Early Rousseaus in Georgia, Texas and Florida

William Rousseau Sr. b. Stafford Co., VAca 1710, d. Fauquier Co., VA
Jul 1792.Eldest son of Hillaire and Elizabeth Linton of Stafford Co., VA
Married Priscilla Mauze, b. 1727, Stafford Co., VA, on 27 Oct 1743, Overwarton Parish, Stafford Co., VA

Children:

Elizabeth, "Betty", b. ca 1750, d. before 1792,married John Kerr 12 Dec 1767, Fauquier Co., VA

John Rousseau, b. 1754, VA, d. 1796, Columbia Co., GASee his Records below.

William Rousseau Jr. b. 1757 VA, d 1820, Putnam Co., GASee his records below

Margaret Rousseau, b. 1759 VA,married Ennis Combs, 20 Feb 1779, Fauquier Co., VA

Susanna Rousseau, b. 1761 VA, married Benjamin Payne, 2 Jan 1781, Fauquier Co., VA

Nancy Rousseau, b. ca 1763 VA, married John Peters, 20 Oct 1783, Fauquier Co., VA

Henry Rousseau, b. 1765 VAd. 1795 VA. Married Sarah_____( poss. Payne). In the Fairfax Co. 1787 Tax list he was visited on the same day (26 Apr 1787) as George and Sandford Payne. Residedon Popeshead Run, Truro Parish,Fairfax Co., VAServed as Lt; ofFairfax Militia in 1787 and 1791,
Names of children from his estate land sales:
Margaret, mar. _____ Medley.

Ann, unmarried, poss. the Nancy Rousseau whose Account and Inventory were listed in the Loudon Co. Will books in 1854.

William Henry Rousseau

Elizabeth, mar._____ Marshall.

James Rousseau.

John (Lewis) Rousseau

father of William Henry Rousseau, b. Mar 9 1818 d. Jan 24 1870 .(Cemetery record)
Born in Montgomery Co. GA to John Lewis Rousseau, Sheriff of Montgomry Co. and Mary F. Clemmons (Clements), step-dau. of William Carver, who were married 8 Apr 1817 (Carver Bible record),They had one other son, a John Lewis Rousseau Jr., b.15 Dec 1819, who appears to have died very young

William Carver moved with his family, which included William Henry Rousseau and his mother, to Achua Co., Florida in the 1820s.William Henry Rousseau mar. Mary Ann Dean and had 12 children.In 1850 they were living in Columbia Co., FL, which had been formed from Achua Co.
Census record:
1850 Columbia County Census
Fam Last First Age Sex Bn Remarks
383 Rousseu William H 32 M FL (sic)
383 Rousseu Mary Ann 24 F GA
383 Rousseu Robert R 9 M GA
383 Rousseu Henry W 6 M GA
383 Rousseu John L 4 M GA
383 Rousseu Virginia 2 F GA
383 Rousseu Mary D 4/12 F GA


Descendants of Hilaire Rousseau
Posted by: Marilyn Rousseau (ID *****6398) Date: March 12, 2010 at 14:18:48
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One direct line of the descendants of Hilaire Rousseau and Elizabeth Linton is:

1. Son of Hilaire & Elizabeth Rousseau:
William Rousseau m. Priscilla Mauzy, VA

2. Son of William & Priscilla Rousseau:
Henry Rousseau m. Sarah Unknown, VA

3. Son of Henry and Sarah Rousseau:
John L. (1) Roussseau m. Mary Clements, VA & GA

4. Son of John L. and Mary Rousseau:
William Henry Rousseau m. Mary Ann Dean, GA & FL

5. Son of Wm. H. & Mary Rousseau:
John L. (2) Rousseau m. Dora Ann McArdle, FL

6. Son of John L. (2) and Dora Ann:
Abel Augustus Rousseau m. Katharine Ford, FL

This line is described in The American Genealogist, July 2004.

(pp. 184- 198 " The Colonial Virginia Ancestry of a Pioneer Florida Family." by Marylin L Rousseau)



1792 Will/Testament of William Rousseau
Posted by: David Brazzeal Date: September 23, 1998 at 13:22:00
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In the name of God, Amen. I, William Rousseau, of the county of Fauquier
being reasonable in health of body and of sound mind and memory, blessed be
God for the same and calling to mind the uncertainty of this life and that it is
appointed for all men to die and being desirous so to order and dispose of what
estate God in his mercy hath been pleased to bless me with that no difference
may arise thereabout after my decease do make and constitute this my last will
and testament in manner and form as following:
Imprimis I give my precious souls to God and also what worldly estate
God in his mercy hath been pleased to bless me with after my just debts and
funeral expenses be paid I dispose of in the manner following
Viz: Item: It is my will and desire that my beloved wife Priscilla possess
and enjoy the tract of land whereon I now live during her natural life and after her
decease the said tract of land be sold by my executors and the money equally
divided between three of my children
Viz: My son Henry and my daughter Margaret Combs and Nancy Peters.
Also I lend my beloved wife Priscilla during the aforesaid one negro man named
George, and one old negro man named James, one negro boy named Anthony,
another boy by the name of Benjamin and another by the name of Jerimiah
together with all my stock and household furniture.
Item: It is my will and desire that my son John should possess and enjoy
the negro man named Peter which I lent to him to take to Georgia during his
natural life and at his decease I give the said negro to his son William to him and
his heirs forever. Also I lend my son John after my wife’s decease the negro boy
named Anthony during his natural life and after his decease I give the said negro
to his eldest daughter MARGARET to her and her heirs forever.
Item: I lend to my son William and his wife Lydda during their natural
lives one negro man(d) named David also after my wife’s decease one negro
boy Benjamin and after their decease I give the said negroes David and
Benjamin as follows
Viz: David to my grandson John Rousseau and Benjamin to my grandson William Rousseau, sons of my son William to them and theirs forever.
Item. I lend to my son Henry Rouseau and his wife Sara during their
natural lives one negro woman named Sall and one negro girl named Pleasent
and their increase also after my wife’s decease. I lend to my son Henry and Sara
his wife during the term aforesaid one negro man named George and after their
decease I give the said negro man named George. Sall and Pleasant and their
increase to be equally divided among my son Henry ‘s children to them and their
heirs forever. I lend to my daughter Margaret Combs and her husband Eunice
Combs during their natural lives on negro woman named Lettice and one negro
girl named Sharlott, one by the name of Nell and one negro boy named Martin
one negro girl by the name of Judith and their increase, and after their decease I
give the said negroes and their increase to be equally divided among my
daughter Margaret’s children. To them and their heirs forever.
Item. It is my will and desire that my son-in-law Benjamin Payne continue
in the possession of the negro woman Hannah which I lent to his wife Susannah
during his natural life provided he does not move the said negro nor suffer her to
be removed out of the county of Fauquier and if he should attempt to do so my
will and desire is that my executors shall take possession of the said wench with
her increase to dispose of as hereinafter directed.
Item: It is my will and desire that at the end of eight years from the date of
these presents that there be an equal division of the increase of said Hannah
among my daughter Susannah’s children and that each of the said children shall
possess and enjoy their division when they come of age or marry and that if
either of them should die before they come of age or marry that in that case the
division of said deceased be equally divided among the survivors of them.





