Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Williams, John 1792 ************************************************ 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, 4:28 pm Source: N C Archives Written: 1792 Recorded: 1793 Williams, John will, 14 Mar 1792, Aug Ct 1793; In the name of God, I John Williams being in perfect health and mind blessed be God for the same...recommend my soul to Almighty God...Item to my son Benjamin Williams all the land that lies in the fork of the branches where he now lives, also one horse colt known by the name of Dereck; item to my dafter Mary the now wife of Robert Lancaster, one horse known by the name of Brandy and also “all the that they may have of mine” in their possession; item son Jesse Williamses two dafters Milbre and Nancy I give the plantation whereon my said son Jesse formerly lived divided by the Schoolhouse Branch and it is my desire that Milbre may have the plantation and lower half of the land and Nancy the upper end from the Schoolhouse Branch and if either shall die without issue that the other may have the whole of the land and if both dies without issue that it may fall to my estate and be sold and proceeds divided among all my children; item son John Williams one tract of land containing 194 acres joining himself and (Hard Todd); dafter Lucy the now wife of John Bell one negro woman named Cloe and her increase if any; to my son Drewry Williams I give the plantation whereon I now live together with all the land I own on the north side of Town Creek only reserving to my loving wife Mourning during her lifetime in it and liberty of the plantation and all the land on below the road; dafter Betsey one negro named Joe and one tract of land containing 178 acres I purchased of Shadreck Proctor also two cows and calves and one feather bed and furniture; wife Mourning five cows and calves, two two year old stears, ten two year old hogs, ten year old hogs and three sows and pigs, one horse called Buck and one mare called Pideon, two negro women, (Dol and Mad), two feather beds and furniture, two dishes, four basons, six plates, one case knives and forks, one chest, to iron pots and one iron kettle, one cart and wheels and one grubbing hoe, a weeding hoe, two plant hoes, one wooling one lining wheel and all my stock of sheep that is at home and six chears, remainder of estate to be sold and divided among all my children, my son John Williams and my wife, Mourning to be my executors, signed (no signature and no witnesses), Jno. Williams qualified. Poorly written and hard to read. Abstracted 2-17-04, NCA file CR.037.801.33. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/edgecombe/wills/williams1946gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb