Guilford County NcArchives Wills.....Shaw, Benjamin April 5, 1830
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Source: North Carolina State Archives
Written: April 5, 1830
Recorded: February 1846

Will book –C-, page #245, Feb 1846,File  #0911
State of North Carolina, Guilford County.

I BENJAMIN SHAW, do by these presents make this my last will and give and do 
allow MATTHEW SHAW, the full privilege of the plantation where I now live to 
make a crop of every convenience that is, m--------- to accomplish the same un-
------  this year. 

2nd, I give to my [son] JAMES SHAW one dollar out of my estate.

3rd, I give JONATHAN FISHER, formerly my son-in-law one dollar. [Husband of 
SARAH SHAW]

4th, I give to my son NOBLE SHAW all the lands where he now lives by paying 
one hundred dollars to the balance of my estate.

5th, I give to DRUSY WOOD and RHODA [SHAW] his wife, one-hundred and ten acres 
of land joining JARED PERKINS and FREDERICK DEEN in that lease.

6th JAMES MORTON and MARY [SHAW] his wife, I give one hundred and forty-five 
acres of land beginning at a black oak south [IOURING?] HUNT and ISAAC STANLEY 
in that border of my land.

7th I give MATTHEW SHAW two hundred dollars to be made out of my estates.

8th, I give ROBERT NORDYKE and BETSY [ELIZABETH BETSY SHAW] two hundred 
dollars to be made out of my estate.

The said moneys to MATTHEW SHAW and ROBERT NORDYKE to be paid by my 
representative fifty-dollars per year until paid up [by] my will, that is all 
my past debts should in the first place be paid out of my estate.

I also will the balance of my estate to be equally divided between all my 
children except JAMES SHAW and JONATHAN FISHER.

Lastly, I constitute and appoint my son AARON SHAW and my son-in-law JAMES 
MORTON as my executors to this my last will and witness in whereof I have set 
my hands and deal this fifth day of April 1830.

I hereby certify that the above dates I wrote this instrument of writing by 
BENJAMIN SHAW execution	 to be [hand will].

Signature M. McGready,  jurate

State of North Carolina, Guilford County:  February Term 1846.
The forgiving instrument of writing pertaining to be the last will and 
testament of Benjamin Shaw Dec. 9 was produced in open court and duty proven 
as such by Morris McGrady.  Who wrote said will and the court doth ----- that 
the same is sufficient to pay both real and personal estate.  And on motion 
ordered to be recorded.	Test:  John M Logan CCC   by M. McCullock OK


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