Halifax County, NC - WILL - BURT, STEPHEN-1793 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sarah Sharpless Will: Stephen Burt, 1793, noncupative, Halifax Co., NC [Halifax County, NC, Will Book 3, p. 214. Copy received from North Carolina State Archives.] ```````````````````````` [On one page]: I leave my Brother John my Negroe Fellow. to each of my Brothers William & Jesse Burt on [sic] third part of my other estate after giving said all my wearing apparel the remainder to be equally divided between the rest of my Brothers & Sisters Halifax County to wit July 16th 1793 Doctor Mungo Ponton & Mr. Thomas Amis, Personally appear'd before me, Bassett Stith, one of the justices of the peace for said county & made Oath that the above was written by Mr. Stephen Burt, in their presence and was, as they believe, intended to be the last will & Testament of him the said Stephen, and by certain signs & tokens deliver'd to them as such & that they do verily believe, that the said Stephen, at the time of writing & delivering the above was of sound & perfect mind & memory. Given under my hand & seal this 16th day of July 1793 as above written B [H ?] Stith JP [below this signature and at an angle on the page is written]: it is not properly wrote [On the back]: Halifax County [Ct ?] August Sessions 1793 Then this noncu- pative will was exhibited in Open Court and Mungo Ponton and Thomas Amis the subscribing witnesses thereto came in and being duly sworn sayeth that the Said Stephen Burt at the time of making the Said Will was as they believed in his Sound Senses and Capable of making a Will whereupon it was Ordered that the Same be Recorded Witness [L ?] Long CC ``````````````` [On a separate set of two pages]: State of North Carolina Halifax County Mr. Stephen Burt of the County and Town of Halifax Merchant was taken suddenly ill in the town of Halifax his usual place of residence on Monday morning July 15th in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety three, and was by the act of God, deprived of his speech and all power of utterance between the hours of ten and eleven oclock in the evening of the same day and remained in that melancholy and unhappy situation till he departed this Life which was about the hour of eight oclock the next morning (Tuesday), [possessing ?] nevertheless it appeared to us and as we verily believe his senses perfect and entire and about an hour before he died finding his dissolution fast approaching and still speechless possessing as before sound mind and memory he made signs and beckoned unto us for [illegible] ink and paper, with all which being immediately furnished he declared the disposition of his Estate and worldly Effects and his last will in writing [these last two words are underlined] before us who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereunto, and by sign and tokens requested us to bear witness thereto in manner and words following as will more fully appear by the original pager in his own proper hand writing hereto annexed. "I leave my Brother John my negroe Fellow -- to each of my Brothers William & Jesse Burt one third part of my other Estate after giving said all my wearing apparel -- the remainder to be equally divided between the rest of my Brothers & Sisters." Mungo Ponton Thomas Amis Halifax County Court Sworn to before me the 16th July 1793 B [H ?] Stith [J. P. ?] ============================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==============================================================