Maria Garnett Hunter was mentioned in the 25[?] April 1800 will of her father, Muscoe Garnett. To daughter Maria Hunter my lotts and houses in the Town of Beauford commonly called Laytons, but if she should die without heir then that land to son James Mercer Garnett. Negroes to be equally divided amongst my children, subject to the resolution of a dispute over land with George Morton. Presented in court on 21 February 1803. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 16, pages 201-202.]