1813 Tax list Putnam Co., GA
Captain John Brodnax District

Rousseau, William
Rousseau, George

Capt. Jacob Lindsay's District:

Rousseau, William Sr. (Putnam, Washington
Rousseau, John
Rousseau, Moses
Rousseau, Travis

1820 Census Putnam Co., GA
---Year: 1820State: GeorgiaCounty: PutnamSheet No: 78BReel No: M33-9Page No: 4.Enumerated by: Greenberry Gaither.Reference: Capt. John Kendrick's DistrictTranscribed by Lorri Robinson for USGenWeb,http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2007

2 | William, Junr.Russan|000001 |00001 |

Year: 1820State: GeorgiaCounty: PutnamSheet No: 107BReel No: M33-9Page No: 62.Enumerated by: Greenberry Gaither.Reference: Capt. Mathew Leggett's District.Transcribed by Lorri Robinson for USGenWeb,http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2007

9 | TravisRussau|200010 |20010 |

10 | GeorgeRusseau|000010 |00100 |

13 | WilliamRusseau|201101 |01010 |

Year: 1820State: GeorgiaCounty: PutnamSheet No: 108AReel No: M33-9Page No: 63.Enumerated by: Greenberry Gaither.Reference: Capt. Mathew Leggett's District.Transcribed by Lorri Robinson for USGenWeb,http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2007

9 | JohnRusseau|000001 |20100 |


1819 Will/Testament of William Rousseau
Posted by: David Brazzeal Date: September 23, 1998 at 13:15:54
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In the name of God Amen. I, William Rousseau Sr. of said state and county
(Putnam) being of sound and disposable mind and memory but weak in body,
reminded of the uncertainty of life do hereby make ordain, publish and declare
this my last will and Testament in the manner following.
Impremious, I lend to my beloved wife Lydia during her natural lifetime the
following property to wit: two and one-half squares of land situated and lying
and being on the waters of Little River and Murder Creek in the county
aforesaid, also tract of land situated in Washington county in said state
containing 300 acres more or less adjoining Bron, Price and others, also the
following named negroes to wit: Benjamin, Tom, Elsey, Milly, Venus and her
children, Rachel and her child Charity, Terry, Dolly Sally, Maria, Penich, Peter,
Jane, Letha, Chanay and her two children Winny and Mary, also Sindy and Lewis also their increase, together with all of my stock, farming utensils and
household furniture and all my personal estate of whatsoever kind I may die
possessed of.
Item: My will and desire is that my said wife shall pay and discharge my
funeral expenses and just debts and after her decease I do hereby give devise
and bequeath as follows:
Item: All of my real landed estate I give devise and bequeath to my sons John, Travis, George and Mosea (Moses). Also all the stock, household furniture and
farming utensils to them and their heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son John one negro man named Tom and
negro girl named Mariah to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son William the sum of $10.00 to be paid
him out of my estate after the decease of my said wife.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son Travis one negro boy named Bob
and one negro girl named Sally to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son George one negro boy named Henry
and on negro girl named Cindy and one negro boy named Peter to him and his
heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son Mozea one negro boy by the name
of Lewis, one negro woman by the name of Chanay and her children Winny and
Mary and one negro girl named Letha to him and heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Betsey one negro woman
named Alsey and one negro girl named Penich and one named Jane and to the
heirs of her body forever. My will and intention is that the negroes named in this
item shall go to the heirs of my daughter in the event of her death.
Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Peggy the sum of $10.00 to be
paid out of my estate after my wife’s death.
Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Lydia one negro woman name
Rachael and her child Charity. Also a negro girl named Delia, and the heirs of
her body forever. My will and intention is that the negroes named in this item
shall go to the heirs of my daughter in the event of her death. I give and
bequeath to my wife Lydia for and during her natural life one negro woman
named Venus and her increase and after the decease of my wife, I give and
bequeath the said negro and her increase to my sons John, Travis, George, and
Mozea and their heirs forever, to be equally divided between them.
Item: I give her increase to my sons John and Travis one negro woman
named Milly and her increase to be equally divided.
Item: I give up one negro man named Benjamin to the person alluded to
in my father Wm. Rousseau last will and testament who deceased in the State of
Virginia, Faquier County.
Lastly my will and intention is that the property hereby bequeathed and
devised to my said sons and daughters be held and possessed by them and
their heirs forever, hereby revoking all other wills by me made and I declare this
to be my last will and Testament this 25th day of June, 1819.
I furthermore ordain and appoint my sons John, Travis, George and
Mozea executors of this my last will and Testament.
Signed, sealed and published and declared to be my last will etc.
William Rousseau Sr.
witnesses:
Charles Hurt, Spencer Hurt and F.W. __oseau


( Putnam County wills, 1808 - 1822, pp 134 - 138, Book A, Wills.

