CASWELL COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Edmund Browning, 19 Apr 1807
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		WILL OF EDMUND BROWNING

Will Book E, p.347-348, Caswell Co., NC., as abstracted from Caswell County 
North Carolina Will Books 1777-1814, by Katharine Kerr Kendall: Written 19 
Apr 1807. Wife Mary Ann Browning; son John; son Caleb's Heirs; daughter Nancy 
McReynolds; son Joshua Browning's sons Beedy and Joshua; daughter Elizabeth's 
children; daughter Mary Culberson; sons Robert and Nimrod; daughter Racheal 
Browning; granddaughter Nancy Bowren; Exec: son Robert and Alex Murphey. Wit: 
J Zachary, Thomas Browning.

Here is the full transcription of the will:

In the Name of God Amen I Edmond Browning of Caswell County being very weak 
of body but of Sound and perfect Memory do make this my last Will and 
Testament disannulling and revoking all other Wills & bequeaths heretofore 
made by me and calling to mind the Mortality of my body Knowing it is once 
appointed for all men to die I commit my Body to the earth from whence it 
came to [be] buried at the discretion of my Executors and my soul to god who 
first gave it & existance hoping and Trusting at the great day of Accounts to 
meet a joyful resurrection And as Touching my Worldly Goods (or estate) as it 
has been please God to bless me with  I give and bequeath to my son John 
Browning an equal proportion of all my estate that is to be sold___Item I 
give to my son Calebs Heirs an equal proportion likewise of what is to be 
sold of my Estate___Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Haney McReynolds 
an equal proportion likewise___I give and bequeath unto my Son Joshua 
Brownings two Sons Beedy & Joshua Browning an equal proportion of their 
Fathers proportion is equal to the others above___Item I give unto my 
Daughter Elizabeths Children her proportion with the others  as above to be 
equally divided among all that is living ___Item I give unto my Daughter Mary 
Culberson One Negro Boy named Guilford which She has now in her 
possession___Item I give unto my Son Robert Browning an equal proportion as 
my Other sons above mentioned___Item I give unto my Son Nimrod Browning an 
equal proportion with the rest above mentioned  of my Sons  Item I give unto 
my Daughter Racheal Browning one Negro boy named Jack and one Cow and Calf 
out of my Stock of her choice & one Bed and Bolster & two pillows & four 
Sheets One Counterpain two Bed quilts & two Blankets  Item I desire that my 
Grand Daughter Nancy Bowrin Shall have Twenty pounds Virginia Money to be 
raised out of my Estate  Item  I give unto my Wife Mary Ann Browning one Bed 
and two Sheets Counterpain & two bed Quilts & One Bolster & two pillows  Cow 
and Calf the price of one when Sold at her own Choice and her Riding Saddle 
and a pewter Dish & Bason three Spoons & two plates and one pot and the third 
part of the price of my land when Sold and one Horse by the Name of Fanfair  
Now my Will is that my land of five Hundred Acres with all and every of my 
property of every Kind with Negroes and Stock of all Kinds to be sold only 
what I have bequeathed to my  two Daughters Racheal and Mary and my Wife and 
divided as before mentioned___Now I constitute and Ordain my son Robert 
Browning & Alexr. Murphey my whole and Sole Executors  In Testemony whereof I 
have Set my hand and affixed my seal this the 19th day of April and in the 
year of Our Lord 1807

                                                                              
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          	  Edmond   X   Browning 
                                                                              
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J. ZACHARY
Thomas Browning

State of North Carolina
Caswell County \\ July Court 1807
              The Execution of this Will was duly proved in Open Court by the 
Oath of Thomas Browning one of the Subscribing Witnesses thereto and on 
motion Ordered to be recorded_______
at the same time the Executors therein mentioned qualified & letters 
Testamentory issued accordingly ___
                                                                              
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                        Ad.  Murphey