CHATHAM COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Burwell Williams, 11 May 1816
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Will Book A page 278/279:

In the name of God amen.   I, BURWELL WILLIAMS of the County of Chatham and
State of North Carolina being of sound and disposing mind and memory,
therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is
appointed for all men are to die, do make and ordain this to be my last will
and testament in manner and form following:  First and principally, I
recommend my soul to God who gave it hoping thro' the merits of my dear
Redeemer to inherit life eternal.  And as to my worldly estate wherewith it
has pleased God to bless me, I order and dispose of it as follows: first, as I
have given to my son THOMAS WILLIAMS already so much of my property both real
and personal as I could spare in justice to my other children, it will
therefore be understood that he is not to share in any part of my estate,
which I now possess except two ewes and lambs which I hereby give unto him and
his heirs forever.  I give and bequeath to my daughter MARY BUTTRIL three
hundred dollars to be raised out of my estate, to him [sic] and his heirs
forever.  I give to my daughter CHARITY BUCHANNON one chest of drawers to her
and her heirs forever.  I give and bequeath to my eight daughters, namely
SARAH RAGLAND, MARTHA SNIPES, MARY BUTTRIL, ELIZABETH CROSS, FANNY UTLEY,
NANCY SPRINGFIELD, TEMPERANCE HINTON, and CHARITY BUCHANNON all my landed
estate, estimated at about eleven hundred and seventy three acres and all my
Negroes, namely, Fan, Hagar, Charles, Dinah, Annica, Giberts [?], Isaac,
Thiny, Allen, Jude and her two children, Dilley and Annica with the increase
of them and every of them.  And likewise all the residue and remainder of my
estate of whatsoever kind I give to them their heirs and assigns forever to be
equally divided between them share and share alike, and my wish and desire is
that in the division of the negroes they should go in families as far as
practicable with convenience. Finally I constitute and appoint my son THOMAS
WILLIAMS and my sons-in-law THOMAS SNIPES  and  JOSEPH  BUCHANNON executors of
this my last will and testament, revoking and disannulling all other wills by
me heretofore made.   In witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix
my seal this eleventh day of May in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand
eight hundred and sixteen.  Signed, sealed and acknowledged in presence of us:
BURWELL WILLIAMS [seal]
WILLIAM ROBSON
WILLIAM SNIPES

NOTE:  Burwell's wife, Elizabeth (last name unknown) had obviously
pre-deceased him.  The line I'm working on descends through their
daughter Elizabeth WILLIAMS who md. Parish CROSS.

Karen Groce

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