Edgecombe-Wilson County NcArchives Wills.....Robbins, Mary E. 1898 ************************************************ 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 21, 2011, 11:21 am Source: N C Archives Written: 1898 Recorded: 1898 Robbins, Mary E., WILSON COUNTY, NC, will date 15 Aug 1898, date recorded 16 Dec 1898; I Mary E. Robbins, wife of John C. Robbins and the daughter of Whit Williams and his wife Sada Williams of the County of Wilson and State of NC.. to my son Henry C. Robbins, 31 acres of land in No. 12 TWP, Edgecombe Co. adjoining the lands of Crissie Lee and others being the land I bought from Linda D. Martin and also one feather bed; to my son, William Elijah Robbins $5 in money and one acre of land beginning at a state (sic) on the east side of the path leading out form my house to the Bessy Braswell Place then north course to a Ditch then west course so as to make enough to make one acre adjoining his own land; to my daughter Zilphia Ellin Batts 40 acres of land lying in Edgecombe Co. No. 14 TWP adjoining the lands of A.J. Batchelor, the H.S. Taylor heirs known as the Marchal Moore Place; to my son Richard Isaac Robbins %0 acres of my home place beginning at a bend of the Ditch at the lower corner of the orchard then down said Ditch to the canal then down the canal to the lower corner and east corner then take the line back towards the maple then across the field back to the Bend of the Ditch or if the that does not make the 50 acres why run far enough in the field to make the 50 acres; to my husband John C. Robbins a home at the old homestead and the use of a one horse crop during his life time or widowhood or if should leave the old homestead and the Singal girls then all his right and title is to cease also one feather bed and furniture his lifetime a (sic) widowhood; to my two daughters Mary Matilda Robbins and Lizina Della Robbins the remainder of my land here at home say 116 acres more or less to be divided equally between them, to Mary Matilda Robbins I give one feather bed and furniture and one Domestic Sewing Machine, one large tin trunk; I give to Lizina Della Robbins one bed and furniture, one tin trunk, one bureau also one Gray Mule named Jack and one cot one big wash pot; to Mary Matilda Robbins and Lizina Della Robbins I give all the remainder of my household and kitchen furniture, all the farming implements buggie and spring wagon, these items to be used by their father if he stays home with them; the (fouls on the Dunngal included)(sic) also all the hogs and all the provisions on hand at the time of my death; all the cattle to be sold and either two feather beds and furniture and the proceeds equally divided between Mary Matilda Robbins, Lizina Della Robbins, Zilphia Batts, Richard T Robbins; to Mary Matilda Robbins one brandy still and all the fixtures; daughter Lizina Delle Robbins to be executor without security, signed Mary E. Robbins, wit. B.F. Lancaster, A.J. Batchelor, Fenner Gay. Proved in Wilson Co. by the oath of B.F. Lancaster and A.J. Batchelor. Will of Mary E. Robbins, NC State Archives, Edgecombe Co. Wills, CR.037.801.36. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/edgecombe/wills/robbins2648wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.5 Kb