Gift from Jonathan Bunting to his Daughters - 31 January 1753 - Transcribed by Gail M. Walczyk
Know all men by these presents that I Jonathan Bunting of Accomack County Planter
for and in Consideration of the natural Love and affection I bear to my two Daughters
Betty Cropper and Amy Millener the slaves following to wit To my daughter Betty Cropper
I give and grant by these presents the use of my Slave Hannah and her increase during
her natural lif & then to the heirs of her body or tho which of them she shall think
fit to give them & to my daughter Amy Millener I give the use of my Slave Jenny and
her increase during her natural life and them to the heirs of her body or to which
of them she shall think fit to give them In witness whereof I have hereunto st my
hand & Seal this 31st day of January 1753Jonathan Bunting
Signed Sealed
& delivered in the presence of Mitchel Scarburgh Edmund Bayley
At
a Court held in Accomack county January the 31st 1753 Jonathan Bunting presented
and acknowledged the above deed Poll to be his act & deed to Betty Cropper & Amy
Millener and admitted to record George Holden ClC
A true copy Test Littl
Savage ClC
Sources:
_____. Accomack County VA Chancery Causes, 1727-1805. Local Government Records Collection, Accomack County Records; William Evans vs Exr of Sebastian Cropper Sr 1786-010. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA. http://www.lva.virginia.gov. Accessed 29 January 2013.