STATE OF MARYLAND, CHARLES COUNTY, to-wit:

I hereby certify that the foregoing instument of writing is truly copied from one of the records of the Orphans' Court of Charles County.

	(SEAL) 
			 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set 
		       my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
		       this 11th day of November in the year of our 
		       Lord eighteen hundred and forty-two. 
Test:					AQUILLA BATTEMAN, 
			Register of Wills for Charles County. 
 

I have this copy of 1842 before me as I write in 1907. I will also state that in 1854, when I married, two of these negroes named in the will of 1774, Nell and Len, were still living and the property of my mother-in-law, Mrs. Hawkins.

In the name of God, Amen. I, Charles Chinn, of Fauquier County, being sick and weak, but of perfect mind and memory, do make and ordain this my last will and testament. I give and bequeath unto my son Charles Chinn my silver watch, one feather bed, and furniture, one cow, six new pewter plates, one pewter dish, one case of knives and forks, and fifty pounds current money to be paid him out of my estate, which I give to the said Charles and to his heirs and assigns forever.'

I give and bequeath unto my sons Raleigh Chinn, John Chinn, Wm. Ball Chinn, Joseph Chinn and my daughters Margaret Chinn, Betty Chinn, Suckey Chinn, and Nancy Chinn, each one feather bed and furniture, one cow, six new pewter plates, one pewter dish, one case of knives and forks, and fifty pounds current money, and to the aforesaid William, Joseph, Margaret, Betty, Suckey and Nancy, each, one horse of the value of ten pounds, the whole to be made out of my estate, all which I give to them and their heirs and assigns forever.

I give and bequeath unto my son Elijah Chinn five hundred acres of land lying in the County of Nelson and District of Kentucky, adjoining the lands of Samuel and William Pearl, Cuthbert Harrison, and Joseph Hutchison, which I give to the said Elijah and to his heirs and assigns forever.

I give and bequeath all the residue of my lands in the District

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