In the Name of God Amen this 25 Day of April anno Dom 1720 -
I Wm Exum of ye Isle of Wight County in Virga. being very Sick & weak in body but of pfect mind & memory thanks be ___en unto God therefore Calling unto mind ye mortality of my bo___________g that it is appointed for all men once to Die Do __k________his my Last will & Testament that is to Say prinfipally a___________ give & recommend my Soul into ye hands of God that Gave it & for my _________ and it to ye Earth to be buried in a Christian like & Decent mammer __________tion of my Extr. nothing Doubting but at ye Generall Resurrect____________eceive ye Same again by ye mighty power of God and touchi___________dly Estate Where with it hath pleased God to blefs me in this ________ give Devise & Dispofe of ye Same in ye following manner & form/ Imprimis/ I Give & bequeath to my Son John Exum three pound ten Shillin_____ence __ Money.
Item/ I Give and bequeath to my Son Wm Exum __________ of Land Lying on ye north Side of ye Round hill Swamp in ye Ysle of Wight County begining at ye mouth of ye Ready Branch and Runing up ye sd branch to ye line and So along ye line to ye Road and Crofsing ye Road to a Little Branch & So Down ye sd Little branch to ye aforesd Swamp and so along ye Swamp to ye firft ftation to him and his heires and afsignes for Ever/ Item/ I give and bequeath to my Son Jofeph Exum ye Remainder part of that tract of Land at ye Round hill to him his heires and afsignes for Ever/ Item/ I Give and bequeath to my Son Robert Exum one hundred Acres of Land Joyning & next to Robert Crocker his plantation _____ing to ye Land I now Dwell upon to him & ye heires of his ____ Lawf___ begotten/ Item/ I Give & bequeath unto my two Daught___ Ann an___arah my plantation together with all ye pvilodges _____ to belonging as Long as they Live unmarried and then to _________um & to ye heires of his body Lawfully begotten.
Item/ I Give & beq___________ my beloved Wife one half of my household Good and Mov___________alf to my two Daughters Ann & Sarah To be Equally Divided between them both and Do Conftitute make and ordain my Loving Wife Susan my only Sole Executor of this my Last will and Testament & I Do hereby Utterly Disallow Revoke and Disanull all & Every Other former Testaments Wills Leagaires and Executors by me in any ways before this time named willed and bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last will and Testament In Witnefs wjereof I have hereunto Sett my hand and Seal the Day and Year above Written
At a Court held for Isle of Wight County the 22 of Augt 1720
This last Will & Testament of Wm Exum was presented in Court by the Exectx. who made oath thereto & being proved by the oaths if the Witnefses is admitted to record.