IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Jacob Summerrell of Southampton County being of sound and disposing mind & memory, thanks be given to almighty God for the same, do make this my last will & testament in manner & form following, to wit:

I give and bequeath unto my daughter Barbary Deloach one bed & furniture which she already receiv'd.

I give & bequeath unto my son Hartwell Summerrell one bed & furniture.

I give & bequeath unto my son Samuel Maning Summerrell one negro girl named Clonk? after the death or marriage of my (wife) Lucy Summerrell with her increase from this day forward.

I give and bequeath unto daughter Sally Caul Summerrell, after the death or marriage of my said wife, one negro boy named David to her & her heirs forever.

I also give unto my two children Samuel M. Summerrell & Sally G. Summerrell one feather bed each to them & their heirs forever.

My will & desire is tht my son Samuel M. Summerrell & daughter Sally C. Summerrell equally pay unto my other three children the sum of five pounds apiece at the time that my son Sam M. Summerrell shall arrive to the age of twenty one years old. Should he die before he arrives to that age, for the money to be paid at the time when he might have arrived to that age had he lived.

My will and desire is that after the death of my wife Lucy that the remaining part of all my estate not before given be equally divided between my five children or as many may be alive at the time of my wife Lucy's death.

I do appoint William Bittle my whole & sole Executor to this my Last Will & Testament.

Jacob Summerrell (seal)
At a Court held for the County of Southampton
the 10th day of September 1795

This Will was presented in court by William Bittle, the Executor therein named, prov'd by the oaths of William Edumdson, Thomas Holladay, two of the witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of the said Executor who made oath according to law, Certificate is granted him for obtaining a Probat thereof in due form giving security whereupon &c.

Sam Kello, Cl. (clerk)

Source: Library of Virginia,
Will Book 4, 1783-1797
Southampton Co, VA
Reel 17, pages 703-704