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Will of Harris Freeman - Culpeper Co., VA - 1824 Submitted and Transcribed by: Jim Heffron jheffron@getnet.com DATA FROM BOOK ON "THE READ FAMILY" The following information was copied from a book entitled "Allied Families of Read, Corbin, Luttrell and Bywaters", by A.M. Prichard, Staunton, VA, 1930. I obtained a reprint of the book from Higginson Book Company, 14-CH Derby Square, Salem, MA 01970. Page 29 The will of Harris Freeman recorded in Culpeper will book "H" page 349, makes the following bequests: 1. To my nephew Harris Read, $500.00 2. To my niece Elizabeth Ball, $200.00 3. To my nephew French English, $200.00 4. To Benj. Ferguson my negro woman, Dinah. The balance of his estate to be divided equally among the children of his brothers and sisters. Mr. G. D. Jackson, of Orlando, Florida, has in his possession and old paper, which reads as follows: "This is to certify that I did receive six negros towit, named Nancy - a woman, Sarah, Caroline, Delpha, Ann and Henry, children of Nancy, from William Freeman of Virginia, executor to the estate of Harris Freeman, deceased, of said State. A part of them is in place of part of money which was left as a legacy by said Harris Freeman, the balance of said negroes in part of money left to John Freeman and Rebecca his wife by John Read of said State as a legacy to them. The part mentioned above as a legacy from Harris Freeman is to go to John Freeman's children, to-wit, namely Francis Schofield, late Francis Freeman, James Freeman, George W. Freeman, John Freeman, Jr., Elizabeth Freeman, Thomas J. Freeman, Gerard Freeman, Nancy Freeman and Rebecca Freeman, for which I had a full power of attorney to act on as Witness my hand this 8th day of Sep. 1824. William Freeman Atteste: Atto. in fact for Children above" Luke Watkins John Hogan.

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