Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Knight, 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, 7:33 pm Source: N C Archives Written: 1761 Knight, Robert, will date 30 Jan 1761, proved Jun Ct 1761; In the Name of God Amen I Robert Knight of Edgecombe County... being sick & weak of body but of perfect sence & memory Praised by Almight God therefore the same... I recommend my sole into the hands of Almighty God... my body to be buried at the discretion of my executors hereafter nominated... Item- I give unto my son (Spier Knight) my plantation whereon I now live with 150 acres of land; Item- I lend my loving wife Terece Knight the third part of my plantation and all my personal estate, Negroes & household goods during her natural life & afterward... I give & bequeath unto my loving children, that is to say, Speir Knight, Penelope Knight & Francis Knight & the child of my loving wife now goes with; Item- I nominate & appoint my brother, James Knight & James Speir as executors, signed Robert Knight, wit Robert Robinson, Charles Porter, John Jones (mark). Proved By oath of John Jones & Charles Porter and executors qualified. Will Book A, page 54. Abstracted 4- 03-06, NCA film C.037.80001, CTC. Additional Comments: Edgecombe County Will Book A File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/edgecombe/wills/knight2556wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb