CRAVEN COUNTY, NC - WILL - John Isler Brock, 1827.

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                       The Last Will and Testament
                 of John Isler Brock of Craven Co., NC

                   Transcribed from the Original Will
               Located in the State Archives, Raleigh, NC
                           By Anthony W. Brock

(NOTE: [illegible] indicates a word or words that I could not make out 
from the original document. I have also tried to preserve the 
punctuation marks and capitalization used in the document as best I 
could read them.--ab)

‹I, John I. Brock, of Stony Branch Craven County in the State of North 
Carolina, being of sound mind, do make and ordain this my Last Will and 
Testament in manner and form following.‹First...I desire my Executors to 
sell [illegible word] of my perishable Estate [several words illegible] 
I shall owe at the time of my decease [several words illegible] after 
the [illegible word] of said debts shall have been [several words 
illegible] to apply the money thus obtained to the payment of said 
debts.‹After having complied with this request, it is my Will, that the 
residue of my Estate, of what kind soever it may be, shall remain unsold 
and that the income from the same, shall be applied, under the 
superintendence of my Wife, Sarah Brock, to the support and Education of 
my children, as well as to the support of my said Wife Sarah.‹After the 
fulfilment of these requests, I give the overplus income of my Estate 
(if any there be) to my Wife aforenamed.‹I also desire, that when my 
oldest child shall have arrived at the age of twenty-one years, all my 
perishable property shall be valued; by persons competent to the task, 
and an equal share according to the number of Heirs, be given to him or 
her at the said age of twenty-one: the residue of said perishable 
property reverting into common stock, for the mutual benefit of the 
remaining children and their Mother. When my second child shall be of 
age, the same course shall be pursued; and so on to the last: And when 
my youngest child shall have attained the age of twenty-one, and said 
child and my Wife shall have [illegible word] their parts of the 
perishable property, it is my desire that the whole of Real Estate be 
sold to the highest bidder, and that the proceeds thereof be equally 
divided among my surviving Heirs [illegible words] my Wife and children‹
. I appoint my friend Robert G. Moore, and my Wife Sarah Brock, 
Executors of this my last Will and Testament: hereby revoking all other 
and former Wills by me at any time heretofore made. In witness whereof I 
have hereto set my hand and seal this 27th day of November, in the year 
of our Lord, One thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Seven‹

                                   John I. Brock (Seal)