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| CHAP. XII. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS Nicholas Meriwether the younger, formerly of the county of Hanover, gentleman, was in his lifetime seized in fee simple of a tract of land whereon he lived in the parish of Fredericksville, then in the said county, but now in the county of Albemarle, containing one thousand six hundred and fifty acres, also of another tract of land lying in the same parish and county, containing four hundred acres, and also of a tract of land containing five hundred and thirty-four acres, lying in the parish of Truro, in the county of Fairfax; and being so seized, he the said Nicholas Meriwether, in and by his last will and testament, in writing, bearing date the fourth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and thirty eight, did give and devise to his wife Mildred one half of his estate during his life, and gave the residue to the child his wife was then ensient of, but directed that in case his wife should die before the said child, the whole estate, except the part which he had in marriage with his said wife, and which he left to her disposal, should fall to the said child, and if that died without issue the estate to be equally divided between his the testator's brothers and sisters, as by the said will, remaining of record in the court of the said county of Hanover, may more fully appear; and soon afterwards the said testator died so seized, and after his death his said wife was delivered of a daughter named Mildred, who, besides the estate so devised her by her said father, was seized in fee simple of and in a very valuable tract of land near Newcastle town, in the parish of St. Paul and county of Hanover, also fourteen unimproved lots of land in the said town, being denoted in the plan thereof by the numbers 1, 2, 7, 8, 34, 41, 42, 44, 45, 51, 52, and the letters F, H, and K, and two tracts of land in the parish of St. Anne, in the county of Albemarle, containing together three thousand five hundred acres; and being | Certain entailed lands, formerly of Nicholas Meriwether, vested in John Syme, esq. |
| so seized and entitled the said Mildred the daughter intermarried with John Syme, esquire, who in her right became seized and possessed of the said lands, and having more valuable and convenient lands of his own did come to an agreement with Thomas Walker, gentleman, who intermarried with Mildred the widow of the said Nicholas Meriwether, to convey the said sixteen hundred and fifty acres of land in the parish of Fredericksville, in the said county of Albemarle, to the said Thomas Walker in fee simple, in consideration whereof the said Thomas was to release the estate for life of the said Mildred his wife in the other lands of the said Nicholas Meriwether, and to pay the said John Syme two hundred pounds current money; and the said John Syme had, moreover, agreed to sell the said four hundred acres of land in the last mentioned parish and county to William Crenshaw, for fifty pounds, the said lands in the county of Fairfax to John Carlyle, gentleman, for one hundred and eighty pounds current money, and the said two tracts in the parish of St. Anne and county of Albemarle to the honourable William Nelson, esquire, for eight hundred pounds, to which several sales the said Mildred, the wife of the said John Syme, was consenting; but before any conveyances were executed the said Mildred died, leaving issue, by the said John Syme, John Syme the younger, her eldest son and heir, an infant, and other children, whereby the said John Syme the elder is disabled from carrying the several agreements aforesaid into execution, and may be involved in sundry disputes on that account. | |
| II. And whereas the said John Syme is seized in fee simple of near four hundred acres of land by him purchased of Elizabeth Skelton, widow, and William Winston, adjoining to the said tract of land near Newcastle town, and it will be greatly to the advantage of the said John Syme, and his family, to vest the several tracts of land so by him sold in the purchasers in fee simple, and also to vest the said lots of land in the town of Newcastle in the said John Syme in fee simple, whereby he may be enabled to sell and dispose of the same, and to settle the said four hundred acres of land, of which the said John is seized, in fee simple, with several slaves, in lieu of the said lands so sold, and the said lots; and forasmuch as notice hath been published three Sundays successively, in the several churches |
| of the said parishes of Fredericksville, Truro, St. Anne, and St. Paul, that application would be made to this present general assembly for an act to this purpose, pursuant to your Majesty's instructions: | |
