CHATHAM COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Hugh Moffit, 1 Oct 1799 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Sue Ashby sueashby@earthlink.net ==================================================================== Chatham Co., N.C. Record of Wills, Vol. A, pg. 189b N.C. State Archives film # C.022.80001 I Hugh Moffit of Chatham County, North Carolina having disposed of affairs in order to move with my family to the Norwest Territory think best in cases of Mortality to leave the following as my Will. Fist I give to my wife Hannah four hundred Dollars with all my other property whatsoever, except what is willed to my children as follows & paying my just debts. Secondly To Robert I give five dollars. Thirdly to John & Joshua each five. Also a certain tract of Land in Randolph County, State aforesaid, on the waters of Deep River joining Jacob Edwards & John Johnsons Land, the boundaries of which are described in the grants in my name for said land, to each an equal share to them their heirs & assigns forever. Fourthly to Charles Joseph Jeremiah & Nathan each one hundred Dollars. Lastly, I appoint my sons Charles and Joseph my Executors in Witness Whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this first day of the tenth months 1799 Hugh Moffit {Seal} (Hugh Moffit is Quaker) Witness Jesse Dixon Nathan Dixon