Guilford County NcArchives Wills.....Benbow, Benjamin 1829
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Source: Personal
Written: 1829
Recorded: 1829

Benjamin Benbow

Whereas I, Benjamin Benbow of the County of Guilford and State of North 
Carolina, being weakly of Body, but of a sound mind & perfect memory, think 
best to make something by way of last will and testament, which I do in manner 
& form following: 
And first, I will that all my just debts & funeral charges be paid & 
discharged by my executors herin after named. 
2nd. I will & ordain that my son Benjamin Benbow have all of my lands & farm 
wheron I now live, supposed to be one hundred and eighty-four acres, more or 
less, as his property for ever, by his rendering unto his mother a sufficient 
support year after year during her widowhood out of the profits arising from 
said farm. 
3rd. I will that my beloved wife Lydia Benbow have the privilege of the house 
& the use of the household & kitchen furniture of every kind during her 
widowhood, but if she should marry, my will is that my household & kitchen 
furniture, except the clock, be equally divided between her and my two 
daughters Elizabeth & Ann, share and share alike - 
4th. I will that my wife have my bay horse Cold Celem and forty dollars in 
money to be levied and raised out of my estate to be wholey at her disposal - 
5th. I will that my son Benjamin Benbow have the block as his property at my 
decease. 
6th. I will the remaining part of my property not before disposed of, be 
equally divided, by selling or otherwise, between my three sons namely, John 
Benbow, David Benbow, and Benjamin Benbow, share and share alike. 
And lastly, I nominate, constitute, and appoint my two sons David & Benjamin 
Benbow, executors to this my last will and testament, revoking all other wills 
by me made, ratifying and confirming this to be the only one in force in 
witness whereof I have her unto set my hand and seal this twenty-sixth day of 
the first month, 1829. 
                                  Benjamin Benbow (seal) 

Signed and acknowledged as such in the presence of us. Moses Owens, Nicholas 
Clark, Thomas Lloyd 

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State of North Carolina, Guilford County, February 1829: The executor of the 
within will was duly proven in open court by the oaths of Moses Owens & 
Nicholas Clark, two of the subscribing witnesses thereto. Ordered to be 
recorded. Then came in David Benbow & Benjamin Benbow, Executors appointed in 
said will and qualified. (signed) 

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