ANSON COUNTY, NC - WILLS- Christopher Davis Will - 1785

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CHRISTOPHER DAVIS WILL

"In the name of God Amen. I Christopher Davis being weak in body but of
perfect mind and memory do make and ordain this to be my Last Will and
Testament first of all I recommend my soul to God who gave it to me and also
my Body to the grave to be buried in a Decent and Christian like manner and as
to my worldly goods wherewith God has pleased to bestow upon me I Dispose of
them as follows.______
First of all I give and bequeath to my Loving Son Arthur Davis fifty head of
hogs all my proper mark and a Twenty five pound horse creature which Captain
Patt Bogan owed me. I also give and bequeath to my Loving Son Thomas Davis a
negro woman named Het and also a mare and Colt which is called his and also a
cow and heffer which I bought of Joseph White and also one Rifle gun which is
called his. I also give and bequeath to my Loving Daughter Sarah Benton five
pounds to be raised out of my Estate. I also give and bequeath to my Loving
Daughter Mary Baker five pounds to be raised out of my Estate. I also give
and bequeath to my Loving Daughter Dicy Brazzill five pounds to be raised out
of my Estate. I also give and bequeath the Plantation whereon I now live to
my Loving son John Davis and also a cow and calf and a feather bed and
Furniture and a Riffel Gun and also the first child the negro woman has named
Het that I give to my son Thomas. I also give and bequeath to my Loving Son
Isham a negro boy named Jack and also a cow and calf my proper mark and also
one sorrel horse with a blase face. I also give and bequeath to my Loving Son
John Davis one Mare and saddle the mare called an Eagle Mare. I also give and
bequeath to my Loving Son Lewis Davis Two hundred acres of Land lying on
Little Brown Creek which I bought of Roland Williams and also one negro woman
named Mary Ann after my wife's death and also a cow and yearling and also one
bay mare. I also give and bequeath to my Loving Daughter Elizabeth Davis
Thirty pounds to be raised out of my Estate and one cow and calf my proper
mark and a feather bed and Furniture and suite of cloths. I also give and
bequeath to my Loving Wife Mary Davis all the rest of my movable Estate and
after her Death to be Equally Divided among my youngest children Lewis Davis,
John Davis and Elizabeth Davis and I also make and ordain Joseph white to be
my hole and sole Executor where I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
fifth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
Eighty five.
The suite of cloths to Elizabeth Davis interline before signed
Signed Sealed and Delivered 
in Presence of his 
Wm Boggan Christopher x Davis
seal
Mary Preslar mark
Joseph White April 6th 1786 then the within 
will was exhibited in open Ct.
by Joseph White the Ex. and
duly
proved by the oath of Wm Bogan
A Witness thereto and ordered
to be 
recorded the Extr. also
Qualified"