Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Cain, James 1762
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Written: 1762

 Cain, James, will date 28 Mar 1761, proved Jun Ct (1762); In the Name of 
God Amen... I James Cain of the County of Edgecombe being very sick & weak 
in body but of perfect mind & memory thanks be given to god... I recommend 
my soul into the hands of God that gave it and for my body I recommend it to 
the earth to be buried in a Christian like manner... nothing doubting but at 
the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power 
of God ... Item I give & bequeath to my daughter Debah Cain one Negro wench 
called (Jive) & one Negro girl called Jive & one Negro boy Peter & one feather 
bed & furniture & five cows & calfs & also my bay riding mare to be possessed 
at eighteen years of age; Item To my daughter (something written but scratched 
out, illegible name over scratched name) I give & bequeath one Negro wench 
called Nan & one girl called Peg & one Negro girl called Dinah and one feather 
bed and furniture and one linen wheel to be possessed at eighteen years of 
age; Item to my daughter Elizabeth Cain I give and bequeath one Negro girl 
called Winnie & one Negro boy called Daniel and one feather bed & furniture 
and one linen wheel to be possessed with at the age of eighteen years of age; 
Item to my daughter Mary Cain I give & bequeath one Negro girl called Patt and 
one Negro boy called Jep & one feather bed & furniture and five cows & calfs 
and one linen wheel to be possessed at the age of eighteen years; Item to my 
son James Cain I give & bequeath the plantation and land where I now live 
containing 640 acres and half the (    ) survey and also a Negro boy called 
(Ben) a Negro man called (Gery) and my still and walnut table and one (great) 
pot and one great bible Y 10 head of cattle and one young mare and a feather 
bed and furniture; Item to my daughter Ann Cain I give & bequeath one Negro 
man called Tom and one Negro man called (      ) and one feather bed & 
furniture & two large pewter dishes and ten head of cattle to be possessed 
at the age of eighteen; Item to my son (Harde Cain) I give & bequeath the 
(mill) and plantation and a 160 acres and half my new survey and one Negro man 
called Simon and one Negro man (Priner) and also 10 head of cattle and one 
iron pot and a young mare; Item to my son Jacob Cain I give & bequeath a 
plantation and tract of land containing 200 acres lying on the Beaver Dam 
Swamp and a tract of land in Johnson County containing 320 acres and one Negro 
boy named Jack and 50 pds VA money to purchase him a bed and six pds VA money 
to buy some cattle and one iron pot and one rifle gun.  There is a Negro man 
called (Sam) which if (Charles Daniel) after a fortnight try at (         ) to 
purchase him at the price agreed upon he is to pay the money to my executor 
if not the Negro & (               ) is to be returned as sold and all the 
rest of my movable estate to the highest bidder and then (          ) all my 
lawful debts to be paid and my three sons to have the (                    ) 
and the rest of the money divided among my children.  I likewise constitute 
make & ordain my brother in law Edward Moore and my brother in law William 
Walker my only & sole executors, signed James Cain, wit Charles Daniel, (Mison 
Weaver), David Phillips (X).  Proved by oath of Charles Daniel, (Mison Medro) 
and David Phillips and executors was qualified.  Will Book A, page 70.  
Abstracted 4-14-06, NCA film C.037.80001, CTC.


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