Will »264   pg. I   JOSEPH WHITEHEAD   17 Feb. 1781   Nov. Ct. 1781
wife PHEREBY WHITEHEAD whole estate until youngest child comes of age
except 2 horses:   I for JOHN WHITEHEAD and I for TOBIAS WHITEHEAD
his brother at age 21   daughters MARTHA WHITEHEAD and ELIZABETH
WHITEHEAD and the child my wife goes with bed, furniture etc. and negroes
at 18   when the boys JOHN and TOBIAS come of age the estate to be divided
between them and my wife   son JOHN 100 acres In Scotling Neck  son
TOBIAS all my land on Deep creek
Wit.:   WILLIAM BYNUM SR., WILLIAM BYNUM JESSE HAYNIE
Extrs.:    WILLIAM  WHITEHEAD,  WILLIAM  BRANTLEY  and ARTHUR
WHITEHEAD
Will *265   pg. 2   CHRISTOPHER DUDLEY   2 June 1777   NOV. Ct. 1781
sons RANSOM DUDLEY and CHRISTOPHER DUDLEY and daughter SARAH
DUDLEY money each  son LINTON DUDLEY land InMecklInburg, Va. which
I bold In right of my late wife ELIZABETH DUDLEY mother of the sd. LIN-
TON  100 pounds money to be used to bring up and educate my 4 youngest
children: RANSOM, CHRISTOPHER, SARAH and LINTON and money left over
to be divided betwixt my 8 children: ANN MACHEN wife of HENRY MACHEN,
GUILFORD DUDLEY, AGATHA DUDLEY, ELIZABETH DUDLEY and the sd.
CHRISTOPHER, SARAH, RANSOM and LINTON  should any child die Its
portion to go to the survivors
Wit.:    GABL. LONG, WILLIAM MONTFORT, JOSEPH COCKS, PATRICK
MARTIN
Extrs.:   son GUILFORD, HENRY MACHEN and OROONDATIS DAVIS
Wlll*266  pg. 3  JAMES LESLIE  23 Sept. 1781  Nov. Ct. 1781
wife MARY LESLIE negroes, furniture etc. and plantation I bought of JAMES
LOVIL and lots <fl and #49 In Halifax Town  brother ROBERT LESLIE land
In Ireland and he Is to pay my sisters MARY LESLIE and SARAH LESLIE 1/4
of the profit of the sd. land  my wife to pay my sister ELIZABETH MC-
CLELAN wife of JOHN MCCLELAN 12 pounds per year  GEORGE MC-
CLELAN son of the sd. JOHN land on Newhope  to my heirs-at-Is.".' (names
not given) 1000 acres In Biaden Co. and 400 acres In Chatham Co.
Wit.:   JOHN MORGAN, ELIZABETH EELBANK, ANN MACHEN, MARTHA
ELIZABETH EELBANK
Extrs.:   wife and GUILFORD DUDLEY and HENRY MACHEN
WUI»267  pg. 5  RICHARDMERRITT  26 Mar. 1780  Nov. Ct. 1781
lend wife SARAH MERRITT all my estate until my children comes of age   son
JAMES MERRITT land on Beech swamp Joining JOHN BASS etc. when he Is
21   son RICHARD MERRITT plantation whereon I now live and the land Join-
ing WILLIAM COTTON, THOMAS ALSOBROOK and BASS, bed etc. after wife's
Decease  son EPHRIAM MERRITT land In Piney Woods, negroes etc. at wife's
death   daughters MARY MERRITT, AMY MERRITT, SARAH MERRITT,
URADIE MERRITT and ANN MERRITT I negro each at wife's death  should
JAMES and RICHARD die without lawful Issue their land to go to son EPHRIAM
Wit.:   THOMAS MERRITT   X his mark,WILLIAMHAYNIE JESSE HAYNIE
Extrs.:   wife and CHRISTOPHER HAYNES and JOHN BASS
Wlll*268  pg. 6  JAMES ALLIN   16 Mar. 1780  Aug. Ct. 1781
son JAMES ALLIN land in Prince George Co., Va. whereon RODGER TAYLOR
deed. formerly lived and 266 acres In Halifax Co. as by MORRESS' deed   son
WILLIAM ALLIN 230 acres at Indian creek Joining WATTS, NATHANIEL
NORWOOD and the river leaving out 2 acres which JOHN WATTS sold to JOHN
HYDE  son TAYLOR ALLIN 220 acres on Indian creek and the river  son
JOHN ALLIN 300 acres whereon I now live  daughter MARY ALLIN 201
acres known as JOLLYS whereon he formerly lived   residue of my estate to
be sold and money used to purchase 4 negroes and the sd. negroes to go to my
4 children; WILLIAM, TAYLOR, MARY and JOHN   should any child die under
21 his part to be divided equally among the survivors
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