Notes on his sons:

JOHN ROUSSEAU

Sale of his land by his heirs in 1851:

1851 Deed -John Rousseau, Hulday, Moses
Posted by: David Brazzeal Date: September 23, 1998 at 13:11:51
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Putnam County
Deed Book R Page 246
Recorded the 8th day of January, 1851
Georgia. Putnam County.
This indenture made this third day of December in the
year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty between Hulden (Hulda) Rousseau, Moses Rousseau, Aaron Rousseau and Clayton Vaughn of the county and state
aforesaid, and Franklin Cowan of the County of Stewart and state aforesaid,
heirs and distributees of the estate of John Rousseau, Seignor, (Sr.) late of Putnam
County deceased, of the one part, and Allen Lawrence of the same place, of the
other part witnesseth that the said Hulda Rousseau, Moses and Aaron Rousseau, Clayton Vaughn and Franklin Cowan for and in consideration of the
sum of fifteen hundred dollars to them in hand paid at and before the sealing
and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath
granted bargained sold and conveyed and do by these presents grant bargain
sell and convey unto the said Allen Lawrence hes heirs and assigns all that
portion of lots number one hundred and forty one and one hundred and forty two
which lies in the fork of Murder Creek and Little River the same being one
hundred and twenty five acres more or less said lots or parcels of land lying and
being in the second district of originally Baldwin now Putnam County to have
and to hold, said land or bargained premises unto him, the said Allen Lawrence
his heirs and apsigns together with all and singular the rights, members and
appurtenances thereof to the same in any manner belonging to his and their own
proper use benefit and behoof forever in fee simple, and the said Huldah, Moses
and Aaron Rousseau, Clayton Vaughn and Franklin Cowan for themselves, their
heirs and assigns will warrant and forever defend the right and title thereof
against themselves and against all other claims whatsoever.
In testimony whereof the said Huldah Rousseau, Moses Rousseau, Aaron Rousseau, Clayton Vaughn, Franklin Cowan have hereunto set their hands and
affixed their seals this day and year first above written.
signed sealed and delivered in the presence of:
Robert Young, HuldayRousseau (her mark)
I. J. Lawrence, Moses Rousseau
Clayton Vaughn, Franklin Cowan




TRAVIS ROUSSEAU: Information postedon line by his descendants:

Iverson-Haynes Connections
Entries: 1745Updated: 2008-01-12 17:45:16 UTC (Sat) Contact: Nancy I. Jordan
ID: I634400624
Name: Travis ROUSSEAU
Given Name: Travis
Surname: Rousseau
Sex: M
Birth: 1776 in Va,
Death: 1873 in Rusk Co. Tx.
Note:
Family lived in Putnam Co. Ga. and Macon Co. Al. before moving
to Texas in 1860's.

Marriage 1 Elizabeth PARHAM b: Abt. 1780Children

Travis D. ROUSSEAU b: 8 Dec 1824 in Ga.

41. Julia Ann Tabata IVERSON (William, Sr. IVERSON5, Rebecca JONES4, Rebecca BAKER3, William, Sr. BAKER2, Thomas BAKER1) was born 11 Mar 1832 in Houston Co. Ga., and died 10 Nov 1913 in Rusk Co. Texas.
She married Travis D. ROUSSEAU 31 Jan 1852 in Stewart Co. Ga., son of Travis ROUSSEAU and Elizabeth PARHAM. He was born 8 Dec 1824 in Ga., and died 6 Jul 1914 in Rusk Co. Texas.

