Robert Hope - 1808 - Cabarrus County, NC - Will Submitted for use in the USGenWeb Project Archives by Linda Hope GonetoTenn@aol.com 1808, 13 July In the Name of God Amen, This thirteenth of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight I Robert Hope of the County of Cabarrus and state of North Carolina being in a sick and low condition of Body but of sound mind and Memory Blessed be God and being apprehensive that my Dessolution may be drawing nigh I do hereby make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in the manner and form following viz First I recommend my soul to God who gave it and my Body to the earth to be entered in a Christian and Decent Manner at the Discrition of my Executors And as touching such Worldly estate as it had Pleased God to Bless me in this Life I will and Dispose in the following Manner viz all my Just Debts and funeral expences to be fully paid And to Catherine Hope my Beloved Wife I will and Bequeath During her natural Life the use of the old tract of Land I Live on except as hereafter willd to my son Abner Hope and John Hope And Also I will and Bequeath to her use all my Negroes except Bine During her natural Life for her support And I also will and Bequeath to her Disposal threee of her choice of the Horse creatures and the one half of the Cow creatures after taking out two for Beef and All my Stock of Hogs and Sheep and Poultry and all my grain and Hay and crop in the ground of every sort and the Large Wagon and Gears and the [illegible] Wagon and Gears and all the Farming tools and Smith Tools and all the Household and Kitchen Furniture and Beding and her Wearing aparrel and Saddle and Bridle And all my Books and Wearing Aparrel except as will be hereafter Willd. 2 To my son James Hope after what I have already gave off to him I will and bequeath to him my best Suit of Cloths and new great coat 3 To My Daughter Margaret Alexander I Bequeath all that I have alread gave off to her 4 To my son Abner Hope I Will and Bequeath one Hundred Acres of Land off my old tract that I live on one [sic] the East side of Clerks Creek to be divided off to him Beginning a Hickory at the red bank of sd Creek running thence to a Hickory on Josiah Gilmores Line thence with sd lind to take in the Improvement where sd Abner Hope Lives and to Inclose sd one hundred acres of Land also four acres of the best Meadow Land on my old tract joining James Allisons Land and Land enought for a [illegible] to the same, and all the other property that I have already gave off to him. 5 To my son Alison Hope I Will and Bequeath all that tract of Land I purchased from James Doherty on Astins Run and all the other Property that I have alread gave off to him 6 To my Daughter Catharine Crawford I Will and Bequeath all that I have already gave her 7 To my Son Thomas Hope I Will and Bequeath all that tract of Land that I purchased from Moses Meek, And all that he has already got given off to him 8 To my son John Hope I will and Bequeath all that tract of Land that I purchased from William Houston and all that part of the old tract that I live on in the [illegible] of the Branch next that track runing down sd Branch to Clerks Creek and down sd Creek as far as my Land goes and the Horse Creature that he has got the name of and my New Saddle and two Hundred at his Mothers Death out of the price of the Negroes To my son Levi Hope I will and Bequeath at his Mothers Decease all the Remainder of the track of Land that I Live on after what is Willd as above and the Horse Creature that he has got the name of and one New Saddle and two Hundred Dollars at his Mothers Decease out of the price of the Negroes And all My other Property including Bine and My House and Lot in Concord I allow to be sold and equally Divided among my children after paying my Just Debts and at my Wifes Death I alow all my other Negroes to be sold and the price Equally Divided among all my children James Abner Margaret Alison and Catherine Thomas John and Levi, after paying what is Willd to my sons John and Levi And I Doe hereby ordain and apoint my sons James Hope and Abner Hope my Sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and testament Disanulling all and every former Will and Testament to the Day and year above mentioned Signed Sealed pronounced Robert Hope (seal) and Declared by the sd Robert Hope as his last Will and Testament to the Date above Mentioned In Presence of us Jno Allison Chas Harris Th Alexander ========================= USGENWEB NOTICE In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogy information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. 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