NC, Greene Co.,  Will, Eliz. Murphrey's 1788
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Elizabeth Murphey will: copy found in the Frederick Lee Edwards Collection.

Elizabeth Murphrey's will 25 Oct.1788  

John Murphrey was registered as a taxpayer in Dobbs County, NC in 1769.John 
Murphrey died in 1776.   Elizabeth Harrison Murphrey and John Murphrey became the
parents of Jethro Murphrey in NC, March 1755. She made a will in Dobbs County, NC
25Oct. 1788. 

EVENT TEXT: "In the Name of The Most Holy Lord-Amen- I,
Elizabeth Murphrey of the parish of St Patricks, Dobbs County State of
North Carolina, being possessed of an ancient form but still retaining
my right mind do here by make & Ordain this to be my last will and
Testament in the manner following to wit: It is my first desire that
these old bones of mine be taken from the place of my Demize to the
graveyard hill on the Beare Garden plantation whereon I live & there be
layd to rest beside my late husband & children.  It is also my desire
that my body be given a proper burial in the rights of the church of
England which is the Faith to which I still adhere despite the
pursecution of that Faith brot about by the late Unpleasant War. I ask
that Revered Master Cuttin of Newbern be brot to this place to preach
over my Mortal remains and for my Soul as there has not been a priest in
this parish since the late war against the King. I grant all my lands in
Dobbs County including the plantation whereon I live on Contentne river
to my son John Murphrey only if he sell the place whereon he now lives
to one of his brothers and moves to this place. He is also to get all my
other property, both real and personal, save for some few items herein
listed, including all my slaves to the number of 20 (except the mulatter
girl Phebe) and is to sell what of them he deems necessary and the money
arising from the sale to be added to that receved from the sell of his
plantation and both sums be used to bring him & his family up out of the
debts which he has occasioned of late by his late run of bad
investments. I pray most earnestly that from this point on he learn to
live a sober and industrious life in which frugality and good sence play
a major part. It is my desire that my daughter in law, Polly Murphrey,
for all the past favors she has showed me have my riding chair &
harness, my mare called Sugar Lumpe and 1 ladies saddle.Also all my deft
ware and all my jewelry and plate not otherwise devised. My son Jethro
Murphrey is to have my picture which hangs in the dining room and the
one of himself which is in the upper Hall and he is not to bother the
pictures of myself and my late husband in the parlour or those of his
grandparents in the lower hall, it being my desire that they go to my
son John's children. He is also to have the Deerhall Track in Dobbs
County on Louson Swamp adjoining Sugg and Howard. His wife Penny is to
have the 3 Great enamaled Chargers and the bed and furniture which
stands in the second best bedroom. Also the four silver bowls and the 12
dessart spoons marked EM & the diamond necklise & Drps. My grandson Ben
Murphrey is to get one half of my books and my grandson William Murphrey
the other half. My Sugg grandchildren are to have L 50 each and their
mother to have the pictures of herself & her husband and the Landskap
that hangs in the back parlour with what I have already given her. My
daughter Nancy Caswell and her Heirs are to have the track of woodlands
at Sandy Bottom adjoining Croom and the river & my mulatter girl Phebe,
she to be extempt from those given to my son John. All my other heirs
are to have each a lock of my hair & L 10. The picture of my daughter
Lany is to be sent to Mr. Frederic Dickson of Rainbow who was much
enamored of her while she lived. I hereby appoint my son John Murphrey
and Mr. Murphrey DIckson the Executors to this my last will & Testament
revoking all those I may have written. Signed sealed delivered &
published by my own hand & in the presence of these wittnessed this 25
day of October in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and
eightyeight.
 Elizabeth Murphrey