Children of Julia Ann Tabata IVERSON and Travis D. ROUSSEAU are:
71i. William Travis ROUSSEAU was born March 11, 1853 in Ga., and died Dec. 8, 1943.
72ii. George Alfred ROUSSEAU was born June 28, 1854 in Ga., and died 1858 in Al..
73iii. Lucious Verlon ROUSSEAU was born Nov. 14, 1855 in Ga. , and died May 2, 1929 in Beckville, Tx..
74iv. Mary Ann Elizabeth ROUSSEAU was born Sept. 15, 1857 in Ga. , and died 1858 in Ga. .
75v. Sarah Elizabeth ROUSSEAU was born Oct. 30, 1859 in Stewart Co. Ga., and died Sept. 23, 1937 in Texas.
76vi. Thomas Judson ROUSSEAU was born Feb. 11, 1861 in Al., and died 1882 in Kansas.
77vii. Iverson Middleton ROUSSEAU was born Jan. 6, 1862, and died ,Sept. 7, 1863.
78viii. Martha Lenore ROUSSEAU was born June 2, 1864 in Texas, and died Nov. 20, 1903 in Texas.
79ix. Georgia Texas ROUSSEAU was born Oct. 19, 1865 in Texas, and died Nov. 20, 1903 in Texas.
80x. Robert Lee ROUSSEAU was born Jan. 23, 1867 in Texas, and died Jan. 25, 1867 in Texas.
81xi. Joseph Moses ROUSSEAU was born Feb. 4, 1868 in Texas, and died Aug. 22, 1956.
82xii. James Henry ROUSSEAU was born July 4, 1870 in Texas, and died March 6, 1947.
83xiii. John Franklin ROUSSEAU was born Nov. 30, 1872 in Rusk Texas, and died May 7, 1939 in Beckville, Tx..
84xiv. Aaron Robert ROUSSEAU was born March 6, 1874 in Rusk Texas, and died Oct. 26, 1928.
85xv. Edna Frances ROUSSEAU was born March 6, 1874 in Rusk Texas, and died March 1, 1832 in Texas.
86xvi. Christopher Columbus ROUSSEAU was born July 5, 1876 in Texas, and died Aug. 12, 1961.
87xvii. Ida Florence ROUSSEAU was born April 21, 1878 in Texas, and died July 14, 1976.


William R Rousseau, wife Elizabeth, was the son of Travis Rousseau and was the father to
Mary Jane Rousseau
George Mauzy Rousseau
Green Rousseau
Martha Rousseau
Barton Rousseau.


Joseph Moses Rousseau b. 4 feb 1868, d. 22 aug 1956 m.
Laura Francis Maxwell b. 24 mar 1875
marred on 12 Aug 1895

I have 4 children listed:

Travis Dave Rousseau
Willie Opal Rousseau
Tobe Alexander Rousseau
Frank Foy Rousseau

The parents of Joseph Moses Rousseau were Travis Rousseau and Julia Ann
Tabitha Iverson. They immigrated from Georgia to Texas by boat around 1865.
I say by boat because their 10th child, Georgia Texas Rousseau was born on
the boat. They went on to have 8 more children in Texas for a total of 18
children. Joseph Moses Rousseau was their 12th child.


GEORGE ROUSSEAU:Married, but no children listed in the 1820 census.
May be the George Rousseau, soldier, who won land in the 1832 Cherokee Co. Land Lottery, then residing in Durham Dist.,Talbot Co. (Cherokee Land Lottery of GA 1832, by James F. Smith, p. 178.) Probably the George Russan, Page 233 image 81 of the 1840 Talbot Co., GA Census.


MOSES ROUSSEAU Not in the Putnam Co. 1820 Census
Appears to have moved to Bastrop Co., Texas by 1829
Killed ca 1835. Left at least two daughters.

