Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Fort, Elias 1761
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Written: 1761

 Fort, Elias, will date 14 Jan 1761, proved (Mar Ct 1761); In the name 
of God Amen... I Elias Fort of Edgecombe County... being sick and weak 
in body but of perfect sound sence and memory thanks be given to the 
almighty God for it...recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave 
it me and secondly I give my body to the dust from which it came to be 
buried in a decent Christian manner at the discretion of my 
exors...imprimis I give and bequeath to my loving wife (Cathron Fort) 
one feather bed and furniture, also I lend her all my whole and sole 
estate of what ever kind (soever it by), my land and water mill only 
(excepted) during her widowhood and after the end of her widowhood; I 
give and dispose of as follows, item I give and bequeath (   ) to my 
loving son Joseph Fort my Negro boy called Harry and my Negro girl 
called (Moly); item I give and bequeath to my loving son William Fort 
100 acres of land lying on Tar River, beginning on the river at the 
(Chappell ?) to a beach running from there to the road near the head of 
a (        ) then across the mill swamp to his own corner and fro 
thence down to the river above the (Sain Place) and my Negro boy called 
Tobe and my Negro girl called Patience also one hundred and (    ) 
acres of land on the north side of the river oposit to the other; item 
I give and bequeath to my loving son Elias Fort the plantation whereon 
I now live and all my land there ajoyning that I have not before given 
and my Negro boy Peter and my Negro girls (Nanner) & (     ) and my 
cyder still; item I give and bequeath to my loving daughter Sarah 
Wimberly my Negro girls Rachell & Patt; item I give and bequeath to my 
grandson Jacob Dickenson one cow & calf; item all the rest of my estate 
whatsoever kind to be divided equally between my three sons, Joseph 
Fort, William Fort and Eliza Fort at the end of their mothers death or 
widowhood; I also appoint and ordain my two sons, William Fort & Elias 
Fort my whole & sole executors of my estate; signed Ellias Fort (I), 
wit (Benja Hart), (? Cotton), (           ).  Proved in open court by 
the oath of Benja Hart, Esq & Amos Cotton, two of subscribing witnesses 
and at the same time the executors qualified.  Will Book A, page 27.  
Abstracted 3-13-06, NCA film C.037.80001, CTC.


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Edgecombe County Will Book A

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