BERTIE COUNTY    WILL - Vann, Edward - 1770

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EDWARD VANN WILL of 1770, BERTIE COUNTY N. C.

    Copied from copy of Original, from Raleigh NC Archives, 10-11-1971,
              by William H. Vann, II, Fort Worth, TX.

In the name of God amen April the forth day one thousand seven hundred and
seventy I EDWARD VANN of Bartie County being Sick and weak of Body but of
sound and perfect memory praised be almighty God for it do make and ordain
this my last will and testament and form following that is to say first and
principally I Commend my Soul into the hand of almity God that gave it
having the Death and merits of my Savior Jeasus crist to have free pardon
and forgiveness of all my Sins and to inherit Everlasting Life and my body
I Commit to the Earth to be buried in A Decent manner according to the
Decression of my Executors hereafter Named and as tuching my Temperal
Estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with I Give and Dispose as
folloeth Item I Give my son WILLIAM VANN my Plantation and Land that I live
on also Reserving the use of the mentioned Land and plantation to my wife
MARY VANN Item I lend my Loveing wife MARY VANN one Negro woman nane During
her life: Item I give my Daughter MARY VANN after my wifs Death the Negro
woman Nane that I lend to my wife: Item I Lend my Son WILLIAM VANN these
Negros named Dick & tarte nat and Beck tel my Son King Vann coms to be
twenty one years Old Only I give my Daughter ELISABETH the Negro gall Beck
to receive her when maried or comes to twenty one years of age: Item I
Leave my Son WILIAM VANN all that is due to me and the use of them Negros
that I lent to him to Pay all my Debts & funal charges and mentain his
mother and younger children Item I Give my Son KING VANN one Negro tarte
Item I Give my Daughter SARAH VANN one Negro name nat Item I Give my Son
WILIAM VANN One Negro named Dick Item I Give my Son CADER VANN One peice of
Land lying on the South of Rockquis Swamp Lying between Thomas Pearys line
& Hary Hills line Likewise I Give my Son CADER VANN one Negro woman named
Pat: Item I Give my Son KING VANN one peice of Land lying on Cashi Swamp: I
Give CADER VANN one cow and Calf one heffer & one bed & firneture one Iron
pot Item I Give my Loving wife MARY VANN one Bed & firneture I Give my Son
WILLIAM VANN One bed and firneture I also lend him the Use of my Stock
during the time as he has the Negros lent to him after that the Stock is to
be Devided Amonghts WILLIAM VANN ELISABETH MARY SARAH & KING and Lastly
nominate & appoint my Son WILLIAM VANN my Executor of this my last Will and
Testament Utterly revkeing all Other will or wills that hath beean made by
me hear to fore in witness Whareof I have hear unto Set me hand and fixed
my Seal Signed and Delivered in the presence of us

            Michael King
            William King                                EDWARD VANN
            Charles King


This will has been copied from a Photostatic Copy of the Original
handwritten Will by this writer, Wm. Henry Vann II, leaving misspelled
words uncorrected. The Photostat of the Original shows eight or ten places
where ink smudges occurred, but all the words could be easily deciphered.
The three witnesses and EDWARD VANN signed with certain flourishes.







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