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- The will of Daniel Brown, Sr., was probated in Bedford County on the 27 Feb 1797, and recorded in will book "B", page 193, as follows:
"In the Name of God Amen. I, Daniel Brown, Sr., of Bedford County, being of sound mind & memory do constitute & ordain this my last will & testament bearing date the 6th day of January one thousand seven hundred & ninety seven, disannulling all other wills heretofore made by me in write or any other way for disposing of such goods & chattels as has please God to bestow upon me, I do give and dispose of as follows, that is to say, that first it is my desire that all my just debts shall be first paid & the rest of my estate both real and personal I dispose of as follows:
Item. I lend to my beloved friend Anney Hastens the land & plantation whereon I now live during her natural life, and at her death I give it to my son William Brown & his heirs forever. I also lend to my beloved friend all the use & profit of one negro fellow named George, & also one negro woman named Winney & her child Polly, all during her natural life, and at thare death I give the said negros-George, Winney & Polly & thare increase to my son Daniel Brown, to him & his hairs forever. I also lend to my beloved friend Anney Hasten the use & profit of one third of my hogs, one third of my cattle, one choise hors & I give to Anny Hasten one choise feather bed & furniture forever; also seventeen barrels of corn & fifteen bushels of wheat & the meat of four choise hogs. And I lend to my said friend during her life all my kitchen furniture & plantation utensils.
Item. I give to my son Daniel Brown at my death one negro boy named Ket, to him & his heirs forever. I also give to my son Daniel at the death of my friend Anney Hasten all the Negros that I have lent to my friend Anney Hasten with all their increase & all the household & kitchen furniture & plantation utensils to him & his heirs forever.
Item. I give to my grand-son, John Ashwell Brown, son of my daughter, Ann Brown, twenty shillings in money.
Item. I give to my grand-son, Shadrach Brown, son of Daniel Brown, Junr., one negro woman named Sarah, and her children towitt: Nance, Will, Sal & John, to him and his hairs forever.
Item. All of my estate not yet given after my death I give to my son Dan’l Brown, to him and his heirs forever.
Item. I do hereby constitute & appoint my trusty friend John Newlon, my whole & sole executor of this my last will & testament.
In witness whereof I have heareunto set my hand this 6th day of January, 1797.
Daniel X Brown (his mark)”
Witnesses to the foregoing will were David Hughes, Sam’l Hancock, John Mitchell, Jr. and John Ayres. Assuming that Ann was a daughter-in-law, only two children are mentioned in the will, viz: William, Daniel
(North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for Daniel Brown, pgs 109-110)
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- Abt 1797
