BERTIE COUNTY WILL - Williams, Richard -1761 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Norma N. Diggs" BERTIE CO., NC WILL IN LOOSE PAPERS, ESTATE BOX, N. C. STATE ARCHIVES: In the name of God Amen the twenty eight day of September 1761, I RICHARD WILLIAMS of the County of Bertie in the province of North Carolina being sick and weak but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to dye Do make and ordain this my Last will and testament. That is to say principally and first I Recommend my Soul into ye hand of god thatt gave itt. And my Body I Recommend to ye earth to be Buried in a Decent Christian manner att the Discretion of my Extr. -- And as touching my worldly estate, wherewith itt hath Pleased God to Bless me in this Life. I give Demise and -- Dispose of the same in the following maner and form -- Imprimis. I give an Bequeath to my Son RICHARD WILLIAMS to him and his heirs forever A certain parcell of Land where in ELIAS DEAVENPORT now Liveth containing two hundred and fifty Acres more or less. Bounded as followeth Beginning att a maple WM. ANDREW'S corner. then South thirty degrees east one hundred and twenty five poles then North forty five degrees east three hundred and twenty pole to ye pattern line then along ye pattern line North Thirty degrees West to ye corner. then along ye pattern Line South forty-five degrees west to ye first Station-- Item. I give and Bequeath to my son BENJAMIN WILLIAMS to him and his heirs forever the plantation Whereon I now live and two hundred and fifty acres of land Joining thereto bounded as follows Begining at my son RICHARDS corner in the Low grounds of ye river then south thirty degrees east one hundred and twenty five pole then North forty five degrees east three hundred and twenty pole to ye patten line then along ye patten line North thirty degrees west to my son RICHARDS corner then South forty five degrees west along his line to ye first Station. Item. I give and Bequeath to my Son GEORGE WILLIAMS to him and his heirs forever one hundred and forty Acres of Land Joining to my son BENJAMINS Land being ye remainder part of the patten. Likewise my grist Mill and seventeen pounds proclamation money to be raisd out of my estate. (Turn Over) To pay for A certain parcell of land which I agreed with Jacob Thomas for. Item. I give and Bequeath to my Son REUBEN WILLIAMS to him and His heirs forever A certain parcell of land Lying Gravelle County on tar River containing 320 acres more or less Beginning att a cypress standing in The river than A North course to the patten Line. Then Along ye patten Line up ye River to a red oak. then South to The River. Then down ye river to first station. ---- Item. I give and Bequeath to my Son SIMON WILLIAMS to him and his heirs for ever ye remainder part of thatt patten Which I give to my son REUBEN. ---------- Item. I give and bequeath to my Daughter CHRISTIAN ARAZELE (Azrazele) to her and her heirs for ever ye plantation whereon she now lives. --------- Item. I give and Bequeath to my daughter SARAH WILLIAMS to her and her heirs for ever one negro girl named ROSE. Item. I give and Bequeath to my Sons SIMON and REUBEN WILLIAMS all my the cattle that belongs to my Plantation on Tar River to be equally divided between them. Item. I Lend to my Loving Wife MARY WILLIAMS ye Remainder Part of my estate during her Life and After her Decease I leave itt to Be equally divided Between my Seven Children viz. MARTHA RICHARD ELIZABETH MARY REUBEN BENJAMIN and GEORGE WILLIAMS. -------- I also make and ordain WM. ANDREWS and ARTHUR BROWN Sole Executors of this my Last will and Testament and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannull all and every other former Testaments will or wills made by me confirming this to be my Last Will and Testament ---- In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and fixt my seal the day and year above written. --------- Signd Seald in ye presence of: Henry Abbott, Jurat Arthur Bell Will(?) Holland Signed: RICHARD (R) WILLIAMS COULD SARAH WILLIAMS WHO WAS BEQUEATHED THE NEGRO GIRL, ROSE, BE THE WIFE OF GEORGE WILLIAMS? SOME BELIEVE HER MAIDEN NAME WAS SARAH HOLLOWELL. "(741) RICHARD