BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC - WILLS - John G. Grisset, 28 Sep 1858
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Brunswick County, North Carolina	    Will Record Book, Page 17
(Spelling, punctuation and grammar exactly as written. Words followed 
by ? were not readable)

N0:82		State of North Carolina
		Brunswick County

I, John G. Grisset, a resident of the County and State aforesaid 
now in my eightieth year, do make and ordain this to be my last 
will and testament in manner and form following to wit

Item I		I direct that my body be decently interred in the family 
		graveyard at the Ivy plantation where Isaac Generette now 
		lives.

Item II		I give and devise to Geo W Gause, son of Wm R Gause, Fifty 
		acres of land, to be laid out so as to include the plantation 
		where Wm R Gause now lives, to him the said George W Gause, 
		his heirs and assigns forever

Item III	I give and bequeath to my granddaughter Sarah Ann Grisset, one 
		bedsted one feather bed and necessary furniture therefore also 
		Fifty dollars in money to be paid her by my Executors 
		hereinafter named

Item IV		I give and bequeath unto my granddaughter Martha M Kethan, now
		the wife of Moses M Kethan, the sum of Five Dollars, to be 
		paid to her by my Executors hereinafter named

Item V		All the rest and residue of my lands, tenements and 
		hereditaments not herein before described, consisting in part 
		of my homestead Danford? B? Sunimon? and Stosepan Island 
		tracts of land. My negro slaves Virgil Shade and Joe, my 
		horses, cattle, hogs and stock of every kind, with all my 
		household and kitchen furniture - I give and devise unto my 
		grandson John B Gause, his heirs, Executors, administrators 
		and assigns absolutely no fee Simple forever, hereby declaring 
		that it is my will and desire, that my grandson John B Gause 
		foresaid Shall enjoy the residue of my estate aforesaid

Item VI		I hereby declare, nominate constitute and appoint my trusty 
		friends John St Brook and Robert M McRackin as my Executors to 
		carry into effect this my last Will and Testament, in 
		accordance with the tenor hereof, and with the laws of the 
		State of North Carolina - Hereby utterly revoking all other 
		wills by me at any time made 
		
		In testimony whereof, I the said John G Grisset have here unto 
		set my hand and seal this 28th day of September AD 1858.

						(Signed) John G Grisset

	Signed, sealed and declared in our presence
	by John G Grisset to be his last will and
	Testament who in his presence and at his
	request have subscribed our names as witnesses
	thereto

	(Signed) D R Bennett
	(Signed) Joel Reeves