Recollections of Early Texas
Memoirs of John Holland Jenkins Edited by John Holmes Jenkins III
Foreword by J. Frank Dobie
Chapter 1 Austin's Little Colony

This summer (1829) marked the coming of some of the first settlers of West Texas, now known as Bastrop County. Martin Wells came from Alabama, and was the first man who settled where the town of Bastrop now stands. Then, too, one Moses Rousseau stayed a week with us, and then moving on settled first and alone west of the Colorado River on the Old San Antonio Road, opposite Bastrop


TANNEHILL, JESSIE CORNELIUS (1797-1863). Jessie Cornelius Tannehill, early settler, was born in Kentucky on December 30, 1797. He was married to Jane Richardson in 1823 near Nashville, Tennessee. They came to Texas with their two children in 1827 and settled near Caney in Matagorda County. In the latter part of 1828 or early in 1829 they moved to Bastrop County, locating near the Old San Antonio Road at the river crossing. After the town of Bastrop was laid out, Jessie Tannehill purchased five acres of land and built one of the first houses there.

Little is known of the family from 1829 to 1836. Tannehill acquired the title of "judge," and records show that on November 7, 1831, he was defeated by one vote for the office of síndico procurador by Moses Rousseau.

In the early spring of 1836, when invading Mexican forces threatened the settlements along the Colorado, the Tannehills, along with other families, fled in their wagons along the Old San Antonio Road.


William Cannon of Balstrop Co., Texas
William R. Cannon: When his father, William Cannon and older brother Charles Cannon left Alabama in 1835, they left William R. and the homestead in the care of Alice K. Cannon.
The father, William Cannon returned to Alabama in 1839 and moved his wife and son to the Republic of Texas.
After settling his father's estate William R.Cannon moved to Hays County, Texas. He married Maria L. Rousseau, daughter of Moses Rousseau. They had two sons: William Cannon, born ca 1850 and Charles R. Cannon, born ca 1856. On 14 February 1874 in Hays County, Texas a William Cannon and C. R. Cannon deeded to Franks, W. L. & J. N. Goforth, W. J. (Deed Book "I" page 452. I assume these are the sons of William R. Cannon and Maria Rousseau Cannon.

Bastrop Historical Society Speech (Extract)
by Libby on Thu 17 Apr 2008 08:02 PM PDT|Permanent Link

According documented history (1) (5) and family memoirs (2) (3) Hills Prairie which is four miles south of Bastrop in central Bastrop County was named for my ancestor Abram Wylie Hill
Wylie Hill was so thoroughly infatuated with life in this new land that he determined to cast his lot with these other adventurous souls.
He bought 2220 acres of land from Mrs. Sarah Jenkins, widow of Edward Jenkins after Jenkins had been scalped and murdered either by Indians or, as rumored by a half slave half Indian, as revenge for his killing Moses Rousseau in a knife fight (5) (6).
The date of the transaction as recorded is July 7, 1835, State of Coahuila, Dept. of Brazos, Jurisdiction of Mina, in the Colony of Stephen F. Austin.

5: History of Bastrop County, Texas: Before Statehood 1846-1865 by Kenneth Kesselus
6: Recollections of Early Texas, by John Holmes Jenkins III

Rufus Perry, Texas Ranger(from The Heritage of Blanco County, Texas by the Blanco County News, 1987, article by Minnie Cox)

On June 24, 1845, Rufus Perry and Margaret Ann Rousseau were married in Bastrop.Her father, Mosea (or Mozea) Rouseeau, had been killed by Edward Jenkins, father of John Holland Jenkins.The following year Edward Jenkins was murdered.He was found by friends beneath a large pecan tree, in a cornfield, and had been scalped.John Holmes Jenkins III, a descendant of Edward Jenkins and John Holland Jenkins, has written as follows in his book Recollections of Early Texas: This was indeed a most mysterious murder.According to family legend, Jenkins was killed by the half-Negro, half-Indian slave of Moses Rousseau.Edward jenkins had killed Rousseau in a knife fight a year before and there are no records of Jenkins every being brought to trial.




