CHATHAM COUNTY, NC - WILLS - John Burns, Sr., 22 Mar 1811
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CHATHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, RECORD OF WILLS
ORIGINALS - NCSA Microfilm # C.022.80001 VOL. A 1798-1819

Burns, John- Sr., pg. 273 ( pages 215, 216, 217) COPIED BY PAUL BURNS 
3-1-2001 FROM A HAND WRITTEN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL WILL  MADE BY 
BOB & GLORIA BURNS

State of North Carolina
Chatham County

In the name of God Amen
John Burns, Sr. of the County and State afore said, being of weak in 
body but of sound mind and memory and calling to mind the uncertainty 
of life and certainty of death do hereby constitute this my last will 
and testament in manner and form following (to wit) in the first place 
I recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it and my 
body to be buried in a Christian like manner.
Item:    Then I give unto my beloved wife Mary Burns one negro woman 
called Becky and one negro man called Frank and as much of the kitchen 
furniture as may satisfy her also one good feather bed and furniture, 
and one good horse and two cows and calves and at her death the above 
mentioned property to be equally divided among her lawful heirs.
Item:     I give unto my grandson John Thomlinson one negro boy called 
Luke and also fifty dollars to buy him a horse.
Item:     I give unto my daughter Nancy Thomlinson and her two sons Wm. 
and John Thomlinson the ninth part of my estate that is not disposed 
of, she one half and they the other half.
              In the next place I wish and desire for my lands to be 
sold on a credit of two years
              And all the remaining part of my property to be sold on a credit of nine months. 
              I also leave my son-in-law William Gober forty shillings and the other moneys arising from the above mentioned sales of my lands 
and the other property to be equally divided among my other lawful 
heirs: namely William, James, Thomas and John  Burns, Anaper Modglin, 
Polly Brewer, Sheba Bryan and the lawful heirs of Elizabeth Gober 
deceased, the former wife of William Gober and if any one or more of 
them, of the above heirs of the above mentioned mentioned Elizabeth 
Gober descendants should die before the division of my property should 
take place the supervising of  them to have the descendants part 
equally divided between them at the discretion of my executors. My 
desire in the place is that my negroes that remain that is not already 
disposed to be laid off in lots and drawn for, and my two grandsons 
William and John Tomlinson be left under the care of my executors till 
they are twenty years of age.
              
	 My will in the next place is that my four sons William, James, 
Thomas and John Burns be and  I do appoint them executors to this my 
last will and testament.  In witness whereas I have hereunto set my 
hand and seal this 22 nd day  of March in the year of our Lord Anno 
Domino 1811.

	  Signed sealed and 
	delivered in prescense  
              of
	   John Bryan
	   Deborah Chapman
	                                  John   (X)   Burns  (seal)
					       (his mark)