Miscellaneous Duplin County Will Abstracts - Duplin County, NC - Wills Submitted for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Christine Grimes Thacker Duplin Co.Wills, 1730-1860 by Wm Murphy. pg86. 276a. JONES,ELIJAH (3-69) 11 Aug 1858- Jan Term 1863. Wife ESTHER all of my property both real and personal: dau. NANCY one hundred and forthy acres to be cut off at the south end of my land adjoining STEPHEN B WINDERS; son JOEL the balance and residueof my land; dau. MARY GRIMES negroes George and Hester; dau NANCY negroes Betsy and Hannah; son JOEL negroes Harry and Rachel and Isham, my coopers tools, carpenters tools, and my farming tools; after the death of my wife my stock of horses,cattle, hogs and sheep together with my household and kitchen fyrniture sold and dau. NANCY to have one hundred dollars and the remainder equally divided between dau. MARY GRIMES and son JOEL. extr son JOEL wit: D.JONES, C.Y.F. JONES, signed: E. JONES CODICIL : 23 Mar 1860 dau. NANCY one bed with its necessary furniture,seventy five dollars to buy her a horse, my large Bible with her school books; son JOEL young mare Pink, one saddle and bridle, one feather bed and its necessary furniture, his school books; remainder of my beds and their furniture devided between my two daughters and son after wifes death. Wit: D.JONES signed E.JONES. (Son-In-Law of William Bright) Duplin Co.,Wills pg 86 # 277 JONES, ELISHA (cr.035.801.6) 14 Mar 1840- Apr Term 1840 son DANIEL negro Stephen & the Peter Parker land: son ELIJAH negroes Rachel,Harry & Bet; son MATTHEW negro Moses; MATTHEW'S children negro Ester; son JOEL negroes Isham & Edea; dau. SALLY SULIVAN negroes Hannah&Penney & her last two children; dau MARY CREECH & her children negroes Hester & Allen; dau ZIPHA JONES & her children negroes Lucy &her child & Jack; dau NANCY PRICE & her children negroes Marenda& Ned; sons ELIJAH & JOEL land and Plantation whereon i now live including the Plantition where ELIJAH JONES now lives; son MATTHEW $100: residue equally divided between all my children. extrs: sons DANIEL & ELIJAH Wit: DANIEL PARKER, J. SWINSON signed ELISHA JONES. N.C. Militia, Private ,Pension # S 7084 W Wayne Co.His pension was granted and he was placed on the Duplin Co.,record. Source Will Bk of Duplin co.,NC. 230. Herring, Stephen, 21 Sep 1797--Oct Term 1797, Plantation wheron I now live & the lands adj. be equally divided by a line from the main run of Goshen Swamp by the the new Wisefield? to the back line of my son Stephen Bright, have the lowerpart Adj. Hodge's line and my son Alexander to have the other part including the houses except for a life right to my wife Sarah, negroes Cesar, Bet, Agge? and Ned to remain with my wife, wife sarah to have use of all my household furniture, tools and stock for her natural life; dau. Alethea Harrell , Negro Ned; remainder of the property, stock and negroes loaned to my wife be divided betweeen my gr-sons, Elisha the son of Samuel Herring & the children of Althea Harrell; son Samuel 5 shillings sterling; dau. Althea Harrell 5 shillings sterling, dau, Caty Croom 5 shillings sterling; children of Caty Croom negro Jim; children of my dau. Sally Glisson deced. former wife of Daniel Glisson to have 2 negroe girls about 14 and 8 yrs old to be purchased for them by my son Stephen B; grson Bryan Glisson the young bay mare which I formerly gave him; dau Pearsis Glisson negro Jenny and her children, her first child Jack to go to Sally Glisson, her first living child to Henry Glisson, her second living child to Charity Glisson, her third living child to Hettie Glisson; son Stephen Bright negroes Bob and Davy; dau Nancy New negro Allen and a negro girl about 8 yrs old to be purchased by my son Alexander and she to have the use of negro Fillis until girl is delivered; Son Alexander negroes Squire, Cate and Fillis,1 featherbed and furniture, 1 young sorrel horse. Extrs: Sons Stephen Bright and Alexdr Wit: Wm Dickson, James Stewart (?) Willis Herring, Sarah Croom Signed Stephen Herring ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ***********************************************************************