| III. May it therefore please your most excellent majesty, at the humble suit of the said John Syme, that it may be enacted, And be it enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governour, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said sixteen hundred and fifty acres of land lying in the parish of Fredericksville, in the said county of Albemarle, be, and the same is hereby vested in the said Thomas Walker, his heirs and assigns, for ever; that the said four hundred acres of land lying in the same parish and county, be, and the same is hereby vested in the said William Crenshaw, his heirs and assigns, for ever; that the said five hundred and thirty-four acres of land lying in the county of Fairfax, be, and the same is hereby vested in the said John Carlyle, his heirs and assigns, for ever; that the said three thousand five hundred acres of land lying in the parish of St. Anne, in the county of Albemarle, be, and the same is hereby vested in the said William Nelson, his heirs and assigns for ever; and the said fourteen lots of lands [land] in the town of Newcastle, be, and the same is hereby vested in the said John Syme, his heirs and assigns, for ever, to their own use respectively; and that the said four hundred acres of land near the said town of Newcastle, so purchased by the said John Syme of Elizabeth Skelton and William Winston, be, and the same is hereby vested in the said John Syme, to hold to him during his natural life, and after his decease to the heirs of the body of the said Mildred his late wife, for ever; and in default of issue of her, then to descend and pass and go to such person or persons, and in like manner, as the said manner, as the said sixteen hundred and fifty acres of land hereby vested in the said Thomas Walker would have remained, descended, and gone, by virtue of the limitations in the will of the said Nicholas Meriwether, if this act had never been made. | |
| IV. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that seventeen negro slaves, whereof the said John Syme is possessed in his own right, called and known by the names of Scipio, Dill, Nell, Bartlett, Peter, Will, Isaac, Tom, Jenny, Cuffy, Phil, Rose, Lucy, Tabb, Jesse, Judy, and Moses, with their future increase, |
| be, and the same are hereby vested in the said John Syme, IN TRUST, to and for the use of him the said John Syme during his natural life, and after his decease to the use of the said John Syme the younger, and his heirs for ever, on the part of the said Mildred his mother. | ||
| V. Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs and successours, and to all and every other person and persons, bodies politick and corporate, their respective heirs and successours, other than the persons claiming under the said Mildred Syme, or the will of the said Nicholas Meriwether, all such right, title, or interest, as they, every, or any of them, could or claim, if this act had never been made. | ||
| VI. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be, and the same is hereby suspended, until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained. | ||
 CHAP. XIII. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS William Todd, formerly of the county of King and Queen, gentleman, was in his lifetime seized in fee simple of a large tract of land lying in the parish of St. Thomas and county of Orange, and being so seized, in and by his last will and testament, in writing, bearing date the twelfth day of January, one thousand seven hundred and thirty six, did devise part of the said land to his daughters Dorothy and Betty, his grandson William Gordon, and Richard Barber, and all the residue thereof, being eighteen hundred and thirty five acres, he gave and devised to his son Richard Todd, and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, and for want of such issue to his son Thomas Todd, and his heirs, for ever, as by the said will remaining of record in the court of the said county of King and Queen, may more fully appear; and the said William | Certain entailed lands whereof Richard Todd is seized, docked. |
| Todd died soon afterwards so seized, whereupon the said Richard Todd entered into the lands so devised to him, and was and is seized thereof as tenant in fee taille. | |
| II. And whereas the said Richard Todd is seized in fee simple of and in a tract of land containing four hundred and sixty acres, lying in the county of King and Queen, and is possessed in his own right of the following negro slaves, to wit, one man named Humphrey, a woman named Violett, and a girl named Judith, and it is represented to this general assembly that it will be greatly to the benefit of the said Richard Todd, and his family, if he was allowed to dock the entail of twelve hundred and eighty-five acres of land, part of the said tract in the county of Orange, whereby he might be enabled to make a better provision for his younger children, and to settle the said tract of land in the county of King and Queen, with the slaves aforesaid as notice hath been published three Sundays successively, in the several churches in the said parish of St. Thomas, that application would be made to this present General Assembly for an act to this purpose, pursuant to your majesty's instructions: | |
| III. May it therefore please your most excellent majesty, at the humble suit of the said Richard Todd, that it may be enacted, And be it enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governour, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That twelve hundred and eighty five acres of land, part of the said tract in the county of Orange, bounded as followeth, to wit: Beginning at three white oaks on the south east side of a branch called Mount Molly, running thence south forty five degrees west three hundred and fifty eight pole to two red oaks and a hickory, thence north sixty seven degrees west six hundred and sixty four pole, thence north twenty two and a half degrees east four hundred and forty pole, thence south sixty one degrees east four hundred and forty four pole to three white oaks, thence south fifty seven degrees west three hundred and twenty six pole to Hoome's road, thence down the said road to Mount Molly aforesaid, thence up the said branch to the line of the whole tract, and from thence south sixty one degrees east two hundred and fifty six pole to the beginning, be, and the same is hereby vested in the said Richard Todd, his heirs and assigns, for ever, to his and |
| their own proper use and behoof; and that the said four hundred and sixty acres of land in the county of King and Queen, whereof the said Richard Todd is seized, together with the negro slaves aforesaid, and their future increase, shall be, and the same is hereby vested in the said Richard Todd, and the heirs of his body, and in default of such heirs shall descend, pass, and go, to such person or persons, and in like manner, as the said land in the county of Orange would have descended and gone, under the limitations in the will of the said William Todd, if this act had never been made. | ||
| IV. Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs and successours, and to all and every other person and persons, bodies politick and corporate, their respective heirs and successours, other than the persons claiming under the will of the said William Todd, all such right, title, interest and estate, claim and demand, as they, every, or any of them should or might have had or claimed, if this act had never [not] been made. | ||
| V. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be, and the same is hereby suspended, until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained. | ||
| CHAP. XIV. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS John Lewis, formerly of the parish of Abington, in the county of Gloucester, esq. deceased, was in his lifetime, and at the time of his death, seized in fee simple of a tract or parcel of land lying in the parish of St. Peter, in the county of New Kent, and the parish of St. Paul, in the county of Hanover, containing thirteen hundred acres, more or less, being part of a tract of land called Chomokins, and by his last will and testament, in writing, bearing date in March one thousand seven hundred and twenty-five, did, among other things, give and devise the said tract of | Certain entailed lands vested in Robert Lewis, gentleman. |
| land, with the appurtenances, unto his son Robert Lewis, and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, for ever, and for want of such heirs to his son Charles Lewis, and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, for ever, and for want of such heirs to his next male heir at law, by virtue of which will the said Robert Lewis is now seized of the said thirteen hundred acres of land in fee taille; and whereas the said lands are very inconvenient to the said Robert Lewis, and less capable of improvement than other lands which may be purchased with the money arising from the sale thereof, and the said Robert Lewis hath agreed to sell the same to several purchasers for the sum of twelve hundred and fifty pounds current money, the full value thereof, and is desirous that the entail of the above mentioned land should be docked, and that the said sum of twelve hundred and fifty pounds current money should be laid out in the purchase of more convenient lands, to be settled to the same uses; and John Lewis, eldest son and heir apparent of the said Robert Lewis, being of full age, is willing and desirous that an act may pass for that purpose; and forasmuch as notice hath been published, three Sundays successively, in the several churches of the said parishes of St. Peter and St. Paul, that application would be made to this present General Assembly to dock the entail of the said thirteen hundred acres of land, and to settle other lands of greater value to the same uses, pursuant to your majesty's instructions: | |
| II. May it therefore please your most excellent majesty, at the humble suit of the said Robert Lewis, that it may be enacted, And be it enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governour, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said thirteen hundred acres of land, with the appurtenances, lying and being in the counties of New Kent and Hanover, whereof the said Robert is now seized in fee taille as aforesaid, be, and the same are hereby vested in the said Robert Lewis, his heirs and assigns, for ever, and that the said sum of twelve hundred and fifty pounds current money be paid by the said Robert Lewis to Thomas Walker, Henry Fry, Thomas Meriwether, and Nicholas Meriwether, gentlemen; and the said trustees or the greater part of them, or their survivers, shall fairly lay out the said sum of money in the purchase of a |
| more convenient tract or tracts of land; and as soon as such purchase can be made, they are hereby empowered and required to cause proper deeds or conveyances in law to be executed to the said Robert Lewis, for conveying the lands to be purchased to the said Robert Lewis, and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, for ever, and in default of such heirs to such person and persons as the said thirteen hundred acres of land in New Kent and Hanover would have remained and descended by virtue of the will of the said John Lewis, if this act had never been made. | ||
