Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Stephens, Shadrack 1790
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Written: 1790
Recorded: 1790

	Stephens, Shadrack  will, 4 Feb 1790, proved Feb Ct. 1790.  In the 
name of God Amen..... 4 Feb 1790,  I Shadrack Stephens of Edgecombe Co. being 
weak of body but of sound & perfect mind & memory....to my loving wife, Lucy 
Stephens my two year old roahn filly, her choice of my stock of cattle, three 
cows & calves, three young cattle, all my stock of sheep and (geese), all my 
stock of hogs; also lend to my said wife all my household & kitchen furniture 
together will all my plantation utensils & tools of every kind during her 
widowhood, also the use of all my land & plantation, whereon I now live 
during her widowhood & her thirds after her marriage during her natural life; 
remainder part of my estate excepting my land to be sold at the discretion of 
my executors and 15 pounds of money arising therefrom I give unto my wife and 
after my debts & legacies are paid the remainder to of money to be equally 
divided among my children; George, Tabitha, Betsey & James Stephens; to my 
two sons, George & James Stephens, all my land lent to my wife after her 
marriage or death to be divided equally between them by value; I nominate and 
appoint my friends Joshua Killebrew, Jesse Deloach & my wife, Lucy Stephens 
as executors of my will, signed Shadrack Stephens (X), wit. (S) Ruffin, 
Stephenson Pond, Wm. Deloach.  Proved Feb Ct. 1790.  Edgecombe Co. Wills, 
Shadrack Stephens, 1790, NCA file CR.037.801.28.


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