Chowan County, NC - Will of Bryant Birum, 1772 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Will of Bryant Birum: In the name of God Amen to all people to whom these presents shall come. I, Briand Birum of the county of Chowan and province of North Carolina planter Send Greeting. Know ye that I being very weak of body but of perfect mind and memory and Good Judgment thanks be to God for the same do make and ordain this my last Will and testament in manner and form following. In the first place it is my will and mind that all my Just debts and burial Expences be paid by my Executor hereafter named. I give and bequeath unto my son James Birum unto him and his heirs forever that land and plantation that he now liveth on beginning at a white oak standing on the Bever Dam Swamp and running a north course or thereabouts to a marked pine and joining Josiah Copelands land and on Charles Copelands land and on Judah Woods land and thereunto the swamp and then down the Swamp to the first station being by Estimation one hundred acres be the same more or less which I give unto him and his heirs forever. I give and bequeath unto my son Jonas Birum Eighty acres of land whereon he now liveth which I give unto him and his heirs forever. I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Christian Birum the Use and benefit of one third part of the land and plantation whereon I now live during her life or Widowhood. I give and bequeath unto my two sons Isaac and Joel Birum all the Land and plantation whereon I now liveth to be equally divided among them which I give unto them and their heirs forever after my wifes decease. I give and bequeath all the remainder part of my estate to be equally divided amongst my wife and four children namely Rachel Isaac Joel Febe Birum which I give unto them and their heirs forever after paying all my Just debts and funeral Expenses and unto my said wife Christian and my friend Jacob Jordan whom I make and ordain whole and sole Executrix and Executor of this my last will and testament. I do hereby disallow all and every other former testaments wills Legacies bequeaths and Executors by me in any way before this time made, willed or bequeathed. Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 21st November 1772. Signed sealed and delivered in prescence of Willis Griffin, Jurat. Briand Birum (seal) Sewzanah Copeland Charles Copeland ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Harvey Harrison ___________________________________________________________________