Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Bryant, John 1735
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Source: Nc Wills & Inventories - Grimes
Written: 1735

                 JOHN BRYANT'S WILL.

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. The fourteenth day of Sept.,  
one thousand, Seven hund., Thirty and four, I, Jno. Bryant,  
of Edgecombe precinct, in North Carolina, being very weak  
in body but perfect of mind and memory, thanks Be to Al- 
mighty God for it, And knowing that it is appointed for all Men  
once to die, Do Make, Constitute and appoint this to be my  
Last will And Testament, Revoking and Disanulling all other  
Wills and Testaments Ever before me made: And as for the  
worldly Inheritance the Almighty God hath Endowed withal,  
I Leave and Bequeath in manner and form following:
 Imps. I leave and Lend to my well Beloved wife, Elisabeth,  
Bryant, During her natural life, A Molatto wench Called Bess,  
and her Own bed and furniture, as also another bed and fur- 
niture wch. hath Oznabrigs Tick to it, One black walnut Safe,  
and half Adozn. turnd frame Rush chairs, And one trunk,  
And A Large Iron pot wt. A Still made upon it, and A Small Iron  
pot, One Brass Skellett, five tongs and Shovel, and Box Iron  
& Chaffing dish, as also A grey gelding, Bridle and Saddle, & A  
Mare & Colt called Diamond, & twenty five head of cattle,  
Young & old, and four Sheep, as also two Basons of putre &  
two dishes, four plates & half a Dozen Spoons And an Iron  
Spit.
 Item. I Leave and Bequeath to my Son, Bryant, his
heirs & Asss. for Ever, A tract of Land Beginning in the Marsh  
where ye. Line Crosses it, So running thro ye. pasture along ye.  
water course to another tract of Land, and then Continuing  
ye. water course to the Lower Line. I further give & Bequeath  
to him another tract of Land in Cupress Swamp known by the  
name of Ballards; I also Leave as afforsd. My other tract  
of Land Lying & Being in ye. East side of Deep Creek, Upon  
the Indian path; as also another tract of Land Lying in a  
Bever Dam Swamp, that Leads out of fishing Creek, known  
by the name of Polluck's Bever Dam; as also two Negroes,  
the One Named Robbin, the other Mingo, One New feather  
Bed wt. furniture, Called his bed, One Large Iron pot & a smal  
one, One Black walnut Round table, and four Leathern chairs,  
One new Case of Bottles, two putre Basons, two putre dishes,  
Four putre plates, & half A Dozen Spoons, One Buckaneer  
Gun, and whatsoever Cattle, hogs, horses and Mares that now  
Are Called his, and fifteen head of my own Stock here at Home,  
and four Steers that are at Canahoe, and all the rest of My  
Cattle at Canahoe, to be Divided betwixt he and Jno. Fort.  
I Further Leave & Bequeath to him A Bay horse called Spot,  
wt. A new Saddle and Bridle, and four other horses & mares  
And four Sheep; I also Leave him Seven pounds, Currant.
 Item. I Leave and Bequeath to my Son, Arthur Bryant,  
his Heirs and asses. for Ever, the plantation whereon I now  
live, joyning To the Land wch. I gave to my Son William, and  
another plantation On Deep Creek, where Richd. Camp now  
Liveth, And One hundred Acres of Land Lying in Cahukee  
Swamp. I also Leave & Bequeath to him a Negro Boy, Called  
Torn and A Negro girl Named Jenny, I also give him a Large  
feather Bed wt. new furniture, I also Give him A Black walnut  
Square table, and four Leather Chairs, two Iron pots, two putre  
Basons, two Do. Dishes, and four plates, and One Iron Spit,  
and Six head of horses & Mares, And all the Stock of Cattle  
and Hogs in ye. plantation where Richd. Camp now Liveth,  
to be Divided Betwixt Camp and he, And twenty five head of  
Cattle, Young and old, of my home Stock, And four head of  
Sheep. I also Leave and Bequeath to him Seven pounds  
Currant Money of Virginia, and One Silver Sack Cup, and One  
Small trunk, and an Iron Bound Case of Bottles.
 Item. I Leave and Bequeath to My Son, Davie Hopper,  
A hundred and Sixty Acres of Land Lying in the fork of the  
Bever Darn Swamp, joyning the Land I gave to My Son, Wil- 
liam, I also Leave & Bequeath to him twenty pounds Currt.  
Money of Virginia, due to me pr. James Barns, By a note under  
his own hand, appeareth to be paid at Mr. Theophilus Pughs.  
As also to my Son Hopper Two thousand weight Of pork to be  
paid at his own house.
 I also Leave and Bequeath to my well Beloved friend, John  
Pope One hundred Acres of Land in A place On Cahukee Line,  
below ye. place where Robt. Wright Now Liveth.
 I also Leave and Bequeath to James Turner, Living in Vir- 
ginia, the Remainder of the tract of Land I Left to my Son  
Hopper.
 I Leave and Bequeath all the rest of My Moveable Estate,  
to be divided Betwixt my wife, and my Son Wm. and Arthur,  
at the discretion of my Executors, Whom I Constitute and  
appoint who are My Sons, Davie Hopper and Wm. Bryant.  
Publishing, Declaring and pronouncing this and no other to be  
my last will and Testament.
Sealed wt. my Seal and dated the 14th day of 7 E., 1734.

                                JOHN BRYAN (Seal)
        ROBT BEDFORD,
        ARCHBALD THOMPSON,
           her
        ANN X TRAZIER.
          mark

No CAROLINA. EDGECOMB SS. At a Court held for the Said Precint. on  
the third Tuesday of May, anno Dom. 1735. Present His Majesties  
Justices:
 These may Certifie, that Anne Frazier, one of the Subscribing Evidences  
to the within Will, Appeared in Open Court and made Oath on the Holy
Evangelists that he was present and Saw, John Bryant, Sign, Seal & declare  
the within to be and Contain hie Last Will & Testament, & that the Said  
John Bryant was then and at that time of Sound and disposeing Memory;  
& that he Saw Robt. Radford, and Archd. Thompson, the other Subscrib- 
ing Evidence Sign their names thereto at the Same time. Then also Appd.  
Davis Hopper, and William Bryant, Executors, in Open Court, and took  
the Execu. Oath in due form of Law.
 Ordered that the Secrey have notice thereof, that Letters Testamentory  
Issue there on
                             Test. J. W. MER.---(?) Cler. Cur

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