that is say fifteen pounds current money to each and to their heirs _ Also. I give devise and bequeath to my son Eley Williams one third part of my lands, to be laid off adjoining the Lands of Burwell Williams Amos Councill and Hardy Johnson to him & his heirs assigns forever Also, I give, devise and bequeath to my son Sion Williams one third part of Lands, to be laid off adjoining the lands of John Williams Titus Fowler and Burwell Williams to him and his heirs & assigns forever Also. I do fully authorise and empower my Executor hereafter named and my friends Joseph Scott, Absolam Joyner and Samuel Rowe or any three of them to make out lines making partition and divi sion of my lands as nearly agreably to this my last will and Testame= =nt as they can alotting to each legatee his or her destrict and separate part or parcel, and such lines division and alotment so run and made I do hereby establish and confirm as fully and as amply to all intents and purposes as tho I had made out the lines myself, and had fully express.d the same herein, and that notwithstanding any error that may be made in the quantity of Land or any heretofore menti= =on.d to the contrary or seeming to the contrary but each Legatee shall hold possess & enjoy the parcel allotted to him or her whether the same be a few Acres more or Less than his or their equal proportion__ Also- I give to my Wife Mary Williams all my Cotton whether manufactured picked spun or in the seed, Also fifteen Geece___ Also -- I give all the remainder of my estate to be Equally divided among my children Jordan, Silas, Benjamin & Lucy & after the death of my Wife the personal estate given her to be equally divided among my children as follows Viz.t Eley Sion. George & Polly Also _ the land given unto my Wife Mary Williams after her decease I give devise and bequeath unto my son George Williams and his heirs and assigns forever __ Lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my sons Drewry Williams and Burwell Williams my whole and sole Executors to this my Last will and Testament hereby revoking and disannuling all former Wills & Testaments by me heretofore Made ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will & Tetament [page break] [p.] 133) In Witness the said Sion Williams hath hereunto set his hand & Seal this sixteenth day of January In the Year of our Lord 1799 - Sign.d Seal.d publish.d pronounce.d } his & declar.d by the said Sion Williams } Sion W Williams ¤seal¤ to be his Last will & Testament before} mark Jo Scott Absalom Joyner} his } Cordall Rowe } mark } At a Court held for the County of Southampton Ro. Denson } the 14th day of February 1799 __ This Will was prresented = in court by Burwell Williams one of the executors therein named (the Other refusing) proved by the oaths of Jo. Scott Absalom Joiner & Cordal Rowe three of the witnesses thereto and order'd to be recorded And on the motion of the s.d Executor who made oath according to Law a probat thereof is granted him on giving bond and security &c Whereupon &c = Sam.l Kello Cl ________________________________________________________________________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Southampton Co., VA, Will Book 5, 1797-1804, pp. 131-33 The Library of Virginia (LVA), Richmond, VA LVA, Southampton Co. Microfilm Reel 17 images online at The Brantley Family Association Southampton Project: http://www.brantleyassociation.com/southampton_project/southampton_project_list.htm Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Matt Harris, Zoobug64@aol.com [brackets & line breaks mine] [COUNCIL, COUNCILL, DENSON, FOWLER, JOHNSON, JOINER, JOYNER, ROWE, WILLIAMS]