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This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Sue Ashby canova@tstar.net ============================================================== Will of Matthew Jones, dated December _ 1793 Chatham Co., NC Record of Estates, Vol. 2, pg. 6, 6b, 7, 7b NC State Archives film # C.022.50001 I Matthew Jones of Chatham county Being weak in Body but of sound and disposing mind and memory and understanding do make this my last Will and Testament that is to say first I direct that all my Just Debts and funeral Expenses be paid Then I give & devise to my Dear & beloved wife Elizabeth Jones the following negroes, To Wit, Charles, jack, Lettice and Lydia, also Two Beds and furniture and all the Househould furniture Except the other Bed and their furniture I also give to my wife Elizabeth Jones an Equal dividend of all my Horses Cattle & Sheep to be divided between her and my Son Thomas Jones & Polley Jones I also give to my beloved wife Elizabeth Jones one half of my Hogs all of the aforesaid devised I give and bequeath to my Wife her Heirs and assigns forever I also lend to my Wife Elizabeth Jones during her natural life the following negroes To Wit. (torn) __ar, Will and Judy and at her Decease to be Equally divided between my surviving children__ Item I give and bequeath to my son Robert Jones my wailing Boy negro Ned one Horse Colt called Tippo two feather Beds and furniture as also one Tract of parcel of Land called the poison fields containing five hundred and sixty acres to him and his Heirs forever (here there is an X and above the line Mat Jones as if he were initialling an entry but, there is no mark through or change ?) as also Two hundred Dollars when Collected from John Mebane Esquire which said money my son Robert Jones is to purchase a negroe to pay Samuel Landrum now living in South Carolina between the age of Twelve and Twenty _ Item I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Jones all that Tract or parcel of Land whereon I now live containing five Hundred and Thirty Six acres more or less I also give and bequeath to my son Thomas Jones the following Negroes, To Wit, Isaac, John, Davey, Little Ned, James, Peter, Daniel, big Milley, Hannah, and Penney, to him and his Heirs forever I also give and bequeath to my son Thomas Jones one third part of my Horses Cattle and sheep as also Two feather Beds and furniture Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter mary Jones one Tract or parcel of Land being and lying in Chatham County whereon Micajah McGee now lives containing Two Hundred and Seventy five acres more or less to her and her Heirs forever as also the following negroes, To Wit, Ben, Sam, little Charles, Hanibal, Alick, Pender, little Milley, Beck, Phebe, and Grace, to her and her Heirs forever__ Mat Jones Also I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Jones Two feather Beds and furniture as also one third part of Horses Cattle and Sheep as also one half of my Hogs - I also Will and Direct that all the negroes Divised to my wife Elizabeth and my Daughter Mary jones work together the ensuing year on the plantation whereon I now live and at the expiration of the year the crop to be equally divided between my wife Elizabeth and my Daughter Mary - I also Will and direct that the negroes Divised to my son Thomas Jones work on the plantation Called the poison fields and the profits arising there from I give to my son Thomas Jones - I give and bequeath also to my sons Robert Jones and Thomas Jones all that tract or parcel of Land lying over the mountains on Harpeth River containing one Thousand and Twenty Eight Acres more or less to them and their Heirs forever _ I also give and bequeath to my sons Robert and Thomas Jones and my Daughter Mary Jones Mat Jones all that Tract or parcel of Land lying over the mountains Called forked Ear to them and their Heirs forever Except five Hundred acres of said Tract which said five Hundred acres of Land belongs to my Brother John Jones and to be Deeded to my said Brother or his Heirs by my Executor or Executors _ Item I leave my present crop of Tobacco and the residue of money due on John Mebanes Bond not yet divised together with fifty Barrells of Corn If necessary to pay my Just Debts the corn to be taken from my plantation Called the Poison Fields _ and lastly I give and bequeath to friend Philip Meroney Sen'r all that Tract or parcel of Land lying in Chatham County caled Hog Thurells ? containing fifty acres more or less to him and his Heirs forever Also I do appoint my sons Robert Jones and Thomas Jones Joint Executors of this my Last Will and Mat. Jones and Testament hereby revoking all former Wills by me heretofore made In Witness whereof I have hereunto to this my last Will and Testament contained in five sheets of Paper set my hand at the foot of the four first sheets thereof and my hand and seal to the fifth Sheet and last thereof this (nothing written) __ Day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety three- Signed Sealed subscribed and declared by the Testator in the presence of us who in his presence and in the presence of Each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses at his request Brantley Jones John Minter Signed Mat. Jones A Copy Test John Ramsey C.C.