Kjetil Eivindson Aslestad came to Bilstad in 1583 after a trade of real estate with Halvor Herjusson. He himself was from Bilstad 1 and perhaps brother-in-law to Halvor. Kjetil is named lensmann [sheriff] in Fyresdal in 1593 and 1594 and was used a great deal as a lagrettemann [juror]. Already in 1603 he had land in Bilstad, Kolkjøn, Bondal, Grimdalen, Fjalestad, Lauvvik, Seltveit and Dall. He paid over 4 rd in taxes for these 14½ tn 8 Mk. In 1611 he had only Bilstad, Fjalestad, Dall and Lauvvik, 6 tn 5 mK. The 1624 allodial land book shows 3 tnK at Bilstad, 3 tnK at N.Bondal, 1 tn 2 mK at Lauvvik and 4 mK at Dall; all was allodial. Kjetil's wife was perhaps from Rygnestad in Valle. Their son, Eivind, was written of in a 1649 document together with Folke, Knut, Olav and Gunnar Olavson of Brottetveit about their «foreldre» [fathers] Tarjei Rygnestad and Olav Brottetveit. They had traded allodial property about 60 years earlier so that Tarjei would have half of S.Rygnestad and some field and pasture. Olav received two parts of Brottetveit.

Kjetil died around 1636. That year it says in the lensrekneskapane [sheriff's account] that Kjetil is dead and his property divided between the heirs. The division of the inheritance may perhaps suggest that he was married two times. Birgit must have been from the first marriage.

Kjetil Tjøstovson Vistad 1 inherited the whole farm after his father died. According to some documents from 1599 he was a second cousin to several people in Valle. He owned 6 tnK as allodial property both in 1615 and 1624. In addition to this he also had 2 tnK at Viken 1 and 1 tnK at Kjetilstveit. He used Viken in addition to Vistad and was written about as much at Viken as Vistad. Kjetil Tjøstovson Viken sold the deserted farm Torstveit at Skafså to Gjermund Olson Døli in 1614 for 22 rd, but he bought it back for 24 rd. In 1624 Kjetil Viken had Vistad, Viken and Kjetilstveit. Also, there was ½ tnK at Torstveit. Kjetil was a freeholder and listed among landowner freemen in the tax register from 1611 to 1629. We get to know that year that Kjetil is dead and the property divided among the heirs. He owned 9½ tnK land property, but many children survived him. It appears as if there were about 6 brorpartar [a brorpartar is one brother's share of an inheritance].

Kjetil's wife was a sister of Torkjell Kjetilstveit 2.

Torbjørn Kjetilson Vistad 2b was still a tenant farmer while his father lived, Kjetil probably lived at Viken 1 those last years. The wife of Torbjørn was Birgit Kjetilsdtr Bilstad 3e. She got a large inheritance from home, already in 1624 they owned Fjalestad and Grimdalen. Probate was held about 1640 and she owned then 1½ tnK at Fjalestad in Nissedal, ½ tnK at Grimdalen, 1 quarter tnK at Bondal in Fyresdal and 1½ tnK at Åmli in Setesdal. Torbjørn's own ownership was 1½ tnK at Vistad.

There was much disagreement about this estate. The brothers had controlled the inheritance as they wished, such that the sisters had lost out on it. In 1665 a lawsuit came up for settlement at Nordre Vistad. There was seen an exchange letter from 1650 and a judgement of rights from 1655. Land was exchanged anew between the heirs. The widow Birgit got 3 quarter tnK in Vistad as her half.