Chowan County NcArchives Wills.....Oliver, Francis 1756
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Source: Nc Wills & Inventories - Grimes
Written: 1756

                FRANCES OLIVER'S WILL.

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I, Frances Oliver, of Edenton, 
in the County of Chowan & Province of North Carolina, the 
Widow & Relict of Andrew Oliver, deceased, Being weak of 
Body, But of sound & disposing Mind & Memory, praised 
be God for the Same, and Knowing that It is Appointed for 
all Persons once to die, and after Death the Judgment; Do 
make & Ordain this my Last Will & Testament, in Manner & 
Form following, (that is to say) First and principally, I Comit 
my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God, my Heavenly 
Father; and my Body, I Commit to the Earth, To be decently 
buryed at the Discretion of my Executors herein after named.

And as for such Worldly Goods & Estate, as it Hath pleased 
God to bestow upon me, I Give & Dispose there of as followeth, 
Vizt:

Imprimis, I Order & Appoint that all my Just Debts, Legacyes 
and Funeral Expences shall be paid, as soon as con-
veniently may be after my Decease.

Item, I Do hereby Give, Devise & Bequeath unto my Son 
in Law John Davison, of Edenton aforesaid, Marriner, his 
Heirs & Assignees for Ever, All my Real and personal Estate 
of what Nature & Kind so Ever, Scituate, lyeing and being 
in this Province, and not herein Otherwise disposed off; and 
my Will & meaning is, With Respect to my Negroe Woman, 
called Rachel & her Three Grand Children (that now live 
with me), I Give & Bequeath them all unto the said John 
Davison & the Heirs of His Body Lawfully Begotten; and in 
case of His Death without Such Issue, I Order & Appoint 
that all my said Negroe Servants shall immediately be dis-
charged from all Manner of Bondage & have their Liberty 
to work for Themselves as Other Free Negros have.

Item, I Give & Bequeath unto Each & Every of the Daugh-
ters of my Brother & Sisters in Virginia, All My Wearing Ap-
parrel, both Linnen & Woolen, of what Nature & Kindsoever, 
To be Equally divided between Them, and to be sent or de-
livered unto Them by the said John Davison.

Item, I give & Bequeath unto Ichadah Davis, Spinster, 
(Who now Lives with me) her, Her heirs and Assigns, One 
Bedstead, & Feather Bed & Bolster, Two Blankets & a Pair of 
Sheets.

And Lastly, I do hereby Constitute & Appoint the said 
John Davison, to be the Sole Executor of this my Last Will & 
Testament, Hereby Revoking & Making Void all former & 
Other Wills by me heretofore made, and hereby Declaring 
the within Written Instrument To be my Last Will & Testa-
ment.

In witness whereof, I, the within named Frances 0lliver, 
have hereunto set my Hand & Seal, The Twenty Sixth Day of 
February, In the Twenty Seventh Year of the Reign of Our 
Sovereign Lord, George the Second, by the Grace of God, 
King of Great Britain, &c., Annoq Domini., 1754.

                             FRANCES OLIVER. {Seal) 

Signed, Sealed, Published and
Declared by the Above named
Testatrix, as & for her Last Will
and Testament In the Presence
of us:	ANTHONY CARTEEL.
                  her
        ELIZABETH El FLOOD.
                 mark
        LEONARD COTTON.


October County Court, 1756
Present HIS Majesties Justices:

The Last Will and Testament of Francis Oliver, deceased, was proved 
in Court According to Law, by the Oath Elizabeth Flood.

                          Test. THOMAS JONES, Cler. Cur.

NORTH CAROLINA. SS.

Personally Appeared before me John Davison, the within named Execu-
tor and Qualified by taking the Oath by Law Appointed for that purpose. 
Octr. 14th., 1756. Let it be Registered.

                         PETER HENLEY, C. J.
                         
                         
Copied from Original Will, filed in the Office of the Secretary of State.


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