Halifax County NcArchives Wills.....Reed, Susanna 1704
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Source: Will Book
Written: 1704

Will of Susanna Reed

Halifax County, NC Will Book 1, Part 2, 1755-1781, pp. 293-294.
Devised August 22, 1764
Probated November Court, 1771.

In the Name of God Amen, the twenty second Day of August in the Year of our Lord 
one thousand seven Hundred and sixty four I Susanna Reed of Halifax County being 
well in Health and in my Perfect Memory mind and sense & blessed be God for it 
and therefore Calling to mind the Mortality of my Body and knowing that it is 
appointed for all Persons toDie do make and Ordain this my last will and 
Testament that is to Say & Principally and first of all I recommend My soul into 
the hands of God that Gave it and my body I recommend it to the Earth to be 
buried in a Christian like manner and decent at the Discretion of my
Executors after named nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall 
receive the same again by the Mighty Power of God and as touching such things as 
God has been pleased to bless me with in this life of my Worldly Estate, I Give, 
Divide, and Dispose of the same in the following manner and form - And First, I 
desire all my lawful Debts to be paid.
Item to my son Arthur West I give Eight Shillings proc[lamation] money.
Item to my daughter Mourning Vaughn I Give Eight shillings proc[lamation money].
Item to my son William West I Give Eight Shillings proclamation money.
Item to my Son Robert West & his Heirs Eight Shillings Proc[lamation] money.
Item to my daughter Katherine Reed I give and bequeath Eighty acres of Land 
Including the Plantation where I now live, it being the Land which was Left to me 
and my heirs for ever by my first husband, to Wit. Henry West, which land and 
premises I Give and bequeath to my Daughter aforenamed and her Heirs and Assigns 
forever, & all of everything Else that I am Possessed with both within Doors & 
without to be her Property forever. 
I also Constitute and appoint my Daughter Cathern Reed & my trusty friend Charles 
Daniel my only sole Executors of this my last will and Testament and Do hereby 
utterly Disallow, Revoke, and Disannul all and ever other Testaments wills and 
Legacies and Executors by me over and before named Willed and Bequeathed 
ratifying and Confirming this and no Other to be my Last will and
Testament. Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hands and seal the Day and Year 
above Written in presence of
Ame Daniel
Edmund Daniel                                 Susanna (x) Reed
Thomas Daniel

Halifax County November Court, 1771.
Then this will was Exhibited in Open Court by the Executrix Catherine Reed and 
Duly proved by the Oath of Ame Daniell, a subscribing Witness thereto who on her 
Oath Did say that she saw the Testator Susanna Reed sign seal publish and Declare 
the same to be her last will and testament & she together with Edmund Daniel & 
Thomas Daniel the Other Witnesses, subscribed severally their Respective Names as 
Witnesses thereto in the Presence of the Testator
and at her Request whereupon the Executrix afore mentioned was Duly qualified & 
on motion Ordered to be Recorded.
							
                           Test. Jos. Montfort C.C.

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