Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Coleman, Robert 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, 7:27 pm Source: N C Archives Written: 1761 Coleman, Robert, will date 10 Jan 1761, proved Mar Ct 1761; In the Name of God Amen... Robert Coleman of Edgecombe County, gent being very sick & weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks by given unto God... give my soul into the hands of God that gave it and my body I recommend it to the earth... imprimis I reserve to my beloved wife (Susanor Coleman) the use of the plantation whereon I now live during her natural life and afterward to be the property of my son, Robt Coleman; item I give devise and bequeath unto my beloved son (? Coleman) 30 pounds cash money; item I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Robert Coleman the plantation & land whereon I now live and also 100 acres of land joyning to it out of the land that was surveyed for (me) by William Haywood and also the muscate gun that I hunt with; item I give devise & bequeath unto my beloved son (Cadar Coleman) all the remaining part of the aforesaid tract of land that was surveyed for me by the aforesaid Haywood and joyning to Swift Creek; item and as for the other part of my estate it is my will & desire that it shall be equally divided between my aforesaid wife & (twelve) children, viz Aron Coleman, Cader Coleman, Stephen Coleman, Sarah Coleman, Robert Coleman, Josiah Coleman, Susanor Coleman, (Jaconious Coleman), (? Coleman), (Nancy Coleman) & (? Coleman). I appoint my beloved wife, Susanor Coleman, (Aaron Coleman), Cadar Coleman & Stephen Coleman executors of my will, signed Robert Coleman, wit Wm Haywood, Jas Wombwell, (Jos Williams). Proved in open court by the oaths of William Haywood, Esq and Jas Wombwell and executors qualified. Will Book A, page 29. Abstracted 3-15-06, NCA film C.037.80001, CTC. Additional Comments: Edgecombe County Will Book A File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/edgecombe/wills/coleman2548wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb