Source: Brunswick Co, VA Will Book 6 "Will of William GEE 11 Oct 1796 23 Jan 1797 Of Meherrin Parish To my son John GEE - the land where he now lives; Negro woman Frank To my son-in-law Ephraim PARHAM - Negro man Pummel To my daughter Mary COLLIER - Negro woman Apy To my granddaughters Tebethy (Tabitha?) RIVES & Judy RIVES - Negro girl Winney, when the eldest of my 2 granddaughters is (are) age 16 To my daughter Susan ROSSER - everything I formerly lent, except Negro girl Winney who is given to her 2 daughters Tabithy RIVES & Judy RIVES To my son William - the land where he now lives joining the Meherrin River on the south; Negro boy Adam To my daughter Penelope PORTER - Negro woman Clarissa To my daughter Bridget DAVIS - Negro girl Edy To my son Joshua - Negro man Jerry, boy Edmund; 1 tract in Mecklenburg Co which had belonged to Stephen STRANGE; 1 tract in North Carolina which I purchased from Dennis BRADLEY. To my daughter Eliza HARRISON - Negro woman Viney To my son James - all my land in Brunswick Co on the south side of Meherrin River after the death of my wife Tabithy & his paying L50 to my son Joshua at age 21 My excrs to divided the rest of my estate among my wife Tabithy, my daughter Nancy, my son James, & my daughter Patsy, after my debts are paid, as they arrive to age 21 The profits from 'my tool bridge' to be divided between my sons William & James. Ex: my son, John GEE, my son William GEE Wit: John JONES, Mary (x) INGRAM, James (x) MARSHALL, John MARSHALL. Probate indicates that John GEE & William GEE qualified with Edward BIRCHETT* & Asa GRESHAM their securities." Notes: 1. Ephraim PARHAM is part of the MABRY-PARHAM-GILLIAM families of Surry Co, VA 2. *There was a business of some kind named, BIRCHETT & HOLLOWAY. Do not know what it was. (aep)