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                  WILLIAM BRYAN WILL.

 IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, the Twelfth Day of December,
1746. I, William Bryan, of Craven County, & Provance of
North Carolina, being Sick and weak In Body but of Parfect
mind & Memory, Thanks be given unto God Therefore, Calling
unto Mind the Mortality of My Body, and knowing that it
is appointed for all men Once to Dye, Dow make & Ordain
this my Last Will & Testament, That is to Say, principally
& first of all, I Give & Recommend My Soul into the hands
of God That Gave it, & my Body I Recommend to the Earth
to be Buried in a Desent & Christian Like burial at the Dis-
cretion of My Executors, Nothing Doubting but at the General
Resurrection I Shall Receive the Same aGain by the mighty 
Power of God; and as Touching Such Worldly Estate Where-
with it bath pleased God to bless me with in this Life, I Give,
Demise & Dispose of The Same in the following maner and
form:
 Item. I Give & Bequeath to Anne, My Dearly beloved
Wife, one third part of my Negrews, and Likewise one third
of all ye Rest of my Movable Estate, and the Use of the plan-
tation I now Dwell on Dureing her Natureal Life.
 Item. I Give & Bequeath the Remaining part of my Negrews
& movable Estate to be Equally Devided amongst my Six 
Children, William Bryan, Elizabeth Bryan, Lewis Bryan,
John Bryan, Anne Bryan, Jess Bryan, to them & their heir
for Ever.
 Item. I Give & bequeath to my well beloved Son, William
Bryan, One hundred & Twenty five acors of Land the plan-
tation I Now Dwell on, to him & his heirs for Ever.
 Item. I Give and bequeath to my well beloved Son, John
Bryan, One Hundred & Twenty five acors of Land, the one
half of the Tract of Land I now Dwell on, known By the Name
of kits Neck, begining at the Gut which the Cart bridge is
Over & So Runing up to the head Line, to him and his heirs
for Ever.
 Item. I Give & bequeath to my Well beloved Son, Lewis
Bryan, One hundred acers of Land Lying upon the head of
Smith Creek, which I Bought of Gunston Allen, known by The 
Name of Holley Neck, to him & his heirs for Ever.
 Item. I Give & bequeath to My well beloved Son, Jesse
Bryan, one Tract or persell of Land Lying upon the head of
Goose Creek, Joyning upon Cohoons Savanah, Which I had
of John Bryan, to him and his heirs for Ever.
 I Likewise Constitute Make and Ordain My Loving Wife,
Anne Bryan, and my Brother, Joseph Bryan, and my Son,
William Bryan, Executores of this my Last will & Testament,
& I doe hereby Uterly Disallow of & Revoke & Disanull all
former wills by me made, Confirming this & No Other to be My
Last Will and Testament.
 In witness Whereof, I have here unto Set My hand & Seal,
the Day & Year above Writen.

                                 WILLIAM BRYAN. (Seal)

 Signed, Sealed, published, pro-
nounced, & Delivered by the Sd.
William Bryan, as his Last will &
Testament, In the Presents of us
the Subscribers:
          LAZARUS PEARSE.
          JAMES CARRAWAY.
          WILLIAM CARRAWAY, JUN.

CRAVEN COUNTY, SS.
 At a Court of Comon Pleas begun & held at New Bern, the third Tues-
day in June, Anno Domini 1747 then the within will was Proved by the
Oath of a Concuring Evidence thereto, & Joseph Bryan, Executor & Ann
Bryan, Executrix of the said Will Came into Court & took the Oaths by
Law Appointed for their Qualification. Ordered that they have Letters
Testamentary thereon
                                   WILL: HEDGES: S: C. Cur.

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