BERTIE CO, NC WILL HUNTER, ROBERT - 1753 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Elizabeth Ross" Will of Robert Hunter, Bertie County, NC, 1753. Source: North Carolina Division of Archives and History; Secretary of State Wills. Transcribed and Contributed by Elizabeth Ross. North Carolina Bertie County In the Name of God Amen I Robert Hunter Being Sick and Weak in Body But of Perfect Memory & Judgement thanks be given Unto God. Therefore Calling unto Mind the Mortallity of my Body and Knowing that it is appointed Once for all men to die, do Make and Ordain this to be my last will & Testament, that is to say Principally and first of all I give and Recomend my Soul into the Hands of God that Gave it and my Body to the Earth to be Buried in a Decent and Christian Like Burial at the Discretion of my Executors: and as Touching such Worldly Estate as it has plased God to Bless me with in this life I give Demise and Dispose of in the Manner & form Following Impremiss I Give and Bequeath to My Loving Daughter Sarah Docton Ten Pounds Current mony of Virginia to be paid to her her heirs or assigns by my Executors Twelve Months after my Death &----------- 2dly I Give and Bequeath to my Loving Son Henry Hunter Eighteen Black Cattle to be in Cows Calves and Young cattle to be paid Out of my Stock of Cattle that Runs on the Indian Lands & also One Mare & one Year Old Colt that Ranges at & about the Indian Town, further my will is that my sd Son Injoy One Negroe Man Named Sam White as his Own Property and is now in his Possession he having paid to me a Valueable Consideration for the Negroe &----------- 3dly I Give and Bequeath to My Loving Daughter Mary Gordon one Negro Woman and her Increase which is now in my sd Daughters Possession (the Negroe womans name being Venus) and One Young Horse Named Jockey to her & her her and Assigns forever &------------ 4thly I Give and Bequeath to my Loving Judith Perry Ten Pounds Current Mony of Virginia to be paid to her & her heirs or Assigns Eighteen months after my Death by my Executors &c----------- 5thly I Give and Bequeath to my Loving Daughter Susannah Benton Ten Pounds current Mony of Virginia to be paid to her her heirs or assigns Eighteen months after my Death by me Exetrs &----------- 6thly I Give and Bequeath to my Loving Daughter in law Elizabeth Williams (the wife of William Williams) one Negroe woman named Venus (which sd Negroe woman formerly belonged to the Estate of elizabeth Whitmell My Late Wife) to her the sd. Elizabeth Williams her heirs & assigns forever &c-------------- 7thly I Give and Bequeath to My Loving Son Moses Hunter all my Land & Plantation that I am Now Possessed of (Viz) one Plantation Lying on the south side of Rockquest Swamp Joyning on Henry Hunters Land & one Tract of Land Lying on Cashy and Willis Quarter Swamps which sd. Land, I bought of Coll. Robt. West & Michael Hill this Land I Give to the sd Moses his heirs and assigns for Ever I also Give to my sd son Moses Two Negroe men named Sam & Seasar Three Negroe Boys named London Mingo & York Two negroe women named Phillis & Lucy and two Negroe Girls named Phillis & Venus and After the Paying of My Just Debts and Legacies which I have Given in this will all the residue of my Estate both Real & Personal and of what kind whatsoever I Give and Bequeath to my Son Moses Hunter to him his heirs & assigns forever Lastly I Constitute and Appoint my Loving son Moses Hunter and my Loving Friend Thos. Whitmell Joynt Executors to this my last will and Testament and I do hereby Revoke & Disanull all former Wills by me made and Acknowledge this to be my last will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & _____ [torn] Signed Sealed Pronounced & Declared Robert Hunter to be Robt. Hunters Last Will & Testament By the Sd. Hunter Before us Called as Witnesses--------- her I wit Jn. Hill Oen Slatter I wit Keziah (+) Slatter mark his his I wit John Slatter Littleton (X) Slatter William (X) Apperson mark mark _______________ Bertie County August Court 1753 The last Will & Testament of Robert Hunter deceased was exhibited into Court by Moses Hunter on of the Executor appointed by the sd. Will and was proved by the Oaths of John Hill John Slatter & Keziah Slatter three of the Evidences there to And on motion it is Ordered that the same be Certified and that Letter Issue accordingly------------- At the same Time the sd. Executor qualifyed himself as an Executor by taking the Oath appointed by Law for that Purpose Test. Samuel Ormes CC _______________ Reverse side: Robert Hunter's Will Letrs Issued 23d August 1753 Recorded in the Secr Office in Book N. page 10_ [illegible] ----- ------------------------End Will------------------- ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation.