Edgecombe County, NC - Wills - ELIZABETH RUFFIN-1851

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I, Elizabeth Ruffin of the county of Edgecomb and state of North Carolina 
being of sound mind and disposing memory do make publish and declare, this 
to be my last will and testament inmanner and form as follows to wit:

1. Item. I give and bequest to ELIZABETH F. RUFFIN one bed and staed adn 
all its necessary furniture and the black chest to have and to hold to her 
and her heirs forever.

2nd Item. I give and bequest to SALLY RUFFIN half a dozen blue edged plates,
a large pot and a half dozen cups and saucers to have and to hold to her 
and her heirs forever.

3rd Item. I give and bequeath to POLLY RUFFIN a spider with a lid to it, 
a desk and a half dozen plates, to have and to hold to her and her heirs 
forever.

4th Item. I give and bequeath to ELIZABETH ANN THOMS  one black safe, a 
pair of flat irons,  a half dozen table spoons, one coffee pot and a glass 
sugar dish to have and to thold to her and her heirs forever.

5th Item. I give and bequeath to SAMUEL H. RUFFIN one bottle, a pitcher, 
a hard jug and a hammer to have and to hold to him and his heirs forever.

6th Item. It is my will and desire that all my clothes be equally divided 
between ELIZABETH FRANCES RUFFIN, SALLY RUFFIN, POLLY TAYLOR and SUSAN THOMS
to them and their heir forever.

7th Item. It is my will and desire, that the balance of my property be given
to SALLY RUFFIN to have and to hold to her and her heirs forever.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal on this 3rd day of

June A.D. 1850 in presence of us:     Elizabeth Ruffin (her x mark)
C.B. Killebrew
C.H. Jenkins

State of N. Carolina   Edgecombe County
Court of Pleas and     August Term  1851

The foregoing paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of 
the late Elizabeth Ruffin of this County, is offered for probate and it...
duly process by the oath of Churchill B. Killebrew one of the subscribing 
witnesses thereof, and thereupon ordered to be recorded as her last will 
and testament.
                                     James Umfleet, Clerk

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