ANSON COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Dennis Hemby, 12 Mar 1806 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Simon Hemby Jr. ==================================================================== State North Carolina In the name of God Amen, March the 12 day One Thousand Anson County Eight hundred and six, I Dennis Hemby of the County and State aforesaid being Sick of Body But of good and perfect Memmory thanks to Almighty God, and calling to mind The Uncertain Estate of the Transitory life, and that all flesh was borne Once to die I do make and Declare this my last will and Testament in Manner & form as followeth, first I recommend my Soul to God that gave it and my Body to be Decently Buried at the Discretion of my Executors heretofore mentioned, And for the Settling of my Temporal Estate and Such goods and Chattels as it hath pleased God to bestow Upon me, I do Forgive and Dispose of the same in Manner and form as followeth, that is to say in the first place I desire all my just Debts to be paid. Item I give and bequeath Unto my welbeloved son James Hemby all that part of the land I purchas'd from Richd Pembleton that lyes on the East side of Pinch gut Creek & fifty Acres adjoining it that's patened In my own name also my Negro boy Isaac also a Sorrel Mare that's Call'd his and Saddle & bridle and her increase one Cow & Calf & steer and yearling increase and Two Sows and pigs to him & his heirs forever, Item I give and bequeath Unto my welbeloved son JeSse Hemby all that part of the land I purchased from Richard Pembleton that Lyeth on the west side of Pinch gut Creek, also my Negro Boy named Peter also one horse of about Sixty Dollars Value to be his when he arives to the Age of Eighteen years to him and his heirs forever Item I give and bequeathe Unto my welbeloved son William M. Hemby One Hundred forty acres acres of land being part of a tract of 150 acres I Purchased from JeSse MillerLying on the South East side of my home plantation also my Negro Girl Phillice and her increase that's Born after He arrives to the age of Twenty one years also a horse of about Sixty Dollars Value to be his when he arrives to the age of Eighteen years to him and his heirs forever, Item I give and bequeath Unto my welbeloved son Nathan Hemby and Equal part in Value of the Remaining Two hundred & sixty Acres including the plantation where I now live the Ten acres reserv'd of the 150 before mentioned adjoining & the fifty acres Adjoining on the other side of Pinch gut Creek which land which land is to become his after the Death or Marriage of my beloved wife Elizabeth Hemby, Also my Negro boy Amos also one horse of about Sixty Dollars Value to be his when he arives to the age of Eighteen years also one hundred acres of Land Joining Levin Watson pasened by Ezekiel McLendon acres half my Still to him and his heirs forever, Item I give and bequeath Unto my welbeloved son Noah Hemby the remaining Equal part in Value of the land belonging & adjoining the old plantation to Descend to him athe the Decease or Marriage of his Mother, Also the first Living Child thats Born of my negro woman Ede and if She Should not have a Child from now I desire he Should have the above mentioned Negro woman Ede also a horse about the Value of Sixty Dollars to be his when he arives to the age of Eighteen years Also seventy five acres of Land on Brown Creek Joining Thos Lacys land & William Bentons also half my still to him and his heirs forever Item I give and bequeath Unto my welbeloved Daughter Sarah Hemby one Cow and Calf and their increase One feather Bed and furniture and Ten Dollars in Money to her and her heirs forever Item I give and bequeath Unto my welbeloved Daughter Elizabeth Hemby one Cow and Calf and their Increase And one feather Bed and furniture and Ten Dollars in Money to her and her heirs forever Item I give and bequeath Unto My Dearbeloved Daughter Francis Hemby one Cow and Calf and their Increase and one feather Bed and furniture and Ten Dollars in Money to her and her heirs forever, Item I Lend to my Dear beloved wife Elizabeth Hemby the plantation and Land where I now live or that I Described for my Two youngest sons (tourt) Nathan & Noah Also my Negro woman Ede also all my Stocks of horses Cattle Hogs and Sheep that's not given UnleSs its Considered most advantagouse to the family of my hereafter named Executors to Sell a convenient part also all my household and Kitchen furniture and Plantation Utensils during her natural life of widohood I also give to my beloved wife Elizabeth Hemby to be at her own Disposial one Hundred Dollars in Money, I further desire that all that I have lent to my wife Elizabeth Hemby Together with the increase of my Negro woman after her next Child, Should at the Decease Or Marriage of My wife be Equally Divided Between my Two youngest sons Nathan Hemby and Noah Hemby and my three Daughters Sarah Hemby Elizabeth Hemby and Frances Hemby, Provided never the leSs that nothing Should be Construed so as to deprive my son Noah Hemby from my negro woman Ede if She never brings a living Child from now as above mentioned nor to intittle him to more of her increase after her next Child than one fifthe part to him and his heirs forever, I do hereby Nominate Constitute and appoint my friends Thomas Lacy and Arche Caraway and sole Executors of this my last will and testament, hereby Disannuling and making void all former will and requests by me made and Declaring this to be my only last will and Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal, the day and year first above written Signed Sealed and Delivered in presence of his Dennis X Hemby mark Test Nan Nia Morris his James X Yarbrough Mark her Mary X Boggan Mark Her Jinne X Boggan Mark State of North Carolina April Session 1806 Anson County When this will was asmittd to probate And provn In open court by the oath Of Mary Boggan and Jinne Boggan witnesses herto and ordered to be recorded XXX Robison XXX