Bertie County NcArchives Wills.....Pollock, Thomas 1732 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nola Duffy nduffy@patch.net January 29, 2009, 8:00 am Source: Nc Wills & Inventories - Grimes Written: 1732 THOMAS POLLOCK'S WILL. IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I, Thomas Pollock, of Bertie Precinct, in North Carolina, Being of perfect memory & Judgment, (praised be God for ye same), do make this my last Will & Testament, hereby revoking all others, & this to be taken only as my Last Will and Testament. Imprs., I give & bequeath my soul to Allmighty God; & my Body to the Ground to be decently Buried by my Execs. hereafter Named; and for what Estate it bath pleased God to bestow upon me, I give and bequeath as followeth: Item, I Give unto my Dear & loving wife, all my plantation caled Black Rock, during her Natural Life; and after her decese, I give & bequeath Said plantation to my Son, Cullen, his heirs & Assigns for Ever. Item, I give & bequeath unto my Son, Cullen, his heirs & assigns for ever, my plantation called ye Great quarter, & my plantation called Manuels or Crickits; also, all my other Land lying between ye Easter most swamp of Salmon Creek & Chowan River. Item: I give & bequeath to my Son, Cullen, a Tract of Land Adjoining on ye back of ye forsd. Land, Containing Eight thousand, Nine hundred Acres, which Land my Will is, that my Executors, sell or dispose of as they shall think best, for my Son, Cullens, interest; & Such part as remains unsold when my Son Cullen comes to ye Age of one & twenty, I give to my Son Cullen, his heirs & assigns for Ever. Item: I give & bequeath to my Son, Thomas, his heirs & assigns for ever, all my Land on Trent River in Bath County, Contained in two pattents, one for Eight thousand, five hun- dred Acres, ye other for fifteen hundred Acres. Item: I Give and bequeath to my Son George, his heirs & assigns for ever, a Tract of Land Containing two thousand, five hundred & Sixty Acres, Laying in ye fork of Roquis, called Springfield; also, all my Land at ye Unaroye Meadows, being in two pattents; also, two tracts of Land nigh of Tuskarora Indian Town; also, three hundred Acres of Land on ye South side of Moratuck River; also, two hundred & thirty five Acres on ye Side of Moratuck River; also, four Tracts of Land Lay- ing one Fishing Creek. Item, I give & bequeath to my three Sons, Cullen, Thomas & George, these negroes, -viz: Tomboy, Becke Rachel, Janey, Catto, Pomp, Molany, Crists, Cipeo, Moll, Ruth, Joe Manuel, Kate, London, Nany, Dick, Coyler, George, Betty, Frank, Hary, Bess, Bristoll Phillis, Hary, Toby, Betty, Cecero, Jaco, & Abraham; to be equal Divided among my three Sons when they come of Age, by my Executors, or those they shall ap- point; & my Will is yt ye Negros aforsd. be for ye Use of my three sons from my deces till they be of Age. Item, I give unto my Dear & Loving wife, During hir Natu- ral life, these Negro, viz: Charles, & Moll & her Child, Cooper, Bess, James, & two Boys, Cipeo, Nany, Jack, Jane, Will, Dina, Dick, and Nansey; & after my wifes decease, I give ye aforsd. Negroes & their increse to my Sons, Cullen, Thomas, & George, to be equally divided among them. Item, I give to my Sons, three Negroe viz: Rose, Phillis, & quash, which I had by my wife. Item, as to the Eight Thousand nine hundred Acres before given to my Son Cullen, I give & bequeath three hundred Acres of yt Tract of Land to Jacob Parat, his Heirs & assigns for ever. Item, I give & bequeath to John Hailes, his heirs & assigns for ever, a Tract of Land Laying on ye Briery Branch, con- taining near five hundred acres of Land, begining at a marked pine within ye midle Swamp, runing thence to three marked pines Thomas Yeats, his Corner, & so his Line to John Cokes, So allong other lines till it comes into my own, & So all down ye Midle of ye Main Branch untill they come to ye foresd. markd Pine; which Land is allso to be taken out of ye foresd. Eight thousand, nine hundred Acres given Cullen. Item, I will & Order & give by this my will, to all Such persons who are Setled on my lands at Trenton, Condition of a Certain writing I give to Jacob Miller, that those already Setled thane, have leases on ye Same termes I promised them. Item, I give to my Dear & loving Wife, one fourth part of all my Catle, Horses, hogs, & Sheep; & also ye Houshold Stuffs. Item, I give to my Sons, Cullen, Thomas, & George, three fourth parts of all my Catle, Horses, hog, & Sheep. Item, my Will is that if one of my sons Desese before he be of Age of one & twenty, yt then his portion of Land & of ye present Estate, be Equally Divided between ye other two. Item, my Will is that all my Debts be paid out of ye whole Estate by my Executors. Item, I give to Mrs. Eliz: Dickson, one hundred pound. Lastly, I do hereby Nominate & apoint my Loving Brothers, Cullen Pollock, George Pollock, & Robert West, to be my true & Lawful' Exec. to Execut this my last will & testament. In Witness whereof, I have hereunto Set my hand & Seale this Sixteenth of Aprile, in the Year of our Lord,Seventeen hundred & thirty two, my will Containing one Sheet. THOS. POLLOCK. (Seal) Signed & Sealed in ye presence of: GEORGE POLLOCK. his JACOB JP PARAT. mark her ELIZABETH E DECKSON. mark his FRANCIS FR RASOR. mark his ROBERT R MINOR mark NORTH CAROLINA. SS. Jany. ye 20th, 1732. Jacob Parrot, one of the Evidences to this will, came before me & Made oath that he See Thomas Pollock, Above name, Sign, Seal & publish ye foregoing Insturment as his Last will & Testament, & that he was of Sound & Disposing mind & Memory; & that this Deponant at ye Same time in ye presence of ye Said Thomas Pollock, Sett to his mark as an Evidence, & yt ye Other Evidences Above named he See at ye Same time Sign as Evidences thereto in ye presence of the Said Thomas Pollock; & also, that ye said Thomas Pollock Signed & Executed ye sd. Will in ye presence of this Deponts & ye rest of ye Evidences whose names are Set thereto as Witnesses. Capt. & Jurat. die predict. Coram me W. LITTLE Ck: Jur. Copied from Original Will, Filed in the Office of the Secretary of State In the Will of Thomas Pollock, is the following Legasee Item, I give unto my dear and loving wife dureing her natural life these Negroes Viz, Charles and Moll and her child, Cooper Bess Jamey and two Boys Cipio, Nany, Jack Jane Will Dina Dick, Naney and after my wife deceases I give the aforesaid negroes and thire increse to my sons Cullin, Thomas & George to be equally devided among them Dated the 16th of November 1732. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie/wills/pollock808wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 7.3 Kb