21677501https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21677501VirginiaSouthamptonCountyy001775Chancery081775Chancerygranted006Library of Virginia, Richmond, VirginiaIn 1771, Simon Harris "devised to his wife all his Land & negros & all his personal estate be of what nature or kind soever during her natural life or widowhood." Following Harris's death, Rebecca Harris, his widow, remarried. Now Harris's children ask for a division of their father's property, including slaves. In her Answer, Rebecca asserts that "she is Still intitled to her dower in thirds in the Lands of the testator."Widow's dowerEnslaver (minors)