| III. Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs and successours, and to all and every other person and persons bodies politick and corporate, their respective heirs and successours, other than the persons claiming under said recited will, all such right, title, interest, estate, claim, or demand, as they, every, or any of them could or might claim, if this act had never been made. | ||
| IV. Provided always, That the execution of this act be, and the same is hereby suspended, until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained. | ||
| CHAP. XV. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS William Cary, formerly of the county of Warwick, was in his lifetime, and at the time of his death, seized in fee simple of and in a tract of high land and marsh lying at the mouth of Skiff creek, in the said county, containing about three hundred and sixty acres, and being so seized made his last will and testament, in writing, bearing date the twenty sixth day of August, one thousand seven hundred and eleven, and therein, amongst other things, did give and devise the | Certain entailed lands whereof William Cary is seized, vested in Allen Jones. |
| said tract of land, after the decease of his wife Martha, unto his son Harwood Cary, and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, with several remainders over, in case of failure of issue of the said Harwood Cary, as in and by the said will may more fully appear; and after the death of the said testator, and his said wife Martha, the said Harwood the son entered into the said tract of land, and died seized thereof, leaving issue William Cary, his eldest son and heir, who entered into the said land, and is now seized thereof as tenant in fee taille; but the said William Cary having no slaves to work the said land, the same is of little profit to him; and it hath been represented to this assembly that it will be for the benefit of the said William Cary, and his issue, to sell the said entailed lands, and lay out the money in the purchase of other lands and slaves, to be settled to the same uses, the said William Cary having contracted for the sale of the said entailed lands to one Allen Jones, for seven hundred and twenty pounds current money, the full value of the same; and forasmuch as notice hath been published three Sundays successively, in the several churches of the parish of Warwick, in the said county of Warwick, that application would be made to this present General Assembly for an act to dock the entail of the said lands, and for settling other lands and slaves to be purchased with the money aforesaid, to the same uses, pursuant to your majesty's instructions: | |
| II. May it therefore please your most excellent majesty, at the humble suit of the said William Cary, that it may be enacted, And be it enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governour, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said tract of three hundred and sixty acres of high land and marsh, be the same more or less, whereof the said William Cary is seized in the county of Warwick, be, and the same is hereby vested in the said Allen Jones, his heirs and assigns, for ever, to his and their own use. | |
| III. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That the said Allen Jones shall pay the sum of seven hundred and twenty pounds to Archibald Cary, John Fleming, Robert Bolling, junior, and Joseph Cabell, gentlemen, IN TRUST; that they, or the greater part of them, shall fairly lay out the said money in the purchase of other land and slaves, to be conveyed by deed |
| or deeds duly proved and recorded, and from thenceforth the said lands and slaves so purchased shall descend, pass, and go together, to the said William Cary, and the heirs of his body, and to such other person or persons as the said lands in the county of Warwick would have remained, gone, and descended, by virtue of the limitations in the will of the said William Cary the elder, if this act had never been made. | ||
| IV. Saving always to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs and successours, and to all and every other person and persons, bodies politick and corporate, their respective heirs and successours, other than the persons claiming under the will of the said William Cary the elder, all such estate, right, title, and interest, as they, every, or any of them, should or might have had or claimed, if this act had never been made. | ||
| V. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be, and the same is hereby suspended, until his majestys approbation thereof shall be obtained. | ||
| CHAP. XVI. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS John Heale, late of the county of Lancaster, gentlemen, deceased, by his last will and testament, in writing, duly executed, bearing date the twenty ninth day of November, one thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine, did, among other things give, devise, and bequeath unto his nephew George Heale, now of the said county of Lancaster, gentleman, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, several tracts of land, in the said will particularly described, and several slaves, therein also mentioned, with divers remainders over, in case of failure of such heirs male, as in and by the said will, duly proved and admitted to record, and now | Absolute property of certain slaves vested in George Heale, and three tracts of land settled in lieu thereof. |
