| Summary: | William Bullock made his will, in which he made numerous bequests of property of all sorts, amongst which were the following: to his daughter Susan Jiggits twelve slaves put in her possession at her marriage; to his grandson William Inge fourteen slaves previously lent to his mother Elizabeth Inge; to his daughter Lucy Lewis fifteen slaves put in her possession at her marriage; to his son James M Bullock two blacksmith slaves, Peter and Tom, together with their tools; to his wife Lucy fifty-two or fifty-three slaves for her lifetime, to go after her death to his son James; to his son Richard Bullock the slaves Anthony and Sam already in his possession; to his son John Bullock the slave Jonas; and to his daughter Fanny Ann Hunt fifteen slaves put in her possession at her marriage. A further twenty-seven slaves were to be equally divided between three groups of distributees made up of various of his relatives. John Bullock, William's son, was appointed sole executor, and sought the court's advice on several aspects of the will. Amongst other things, the court decreed that if bequeathed slaves had increase (ie children) then that increase would pass to those to whom the slaves had been left, even if the will had not specifically mentioned the matter.
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