WILL OF JAMES HAMLETT. CHARLOTTE CO., VA. WILL BOOK 5, P. 35. 

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In the name of God Amen I James Hamlett the older of the county of Charlotte
being sick but of sound mind doth hereby make my last will and testament in
manner and  form following viz first my desire is that my beloved wife...shal
enjoy.....possession of  my mansion house and plantation with such part of the
personal estate as she may think  proper for her support and shall be at liberty to
lend any part there of to such of my  children as she may think proper for her
support but if she should lend any part there of  to any of them, my will and desire
is that at her decease the part so loned shall be  returned....to make a fair and equal
division as I may here after direct. But if my wife  should marry my desire is that
she should no longer reside on the plantation where she  now lives or have
possession of any part of my land in Virginia but remove to the  plantation where
she formerly resided in North Carolina in Person County which she is to  enjoy
instead of my estate in Virginia with the whole of the personal estate and negroes 
thereon except Dick and Anne. Item..I give unto my son James all the land I
possess on  the west side of Twitties Creek and the whole of my land on the east
side...as a gut  called the island gut which includes all the east side between the
creek and Mosby's line  as...as the aforesaid gut but he is not to disposses my wife
during her widowhood. I give  him and his heirs forever. Item..I give unto my son
George Hamlett the tract of land on  which he now lives to him and his heirs
forever...Item..I give unto my two grandsons  Thomas B. Hamlett and James E.
Hamlett all the land I possess on Twittie's Creek. Item I  give unto my two
grandsons Drury J. Major and Samuel B. Major sons of William Major  deceased
all the land which I possess in the county of Halifax to them and their heirs 
forever. Item..I give unto my daughter Narcissa Jeffress four negroes  viz
Christian,  Jane, Edith and Coleman, one horse worth one hundred dollars, six
head of cattle and six  head of sheep to her and her heirs forever. Item..I give unto
my son George Hamlett three  hundred dollars to be paid to him by my executors.
Item..my desire is that after the  decease of my wife the whole of my estate except
the part herein before disposed of may  be divided in the manner and form
following viz equally among James Hamlett, Mary C.  Jeffress, Patsy Wilson,
Nancy Jeffress, Narcissa Jeffress, the children of my son George  Hamlett and
Lucy his wife, the children of my daughter Elizabeth Averitt, the children of  my
son Bedford Hamlett dec'd  and the children of my daughter Obedience to them
and to  their heirs forever. Lastly, I do heherby constitute and appoint my son
James Hamlett and  William Green executors of this my last will and testament
hereby revoking all other  former wills by me heretofore made. In witness whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and  seal this twenty-sixth day of September one
thousand eight hundred and nineteen. Signed, sealed and  delivered as the last will
and testament of the above named James  Hamlett in presence of us Wm. B.
Green, Wm. B. Price, James Morton. At a court held for  Charlotte County
November 4, 1819 this last will and testament for James Hamlett Senr.  dec'd was
presented in court and proved by the oaths William B. Price and James Morton 
and ordered to be recorded and on the motion of James Hamlett Jr. one of the
executors in  the said will named who made oath thereto according to law, probte
of the said will is  granted him on giving security whereupon e with Jennings M.
Jeffress and Williamson Price  his securities entered into and acknowleged their
bond according to law reserving liberty  to the other executor to join in the probate
thereof when he shall think fit.
Teste Winslow Robinson cc
duly recorded Winslow Robinson cc