Hyde County NcArchives Wills.....Slade, John 1743
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Source: N C Wills & Inventories - Grimes
Written: 1743

                   JOHN SLADES' WILL. 

In the Name of God Amen. 

This Sixth Day of September, Anno, Seventeen hundred & 
forty three. I, John Slade, of Hyde County, in the province 
of North Carolina, being Sick & weak of Body, but of Perfect 
Sense & Memory, Blessed be God for it, do Constitute & Ordain 
this my Last Will & Testament, That is is to Say, first, I Give 
& bequeath my Soul to God that Gave it me; & my body I 
Commit to the Earth to be buried in a Chrisitan Like Manner; 
and as for what worldly Goods the Lord in his Mercy hath been 
pleased to bestow on me I Give & bequeath as followeth, Viz.: 

Imprimis, I Give unto my Eldest Son, John Slade, the plan- 
tation he now lives on, with a hundred & twenty five Acres of 
Land, it being the Land I bought of John Smith, Cooper, to 
him & his heirs for ever. 

Item, I Give to my Son, Benjamin Slade, the plantation 1 
now dwell on with a Line that I have made adjoyning to the 
Land I bought of John Smith, Cooper, & So running up the 
Creek to a Pine Markt, & So round to the Said Land that I 
bought of the Said Smith, to him & his heirs for ever. 

Item, I Give to my Son, Wilham Hodges Slade, the remainder 
Part of the Manner Plantation which in my Patent is five hun- 
dred & Eighty Acres, of what is Left out of the Patent o^ my Son, 
Benjamin Slade Land, which I have bounded by Markt trees; 
& Also a tract Land one hundred & fifty Six Acres of Land & ad- 
joining to the former pieces of Land, to him & his heirs for ever. 

Item, I Give unto my Son, Hezekiah Slade, the Remainder 
part of two hundred & fifty Acres as by patent doth appear; 
& also the remainder part of one hundred & fifty Acres I bought 
of Francis Banks, it being the remainder part of both parcels 
I haveing already made a deed of Gift & Given to my Daughter, 
Mary Jewel, & her husband Ben: Jewel, as by bounds doth 
appear that I have made be the Same more or Less, & the re- 
mainder of the said two parcels of Land I Give unto my Son, 
Hezekiah Slade, & his heirs for ever. 

Item, I have already Given to my Daughter, Mary Jewel, 
& Benj : Jewel, her husband, two hundred Acres of Land, be 
the Same More or Less, as by a Deed a Gift More & at Large 
appears bearing date the Sixth Day of September, Anno, 
1737: & also a parcel of Cattle, which is to be there full part 
& portion of My Estate & I Demise that they shall not Come 
in for no more. 

Item, I Give unto my Son, Hez: Slade, one Gun. 

Item, I Give unto my Son, Wm: Hodges Slade, one Gun. 

Item, I Give unto my Son, Benjn: Slade, one Gun. 

Item, I Give unto my Son, Hez: Slade, one Cow & Calf. 

Item, I Give unto my Son, Wm: Hodges Slade, what Cattle 
is in his Mark which is under Square the Left ear. 

Item, I Give unto my Son, Benjn: Slade, what Cattle is in 
his Mark which is Crop & an under bit & one Slit in the Right 
Ear. 

Item, I Give unto my Daughter, Sarah Slade, what Cattle 
is in her Mark which is under Square the Right Ear. 

Item, I Give unto my Daughter, Kezia Slade, one feather 
bed & furniture. 

Item, I Give unto my welbeloved Wife, Abigal Slade, all the 
rest of my Moveables within Doors & Without, that I have not 
already, be it of what kind Soever, or in any wise appertaining 
to me, to her & her Disposals. 

And I will that my Wife, Abigal Slade, be my Sole Executrix 
of this my Last Will & Testament & that She Satisfie all my 
Debt that I Justly owe to any Person. 

    his 
John X Slade. (SEAL) 
   mark 

Signed, Sealed & Pronounced in 
the Presence of us, to be the Last 
Will & Testament of the Testator: 

Richard Leath. 

William Wilkinson. 

Uriah Collins 

Hyde County, Decbr. Court, 1743. (1743) 

The with in will was proved in open Court by the oath of Richd. Leath 
& Wm. Wilkerson, two of the Subscribing Evedenccs thereto, ordered 
that Secretary have notice thereof. 

Wm. Barrow, Clk. Cr. 

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