Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Benton, Charity April 5, 1818
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Source: Cr.037.801.1 North Carolina State Archives
Written: April 5, 1818
Recorded: August 1818

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF CHARITY BENTON
1818 Edgecombe County, NC., CR.037.801.1 North Carolina State Archives
[Transcribed by James H. Maloney]

In the name of God Amen.  I Charity Benton of
the county of Edgecombe and State of No. Carolina
do constitute and ordain this to be my last
Will and Testament, in form following (viz)
     My Will is that after my death my Exe’s
herein after named proceed to sell all my pro-
perty and the proceeds arising therefrom
to be divided in the following manner ~
My son JAMES BENTON is to have one third
part of the whole amount.  My reason for
it, is he has attended to my and my business.
  My Daughter PHERUBA WARD to have twenty
shillings.  My reason for not giving her more
is, I think I have already given her equal 
to a distributive shares.  My Exo’r is to purchase
for my grand Daughters SALLY NICHOLSON
and EVELINA B. BENTON a dress each.  The 
balance is to be divided into six equal
parts, my son ALLEN KNIGHT is to have one,
my Daughter POLLY CORBIN is to have one, my
grand Children by my deceased daughter
SALLY PACE to have one, My grand sons by
my deceased son KINDRED KNIGHT to have
one, if either is living at the time of the division,
my grand son by my deceased son JOHN C. 
KNIGHT to have one, if living, and my 
grand daughter by my deceased daughter
ELIZABETH NICHOLSON to have one share if living.
Now in case either of my last named grand
children or my grand sons by my deceased son 
KINDRED KNIGHT should die before they arrive
to the age of twenty one years or marries their
part is to be divided on the principle of the
division of the whole -
     My Will also is that my wearing apparel 
be divided between my daughter POLLY 
CORBIN and my daughters in law POLLY
KNIGHT and ELIZA BENTON but if one or 
more of them should die before a division 
the survivors or survivor is to have them.
     I appoint my son JAMES BENTON Executor
to this my last Will and Testament hereby 
revoking all former Wills by me made.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and Seal this 5th day of April 1818
Witness			her
John Jenkins		Charity [C] Benton (seal)
William Howenton +		mark

Edgecombe County	August Court 1818
     The within last Will an Testament of Charity
Benton dec’d was exhibited in open Court for Probate
and was proven by the oath of William Howenton
one of the subscribing witnesses thereto.  And James
Benton the sole Executor named in the said Will was
at the same time qualified thereto.  Ordered that the
same be certified and the Will recorded.
			Test.  E. Hall Clk

NOTE - her son and executor, James Benton, died in 1821, and another documents 
in the loose estate file shows that in 1823 "Solomon Ward & Wife" recovered a 
claim of $35 against the then executor, Spier Whitaker.

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