Bertie COUNTY  NC  Wills Cherry, Soloman - 1773

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Will of Solomon Cherry
Bertie County, North Carolina
Will Book B - page 111
Transcribed from photo copy by Alice E. McCollum

In the name of God Amen, I Solomon Cherry of the province of North Carolina
and County of Bertie being very sick and Weak in Body but of perfect mind
and memory Thanks be given unto God calling unto mind the mortality of my
body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and
ordain this my Last Will and Testament that is to say principally and first
of all I give and Recommend my soul unto the hands of Almighty God that gave
it and my body I recommend unto the Earth to be Buried in a decent Christian
Burial at the Discretion of my Executors Nothing Doubting but at the General
Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God, and
as Touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me in
this Life I Give Devise and Dispose of the same in the following  manner and
--------------.

First I give and Bequeath unto my Loving son William Cherry one Cow and Calf
and one Ewe and Lamb one feather bed and two sheets and one iron pott one
gun already received except one Ewe and Lamb.

Also I give and Bequeath unto my beloved son Reder Cherry one Cow and Calf
one feather Bed and two sheets and one Iron Pott and one gun and one Ewe and
Lamb already received except one Cow and Calf.

Also I give and Bequeath to my Beloved Daughter Mary Jenkins one Cow and
Calf and one Ewe and Lamb and one feather bed and two sheets and one Iron
Pott already received.

Also I give and Bequeath to my Daughter Martha Cherry one Cow and Calf and
one Sow and Piggs and one Ewe and Lamb, and one Iron Pott and one feather
Bed and furniture and one ----Bedstead.

Also I give and Bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Elizabeth Cherry one Cow
and Calf one Ewe and Lamb one Sow and Piggs one Iron Pott and one Feather
Bed and Furniture and one Bedstead.

Also I lend to my Beloved Wife Sarah Cherry my manor House and Plantation
whereon I now Live with all my Household Goods and stock my two mares.

Also I give and Bequeath to my Beloved Son James Cherry one Cow and Calf and
one Ewe and Lamb and one Iron Pott one gun and one mare named Jenny. one
feather Bed and furniture and one Bedstead.

Also I give and Bequeath unto my Son Solomon Cherry my manor  House and
Plantation with all my  Lands adjoining after my Wifešs Decease.  Likewise
one young Horse named Shannon (?)
one Cow and Calf one Ewe and Lamb one Feather Bed and Furniture and one
Bedstead one Iron Pot and to him and his heirs and assigns forever.

One gun and I leave all my stock of hogs to be Equally divided between James
Cherry and Solomon Cherry after my Wifešs Decease.  And all the Remainder of
my Estate to be Equally Divided among all my Children.  I likewise
Constitute make and Ordain my two sons William Cherry and Cader Cherry
Executors of this my Last Will and Testament and I do hereby utterly
disallow Revoke and Disannull all and every other former Testaments Wills
----- Bequeaths and Executors by me in anywise before named Willed and
Bequeathed Ratifying this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament In
Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourteenth day of
November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
seventy-three.  Solomon X Cherry            Signed Sealed Published
pronounced and declared by the said Solomon Cherry his Last Will and
Testament in proven ---- in this --- and in the presence of ----- ------ in
due manner.  Benjamin Perry Thos. Perry Embry Bunch

Bertie County  --? 
August Court 1777

          Proved in due form of law in open Court by the Oath of Thomas
Perry one of the subscribing witnesses and ordered to be Recorded
                            -------?
                            John J. Armstrong C.C.

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