| remaining amongst the records of the said county of Lancaster, reference being thereunto had, may more fully appear; by virtue of which will the said George Heale entered in to the said lands, and is now seized thereof, and is also possessed of such of the said slaves, mentioned in the said will, as are now living, and their increase, in taille male. | |
| II. And whereas the said George Heale is seized in fee simple of and in three several tracts of land, situate, lying, and being, in the parish of Hambleton, in the county of Fauquier, one of the said tracts containing eleven hundred and thirty acres, more or less, which he purchased of Thomas Edwards, one other of the said tracts, containing five hundred acres, more or less, which he purchased of Thomas Edwards, one other of the said tracts, containing five hundred acres, more or less, which he purchased of one Charles Chinn, and the other containing two hundred acres, more or less, which he purchased of one Rawley Shearman; which said three tracts or parcels of land, containing one thousand eight hundred and thirty acres in the whole, are all adjoining and contiguous together: And it is represented to this present general assembly that it will not only be more advantageous to the said George Heale, and the heirs male of his body, and all others claiming in remainder and reversion under the will of the said John Heale, deceased, but that it will also enable the said George Heale to make some provision for his younger children, if he was vested with the absolute property of part of the said slaves, in lieu whereof he is willing and desirous that the above mentioned one thousand eight hundred and thirty acres of land in the county of Fauquier, which is of greater value, should be settled on him and the heirs male of his body, to descend and pass in the same manner as the said slaves would descend under the will of the said John Heale, deceased. | |
| III. And whereas notice hath been published, three Sundays successively, in the several churches of the parish of Christ Church, in the said county of Lancaster, that application would be made to this present general assembly for an act to dock the entail of part of the said slaves, pursuant to your majesty's instructions: | |
| IV. May it therefore please your most excellent majesty, at the humble suit of the said George Heale, that it may be enacted, And be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governour, Council and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act |
| the said George Heale shall be, and he is hereby declared to be, vested with the absolute property and disposal of thirty-six of the said slaves in number, some of which are the original slaves named in the will of the said John Heale, and the rest are descended from them, and are named as follow, to wit, Sarah, Martha, Grace, Sinah, Nan, Hagar, young Joan, Lucy, Winney, young Nan, Milley, Lettice, young Winney, Judy, Frances, Margery, Abigail, Nell, Tabb, Hannah, Betty, Sarah, young Kate, Priscilla, Letty, Dorcas, Hannah, Agatha, Mary, Jane, young Hannah, Rachael, Rebecca, Neilson, Cyrus, and Abel, and also the future increase of the said female slaves, and may sell and dispose of the same as he shall think proper; and that the said George Heal shall, and he is hereby declared to stand seized of the said one thousand eight hundred and thirty acres of land in the said county of Fauquier, to hold to the said George Heale and the heirs male of his body; and that the said one thousand eight hundred and thirty acres of land shall descend, pass, and go, n remainder and reversion, to such person and persons as the said slaves would have remained and descended under the will of the said John Heale, deceased, if this act had never been made. | |
| V. Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs and successours, and to all and every other person and persons, bodies politick and corporate, their respective heirs and successours, other than the heirs male of the body of the said George Heale, and the persons claiming in remainder and reversion under the will said John Heale, deceased all such right, title, interest, property, claim, and demand, whatsoever, as they, every, or any of them could or might have had or claimed, if this act had never been made. | |
| VI. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be, and the same is hereby suspended, until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained. |
| CHAP. XVII. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS Nathaniel Harrison, esquire, of the county of Surry, deceased, being in his lifetime seized and possessed of a certain tract or parcel of land commonly called and known by the name of Wakefield, whereon the said Nathaniel Harrison then lived, lying and being in the parish of Southwark, in the county aforesaid, containing by estimation two thousand eight hundred acres, and also one other tract or parcel of land commonly called Joseph's swamp, then lying and being in the said parish and county, now the parish of Albemarle, and county of Sussex, containing by estimation one thousand eight hundred acres, did, by his last will and testament, bearing date the fifteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and twenty six, give and bequeath unto his son Benjamin Harrison, after the decease of his wife, the said first mentioned tract of land, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, and did also give and bequeath unto his said son Benjamin his said last mentioned tract, called Joseph's Swamp, and to the heirs male of his body and on default of such issue did devise the said tract of land called Wakefield unto his son Nathaniel Harrison, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, and in default of such issue did devise the remainder of all the lands before devised to his sons Nathaniel and Benjamin Harrison to his brother Henry Harrison, Gentleman, and did by the said will give and bequeath unto his said son Benjamin several other tracts of land, slaves, stock, and other personal estate, as by the said last will and testament, reference being thereto had, may more at large appear. | Entail of certain lands in Albemarle parish, in county of Sussex whereof Nathaniel Harrison the younger is seized, docked, and vested in trustees in fee-simple, for certain uses. |
| II. And whereas the said Benjamin, after the death of his said father, entered into the said lands; and having in his lifetime contracted several debts, for the payment of which all his lands in fee simple, slaves, stocks, and other personal estate, were taken in execution, and sold; and the said Benjamin died some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty eight, leaving Susannah his widow, and Nathaniel Harrison, his eldest son, and heir at law, to whom the said entailed lands descended, but for want of negroes and stock to cultivate the same they are of little use or profit to the said Nathaniel; and forasmuch as it would be of great advantage to the said Nathaniel that the said tract of land called Joseph's Swamp should be sold, and that the money arising from the sale thereof should be laid out in negroes, to be settled on the said Wakefield tract, and the widow, and persons claiming in remainder and reversion, have assented thereto, notice having been published three Sundays successively in the several churches of the said parish of Albemarle, where the said land lies, that application would be made for that purpose to this present General Assembly, pursuant to your majesty's instructions: | |
| III. May it therefore please your most excellent majesty, at the humble suit of the said Nathaniel Harrison the younger, that it may be enacted, And be it enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governour, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the commencement of this act the said tract of land called Joseph's Swamp, with the appurtenances, shall be, and the same are hereby vested in Nathaniel Harrison, esquire, of the county of Stafford, Richard Bland, esquire, of the county of Prince George, William Allen, esquire, of the county of Surry, and Benjamin Cocke, esquire, of the county of Prince George, who are appointed trustees for putting this act in execution, IN TRUST; that they the said trustees, or the survivers or surviver of them, shall cause the said land to be sold for the best price that can be got for the same, and upon payment of the purchase money the said trustees, or the survivers or surviver of them, shall make a deed or deeds for the conveyance of the fee simple estate and inheritance of the said land to the purchaser or purchasers, who shall for ever after hold and enjoy the same, freed and discharged from all the limitations in the said |
| last will and testament of the said Nathaniel Harrison, any law, usage, or custom, to the contrary thereof, in any wise, notwithstanding. | |
| IV. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the money arising from the sale of the said lands shall be by the said trustees, or the survivers or surviver of them, as soon as conveniently may be after receiving the same, fairly laid out and disposed of in the purchase of slaves; and the said trustees, or the survivers or surviver of them, are hereby empowered and required to assign to the said Susannah Harrison, the widow and relict of the said Benjamin Harrison, deceased, one equal part of the said slaves, to beheld by the said Susannah during her life, in lieu of her dower in the aforesaid lands; and are hereby further empowered and required to cause a deed, or deeds, to be executed for the said slaves to the said Nathaniel Harrison the younger, which deed, reciting the power under which the said trustees acted, and the names of the slaves to be by them purchased, shall be recorded in the county court of Surry; and the said slaves, from and after the perfecting such deed, shall descend, pass, and go, to the said Nathaniel Harrison the younger, and all persons claiming under the will of the said Nathaniel Harrison, in the same manner as the said tract of land called Wakefield is limited to descend, pass, and go, according to the will of the said Nathaniel Harrison, deceased. | |
| V. Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs and successours, and to all and every other person and person, [persons,] bodies politick and corporate, their respective heirs and successours, other than the persons claiming under the last will and testament of the said Nathaniel Harrison, deceased, all such right, title, interest, claim, and demand, as they, every, or any of them should or might claim, if this act had never been made. | |
| VI. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be, and the same is hereby suspended, until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained. |
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