CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Ica Atkins, 23 Nov 1796
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Cumberland Co., NC, Ica Atkins Will of 1796 NC (No Probate Info Given)
Transcribed from copy received from NC State Archives 

In the name of God Amen,  I, Ica Atkins senr [Sr.], Planter, being very sick
and weak in Body but of perfect mind & memory, thanks be given unto God
calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed
for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last Will and testament:
that is to say, principally and first of all, I give & recommend my Soul into
the hand of Almighty God that gave it and my body I recommend to the Earth to
be buried in decent Christian Burial at the discretion 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
wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, demise and
dispose of in the same in the following manner & form

First,  I give and bequeath to Anne Atkins my dearly beloved Wife enduring her
natural lifetime four Negroes To Wit,  one fellow Peter one Wench Bet one d.o
[daughter of?] Dorcass & one girl Chloe & one half of my stock of Hogs and
Cattle together with one half of all my Houshold furniture & two head of
Horses to have & to hold enduring her said natural lifetime -

Also I give to my Daughter Sarah Robinson twenty Shillings together with all
that she has ever had from me 

Also, I give unto William Rand formerly a husband of my Daughter Elizabeth
dec'd five Shillings and I give to my Grandson Abraham Rand son of my Daughter
Elizabeth dec'd fifteen Shillings

Also, I give unto the Heirs of my Daughter Nancy Parker deceased twenty
shillings, together with all that she ever had from me in her lifetime

Also,  I give unto my grand Son Ica Parker son of my Daughter Nancy Parker
dec'd Two Hundred Acres of Land called the Murdocks Creek Land.

Also,  I give unto my Son Lewis Atkins One Hundred pound to be paid him within
four years by my Executor, Together with what he hath already had from me.

Also, I give unto my grand Son Ica Atkins son of Lewis Atkins, Three Hundred &
Ninety Acres of land on the waters of Hecters Creek called the Mill Stone
land.

Also;  I give unto my Son Ica Atkins Junior fifty pounds to be paid to him 
within two years by my Executor, Together with one Negro Boy Lightfoot and
what other articles he hath already had from me which said boy he has now in
possession.

Also, I give unto my son John Atkins three Negroes to wit, one boy Charles one
girl Chloe which he is to have after his Mothers decease & one girl named
Little Cate and one small Island on the South west side of Cape Fear River
just above my ferry containing about twelve acres.  Together with what he hath
already had from me

Also, I give unto my son Richard Atkins one Cow and calf & one feather Bed

Also, I give unto my Daughter Gracy Stevens & her Heirs lawfully Begotten of
her Body four Negroes, to wit, One Wench Bet one Boy Skipper one girl Tidy &
one girl Dinah together with what other things she hath already had from me

Also, I give unto my well Beloved son James Atkins whom I likewise constitute,
make & ordain the sole Executor of this my last will & testament, all my
outstanding Debts and the other half of all my Stocks of Cattle Hogs & Horses
& Houshold furniture & every other thing I now possess Together with one Negro
Wench Dorcass & the other part of the Stock after the decease of Anne Atkins
my wife, by him freely to be possest & enjoyed, And I do hereby utterly
disallow, revoke, and disannul all and every other former Testaments, Wills,
Legacies, bequests & Executors, by me in any wise before named, Willed, and
bequeathed:  ratifying and confirming this, and no other, to be my last Will &
testament, In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 23rd
day of November A.D. One Thousand seven hundred & ninety six 1796

					Signed:     Ica Atkins (Seal)

Signed Sealed, Published, pronounced, and declared by the Said Ica Atkins 
Senior as his last will & testament, in the presence of us; who, in his 
presence & in the presence of each other, have hereunto Subscribed our names
Israel Folsom
George Folsom
Alfred (his A mark) Anders

Ex: qualified
[Note:  No probate record or reference to recording provided.  The handwriting 
in the body of this will appears to be the same as that belonging to the 
person who penned the 1814 Cumberland Co., NC, of Richard Atkins, son of Ica 
Atkins, Sr.]