Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Coleman, Charles 1761 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tommy Colbert clycolbert@aol.com June 20, 2011, 7:26 pm Source: N C Archives Written: 1761 Coleman, Charles, will date 2 Apr 1761, proved Jun Ct 1761; In the Name of God Amen... I Charles Coleman of Edgecombe County being very sick & weak in body but of perfect mind & memory thanks be give unto god... I give & recommend my soul unto the hands of God that gave it & for my body I recommend it to the earth to be burried in a Christian like manner... nothing doubting that at the general resurrection I shall ( ) the same again by the Almighty power of God... I give & bequeath unto my son (Aaron) the feather bed & furniture that I lye on and also my rifle gun; I give & bequeath to my daughter Abagal 200 acres of land on the south side of Beach Run at the upper end of a survey that I took up & also one feather bed & furniture; I give & bequeath unto my brother Jonathan Coleman all the remaining part of that survey of land on the south side of Back Run (probably Beach Run) between that I gave my daughter & Elisha Battle's line; I give & bequeath unto my father, Charles Coleman all that part of that survey of land that I took up that lyes on the north side of Back Run; I leave all the rest of my estate to be equally divided between my son & daughter, Aaron & Abagal except my stock of all kind to be sold & the money to be divided to them; I also constitute & ordain my father, Charles Coleman my only & sole executor; signed Charles Coleman (possible mark), wit Elisha Battle, (J?? Murphree), (Rachel Coleman), proved by Elisha Battle & John Murphree. Will Book A, page 46. Abstracted 3-26-06, NCA film C.037.80001, CTC. Additional Comments: Edgecombe County Will Book A File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/edgecombe/wills/coleman2546wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb