Person:Nathan Chapman (3)

Will Abstract

Nathan Chapman left a will in Halifax County, abstracted by Marian Dodson Chiarito in “Will Book 0, 1752 1773, Halifax County, Virginia,”

(Halifax Co., VA Will Bk. 0, p. 327) NATHAN CHAPMAN Will (original) "...sick & weak..."

To SON JOHN CHAPMAN 300 acres on Deep Bottom Creek, 3 negroes Frank, Dinar and Jude and increase. Likewise all my stock of horses, cattle, hogs and movables except the beds & he is to have first choice of a bed and the rest are to be divided among my four children but if son John die without heir the negroes, etc. to be divided between MY FOUR YOUNGEST CHILDREN, SUSANNA DILLARD, MARY CHAPMAN, SARAH CHAPMAN AND THOMAS CHAPMAN and their heirs.

I likewise give to my four youngest children the tract of land whereon I now live on Dan River, containing 205 acres, that is, the sd. land to be sold and the money equally divided between them and if one die without heir their part shall be equally divided between remaining children.

SON JOHN CHAPMAN to keep part that falls TO SON THOMAS TILL HE COMES OF AGE.

SUSANNA DILLARD to have a living upon the tract of land I have given to my eldest son John as long as she remains a widow.

TO ELDEST DAUGHTER ANN BOLLING 5 shillings and no more.

EXECUTOR: JOHN CHAPMAN

Dated Ma__ 4, 1772

/s/ Nathan(X) Chapman

Wit: James Watts, William Boyd, James (X) Mullins, William Powell

Proved May 21, 1772. Presented by the executor and proved by the witnesses.

Securities: James Watts and Thomas Douglas

The will was presented in Halifax County May Court 1772 by John Chapman, the Executor.

At July Court 1772, John Bolling and his wife Ann (daughter of Nathan Chapman) sued John Chapman as the executor of Nathan’s estate.

The entry reflects that John and Ann Bolling were not residing in Halifax at the time.

USGenNet

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   Nathan Chapman was first mentioned in Halifax County, VA, is January 17, 1758, when he purchased
   205 acres on the south side of Dan River from Abraham Rogers. One of the land owners bordering
   this property was Roger Cason. The Casons were involved with Nathan Chapman in Caroline Co,
   Halifax County, and associated later with John Chapman in South Carolina.
   
   Nathan Chapman left a will in Halifax County, abstracted by Marian Dodson Chiarito in “Will Book
   0, 1752 1773, Halifax County, Virginia,” TO ELDEST DAUGHTER ANN BOLLING 5 shillings and no more. EXECUTOR: JOHN CHAPMAN Dated Ma__ 4, 1772
   
   http://virginiamountains.com/bolling5/bolling5archive/2009-December/008495.html

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   I. NATHAN CHAPMAN of Halifax County, VA, sometimes seen as Nathaniel
   Chapman.
   His date and place of birth are unknown. We think he was the same Nathan
   Chapman first found in the records of Caroline County, VA, but that is
   unproved at this time. Unfortunately the early records of Caroline County
   are not extant except for most of the order books. Nathan Chapman first
   appears in the records of Caroline County in 1740 in an action of trespass
   filed by Nicholas Battaile Gent. Later, in 1741, Chapman confessed his
   guilt. The last date on which Nathan appears in Caroline County records is
   Feb. 10, 1757, when he acknowledged his deeds of lease and release to
   Robert Kay. (Caroline County information provided by Mary Gregg from Order
   Book abstracts by John Frederick Dorman and T.L.C. Genealogy.)
   
   The first mention of Nathan Chapman in Halifax County, VA, is January 17,
   1758, when he purchased 205 acres on the south side of Dan River from
   Abraham Rogers. One of the land owners bordering this property was Roger
   Cason. The Casons were involved with Nathan Chapman in Caroline Co, Halifax
   County, and associated later with John Chapman in South Carolina.
   
   http://www.us-data.org/ga/taliaferro/bio/chapman-thomas-family.txt