Johnston County NcArchives Wills.....Blackman, Joseph September 7, 1780 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Guy Potts http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00017.html#0004214 April 5, 2018, 8:28 pm Source: N C Archives Written: September 7, 1780 Will of Joseph Blackman To son Joseph Blackman a tract of land known as the Odom old field lying in the fork of the swamp (paper missing) acres, also a tract of land joining Thos Thornton and Thos Strickland lines the half of tract to be given containing 75 acres and be divided halfway between their lines and my old line To son William Blackman all my land lying on the west of my mill swamp with a plantation and orchard on it containing 100 acres, the mill swamp to divide it my my old plantation given to him To my son Barna Blackman the plantation I now live on with all the land belonging to it except the land given before to the other heirs To daughters Mary Blackman and Elizabeth Blackman one Negro girl named Rachel with her increase equally divided between them when they marry or of age and if the Negro girl should have no increase when they are of age she must be sold and the value divided between them, one stallion house to be divided about 6 or 8 years hence to be sold and the value of him to be equally divided To son William Blackman one shot gun To son Joseph Blackman one rifle gun To son Barna a musket gun To wife Esther Blackman all the household goods and working tools with one horse and mare for support the children with all my stock of cattle and sheep and one Negro fellow named Peter during her life time and after her decease all the stock, household and tools and Negro fellow to be equally divided amongst my children I appoint my John Faile and brother Barzillai Blackman executors Witnesses: John Thornton, James Hudson and Richard Hill No other information File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/johnston/wills/blackman2628gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb