Bertie County NC  Will of WARD, James - 1780

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Will of James WARD Bertie, NC

in the name of god amen the 13th day of April 1780 I James ward of 
the state of NC and the county of bertie being very sick and weak in 
body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto god, 
therefore 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 t o say principally and first of 
all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of god that gave it 
and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in decent and 
Christian manner at the discretion of my ex nothing doubting but at 
the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the 
almighty power of god and as toughing such worldly estate where with 
it have pleased god to bless me in this life I give demise and 
dispose of the same in the following manner and form

imprimis I give and bequeath to my beloved dau Winne ward one land 
entry containing 175 a being on guire hall swamp and money enough to 
be raised our of my estate to save the said land and one negro boy 
named Simon to delivered to her as soon as she arrived to the age of 
21 years or marriage and one negro man named admiral and one negro 
boy named Arthur and one two yr. old mear I give to be sold for her 
and my horse called genius and my stock of cattle that is now in 
possession of George hows all which I give to her and her heirs and 
assigns forever item I give and bequeath unto my wf Martha ward one 
good feather bed and furniture and her choice of three head of horse 
kind and 5 bushels of salt and 10 head of sheep and three cows and 
calves and one two yr. old steer and all my stock of hogs and one pig 
and one weeding hoe and two cutting acex and one and addie and one 
bridle and half dozen chairs one iron pot one kettle one skillet one 
horse cart and wheels two linnen wheels one wooling wheel one frying 
pan one chest one boy iron, one bible one hymn book one table and 
cloth and half of my pewter one washing tub one pail and the corn and 
meat that is now in my houses except the meat of three hogs one stock 
of bees all my table knives and forks and half the geese one loom and 
gear all my syder casks and brandy barrels and all my raw hides that 
is now on my plantation one meal sive to be at her disposal forever 
and I likewise lend unto her ll in the south corner of my plantation 
till my daughter Susanna ward shall arrive to the age of 21 yrs or 
marriage and the dwelling houses and my plantation form my old apple 
orchard enduring her natural life and one negro woman named jude I 
lend unto her during her life

item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Susanna ward that part of 
my land joining upon James sowels land cornering upon his line abt 
200 yds from a great tarkiln bed running across my lands squar from 
thence across my pig pen path to flat place thereto corner running 
form thence to the mouth of little branch on the east side of the 
bear branch thence running along a low flat round to the fence thence 
across my monour plantation just taking in my old apple orchard so 
running to the main run to the looking swamp and one feather bed and 
furniture to her and her heirs and assigns forever I give and 
bequeath unto the child that is now unborn which my wf Martha ward is 
big with the new patten land lying upon the quarter branch to be 
delivered to it at the age of twenty one yr. and my monour plantation 
and dwelling houses and the remaining of my land after my dau Susanna 
ward has her part to be delivered to the death of my wf Martha ward 
and the rest of my new patten land and the apple orchard in the south 
corner of my plantation and the increase of my negro woman jude I 
give to be equally divided between the child unborn and my dau 
Susanna ward to them and theirs heirs forever to be delived to them 
at the time that my dau Susanna ward shall arive to the age of 21 yrs 
and my negro woman named jude I give to be delivered unto them the 
child unborn and my dau Susanna ward at the death of my wf Martha 
ward to the mand their heirs for ever

item I give and bequeath unto my beloved dau Penelope Clifton one 
shilling sterling money to be raised and levied out of my estate the 
remaining part of my estate after all just depts is paid I give to be 
equally divided between the other 2 or if 2 of them should die 
without issue of their natural bodies I give their parts of my estate 
to the other one and heirs forever

and my desire that when john boyce pays of his bond that my ex give 
him a deed for his land whereon he lives I likewise give unto my wf 
Martha ward all the money that is due to me from Nathan tart to be at 
her disposal

and I do hereby constitute and appoint my friends William cherry and 
Solomon cherry my sole ex of this my last will and testament and I do 
hereby utterly disallow revoke and sisanul all and every other former 
testament wills legacies and bequests and ex by me in any ways before 
named willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no 
other to be my last will and testament in wit whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and seal the day and year above written

Wit: James sowell, jr., George jornagan hodum, jr. Ekratim jenkins
bertie CO cot 11-1780; proved by James sowell, George hodum


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