“From These Roots We Came”

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WILL OF JEREMIAH BRONAUGH

In the Name of God Amen. I Jeremiah Bronough of the County of King George in the Parish of Brunswick being in perfect health and memory thanks be to God therefore but calling to mind the shortness of life and certainty of death, do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following. Impris: First, I bequeath my soul to God who gave it and my body to Christian burial at the discretion of my Executor hereafter mentioned.

Item: To my daughter Elizabeth Wright I give four ewes and no more because she has had her full share of my estate already.

Item: To my daughter Ann Chadwell I give the feather bed and furniture that stands in the room where I lodge myself and eight hundred pounds of Tobacco to be paid by my son David Bronaugh the first year after my death.

Item: To my daughter Rosamond Steward I give the feather bed and bolster which was last fild (sic) with a rugg and blankets.

Item: To my daughter Margaret Grant I give two thousand pounds of Tobacco to be paid to my son David Bronaugh the second year after my death. Item:

To my son Samuel Bronaugh I give my Negro woman named Cate and all her increase to him and his heirs of assigns forever.

Item: To my son Jere Bronaugh I give my Negro woman named Jude and all her increase to him and his heirs or assigns forever.

Item: To my son David Bronaugh I give my Negro woman named Jean and all her increase to him and his heirs or assigns forever. I also give and devise unto my son David Bronaugh my land and plantation whereon I now live being by estimation one hundred and fifty one acres to him his heirs or assigns forever. I also give my Negro Caffe and all my other estate not before given to my son David Bronaugh, he to pay of (f) the legacies before mentioned and my debts. And my Will and Desire is that my Estate shall not be appraised nor inventoried because my debts are few and of small value. I do ordain constitute and appoint my loving son David Bronaugh Executor of this my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seale this 14th day of April in the year of our Lord 1736

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