Will, VA, Southampton, Martha Davis 1761

In the name of God, Amen.

I MARTHA DAVIS of Southampton County & Parish of Nottoway, being sick & weak in
body but in perfect mind & memory, thanks be go God for it & calling to mind the
mortality of my body & knowing it is appointed for all persons to die, do make &
ordain this my last will & testament.

Principally & first I recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it
me & my body to the ground to be buried in a Christian like manner at the
discretion of my executor & as touching such worldly estate which it has pleased
God to bless me with in this life, I give in the following manner and form.

ITEM I give to my loving sister ALCE BRIANT [ALSE] my plantation & all my land also
one feather bed & furniture & one one D’ & two sheets also four counter pins, one
large looking glass, three cows & calves, one boxor & heaters, one spinning wheel
and all the remainder of my estate be it in any kind or quality whatever that can
be found to her & her heirs forever.

I do hereby appoint my trusty friend, WILLIAM BRIANT, my whole & sole executor to
this my last will & testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this 16th day of
January Anno Domini 1761.

MARTHA DAVIS {seal, her + mark}

Signed, sealed, published & pronounced in presence of

NICHOLAS MAGET
JOHN BARNES
JACOB BARNES




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