John Rousseau of VA and Columbia Co., GA, d 1796, son of William Rousseau of Fauquier Co., VA, d. Jul 1792
Wife, Jane Reeves

Children:

William Rousseau

James Rousseau, d. 15 Jun 1834, Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA
Married Lavinia Few, 1 Feb 1810, Columbia Co., GA
1811:Secretary to Gov. David B. Mitchell
1812-1817, Justice of the Peace, 320th Dist. Baldwin Co, GA,

George Rousseau

Thomas Rousseau

Margaret Rousseau

Nancy Rousseau

Betty Rousseau

Sarah Rousseau

Mary Rousseau, b. 1797


WILL OF JOHN ROUSSEAU

Source: Columbia Co. Wills Written: September 5, 1796Will of John Rousseau In the name of God Amen. I John Rousseau, of Columbia County and the state of Georgia, being low and weak in sickness but in perfect senses and sound in memory in calling to mind it is appointed for all men to die do make this my Last Will and Testament in manner following. In the first place, I leave my soul to God who gave it to me and as for what worldly estate it hath pleased God to bless me with, I do give and bequeath in the manner following. Item:I do lend unto my wife Jane during her widowhood one Negro wench named Patience and one Negro fellow Will. The said fellow it is my will and desire that my executors sell him and the money of such saleto the amount of 40 pounds to take it to Jacob Castleberry to redeem a Negro boy pawned by me for 40 pounds to the said Castleberry which time is out the 10th of January next, and if the said boy should be redeemed, I lend him the said boy named Jacob to my wife Jane during her widowhood. Item:I also lend unto my wife Jane during herwidowhood two featherbeds and my household furniture that belongs to me, and my cattle, hogs, horses, working tools and plantation tools and utensils. Item:I do will and bequeath to my daughter Margaret one Negro girl named Bett and one feather bed and furniture. Item:I do will and bequeath to my daughter Nancy one Negro boy named Tom, the said Negro girl named Bett and the said Negro boy Tom to be delivered to my two daughters any time after twelve months from date. Item:I do will and bequeath to my daughter Betty one Negro boy named Jerry to be delivered at any time after three years from this date. Item:I do will and bequeath to my daughter Sarah one Negro boy named John to be delivered her my said daughter any time after she arrives to the age of seventeen years old.I do will to my said daughters after the decease or marriage of my said wife Jane, Negro woman named Patience and her child Fanny and what increase the saidwench Patience may have for the future to my four said daughters, to be equally divided between them. Item:I do will and bequeath to my sons James, George, Thomas, and a child in the womb after the decease or marriage of my said wife, one Negro boy named Jacob if redeemed.If not a Negro fellow named Will with two feather beds and all of my stock of cattle, horses, hogs and what household furniture that belongs to me, and plantation utensils and one old waggon to be equally divided between them. Item:It is my will and desire that if any of my four said daughters to depart this life without any lawful heirs or issue of their bodies, then for want of such heirs it is my will and desire and bequeath for what I have willed them to be equally divided between my said daughters that may survive, and as for a feather bed that willed to my daughter, Margaret, I made a mistake in willing it for the said bed is her own right and property.It is a bed she has made and earned since she has been her own woman and for herself therefore the said bed is not to be appraised as my estate.Also be it remembered that my father William Rousseau in the year 1784 did lend me one Negro fellow named Peter during my said father’s pleasure which my father was to have him any time he pleased to call for him which said Negro is none of my property and it is my desire that the said Negro, Peter, work on this plantation I live on to help raise my children until my father shall call for him or until my said father’s pleasure to be known if he should please give him to any of my children. Item:I do give and bequeath to my son William $1.00. Item:I do leave, constitute my trusty friends Ignatius Few and Col. William Few my whole sole executors to this my last will and testament as witness my hand and seal this fifth of September 1796. John Roussseau

Signed, sealed and acknowledgedand declared to be his last will andtestament
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