WILLIAMS Inventory (undated) by Arthur Brown. (Court records indicate his will was proved in April, 1762.)" The land was divided and recorded 14 September 1793, about the time that George Williams moved to Chatham County, NC as per the following document: ESTATE PAPERS, BERTIE CO., NC, LOOSE PAPERS BOX, N. C. STATE ARCHIVES Agreeable to an order of Court of last August Term we the Subscribers mett & divided the lands agreeable to Richard Williams Will Bounded as followeth Viz. Beginning at a maple runing So 38 degrees East 15 pole to center of a Red Oak Water Oak Sweet Gum & Horn Beam north 38 Degrees East 320 oole to the center of a post oak white oak and Hickery & Two pines in the pattern Line then along the pattern line north 38 west 125 pole to a post Oak pattern Corner then So. 38 west 320 pole to the first station this being the piece Land given to Richard Williams Junr. Benjamin William Land Beginning at a Center of a Red oak water oak Horn Beam & Sweet Gum Richard Williams corner runing so. 38 East 125 pole to the centr of a Cypress & cotton Tree & Two Horn beams North 38 East 320 pole to the Center of Thee Red Oak & one post Oak in the pattern Line then along the pattern line North 38 west 125 pole to the Center a post Oak & White Oak Hicery & Two pines Richard Williams Corner then along his line So 38 west 320 pole to the first Station. The remainder of the Pattern to George Williams as to Will. September 14th, 1793. Signed: Jno. Granberge Henry Rhodes Thoms. Sharrock (?) (Probably Shaddock) Another page: North Carolina Bertie County This may certify that at an Inferior Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions begun opened and held for the said Count at the Corthouse thereof on theSecond Tuesday in October in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty one Present the Worshipfull Justices of sd County the within last Will and Testament was Provided in Due Form of Law by the oath of Henry Abbot & ordered to be recorded. Jrt. John Johnsto, C.J.C. ESTATE PAPERS, BERTIE CO., NC, LOOSE PAPERS IN BOX AT N.C. STATE ARCHIVES: A true Inventory of the Estate of Richard Williams Deceast 4 Beds and furniture, 1 desk, 1 chest, 3 trunks, 2 guns, 1 sword and cartridge Box, 7 jugs, 2 pair of Steelyards, 14 Chears, 4 Stone pots, 4 Bibles and a parcel of Small Books, 2 Looking glasses, 5 bottles, 1 box iron, 4 pair of cards, 1 rasor and hone, 1 brass lock, 2 candle sticks, 4 files, 2 gimblets, a parcel of close, 1 pair of menery Seales (or scales), 1 Brush, a parcel of cotton, 1 Loom, 7 sloes, 3 pair of harness, 1 tin lanthern, 4 axes, a parcell of carpentors tools 1 wheat Sive, 1 pair of Spoon moulds, 1 Spice morter, 1 Brass kittle, 1 currying knife, a parcell of shoe makers tools, 1 case of knives, 5 pewter basons, 6 dishes & plates, 1 pottle pot, 1 half pint pot, a parell of Spoons, a parcel of old pewter, 2 Stone mugs, 3 punch bowls, 6 Earthen plates, a parcel of Earthen pans -------, a parcel of ten ware, 1 candle mould, 1 funnel, 2 brass Skimmers, 1 pepper box, 3 Saddles, 2 bridles, 5 Sifters, 4 Iron pots, 1 Skillet, 1 iron Kittle, 1 Copper kittle, 1 Brass kittle, 1 Copper tea kittle, 1 corrcut Saw, 1 whipsaw, 1 hackle, 5 balls, 1 pair fire tons, 6 hoes, a percel of old Iron, 1 iron potrack, 3 Iron hooks, 2 pair of pot hooks, 4 pales, 4 tubs, 4 pigens, 7 Baskets, 3 trays, a parcel of wheat, a parcel of corn, a parcel of tallow, 4 woolen wheels, 1 Lenning Wheel, 1 cart and wheels, 11 hogsheads, 11 Barrels, 3 pair of Shears, 1 pair of leathr bags, 1 Barrel and three gallons of brandy, 2 horses, 14 cowhides, 2 Sides of leathr, a parcel of wool, 68 cattle, 182 hogs, 19 Sheep, 1 pair of hand Irons, 1 Iron Sit, a parcel of feathers and a parcel of flax, a parcel of oats, 1 frying pan, 2 combs, 1 soman's saddle, a parcel of hors harness, a parcel of gees, 2 hives of bees, 1 pair of hand Bellows, a parcell of plank & Scantling?, 7 Negroes, viz Judy, Venis, Abram, Rose, Ivey, Joe, and Hagar 2 Barrels, 1 Jug 8 Cattle, 2 mars Signed: Arthur Brown (NOTE: punctuation added by the copier) ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. 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