Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Clark, James W. 1844
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Written: 1844

	Clark, James W, will, 1844, date of will 1 Nov 1843, date proved Feb 
Ct. 1844.  I James W. Clark of Tarboro... I give to my beloved wife, Arabelle 
E. Clark my dwelling house and adjoining lots in Tarboro for her lifetime and 
then to Henry T. Clark, also to my wife, in fee simple all my household and 
kitchen furniture and appurtances of my lot, my carriage and horses, wagon 
and gear, two cows and calves, and twelve months provisions, also the 
following negroes, Sam, Lewis, Patience, Jane and Clarissa; to my son, Henry 
T. Clark I give my books, and papers, my guns, rifle and walking sticks, my 
father’s watch and my own; to my daughter, Maria T. Clark, I give negroes 
Bolivar and Rebecca and her increase; to my daughter Mary S. Clark I give 
negroes Washington and Sarah and her increase; to my daughter Laura P. Cotton 
of Florida, and to my son, Henry T. Clark, I give negroes I have heretofore 
advanced to them; all the remainder of my negroes in North Carolina, and 
Alabama, together with the balance of my real and personal property not 
heretofore named, I desire to be equally divided between Arabella E.  Clark, 
Henry T. Clark, Maria T. Clark, Laura P. Cotton and Mary S. Clark, with the 
understanding that the negroes given to each of them will be valued and the 
valued be taken by them as a part of their distributive share; son Henry T. 
Clark is impowered to sell store in Tarboro and my tract of land in Dyer 
County, Tennessee when it is in the best interest to do so; Henry T. Clark 
has authority to sell land in Weakly County, Tennessee to Alfred Gardner by a 
contract entered with said Gardner; my body to be interred in the Episcopal 
Church burial ground in Tarboro; son, Henry T. Clark to be executor, signed 
J.W. Clark, wit. Th. Parker, Ben. M. Jackson, Jos. Blount Cheshire.  
Abstracted from copy of original, NCA file CR.037.801.7, 1-18-03, CTC.


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