Johnston-Craven-Duplin County NcArchives Wills.....Connerly, John October 17, 1751 ************************************************ 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: Danette Schubert dschubert1@hot.rr.com January 26, 2012, 4:35 pm Source: Craven County Record Of Deeds 1745-1754, Vol. 5, Pp. 270-272 Written: October 17, 1751 Recorded: July 9, 1752 JOHN CONERLY WILL JOHNSTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA 17 OCTOBER 1751 In the Name of God Amen, the seventeenth of Oct. 1751, I John Connerly of the County of Johnston being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind & memory Thanks be given to Almighty God, therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it and my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in descent Christian burial at the discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the general resurrection when I shall have the same again by the mighty Power of God and touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life. I give Devise and Dispose of the same in the following manner and form. Imprimis I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Keziah Connerly the young mare that was left to me by her father at his decease, and all the other stock which her father gave her at her marriage and the feather bed she had at the time of marriage and the plantation whereon I now live with her. Item One hundred and fifty acres of land more or less being part of the survey I give and bequeath to my brother Richard Jones and Stephen Herring the remainder of the survey to be divided as hath been agreed on the survey. Stephen paying his part of the caust. Then I give and bequeath to my well beloved son William Connerly my bay mare and my son Cullen to have the first colt the mare brings. Then I give and bequeath to my well beloved daughter Patience Connerly my black mare and her increase. Item I likewise give and bequeath to my three children whose names are above written at the Time of coming to age or at the Day of Marriage five cows and calves to each. Then I give and bequeath to my sons William and Cullen each of them one feather bed. Item I give to my daughter Patience five iron pots, two pewter___, four plates and dish. Item I give to my two sons three hundred acres of Land lying on the north east of Cape Fear in Duplin County to be equally divided between them. Item I give to my son William my gun. Item What I have by me individually____the remainder of my stock. If Davie to be put to the use of buying a young Negro woman and if she should breed, I desire her Increase be equally divided among my children and if that cannot be done the money debt and stock left mentioned to be equally divided among my three children herein this Will mentioned. Item I give to my wife my horse and all my other movables. I likewise constitute make and ordain Anthony Herring Blacksmith to be my sole executor of this my last will and testament. I hereby utterly Disallow Revoke and Disannul all and every other Testaments Wills Legacies and Bequests and Executors by me and any wise before I named willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day of October 1751. Signed, sealed, and published. John (his mark ) Connerly In the presence of Elizabeth (her mark ) Jones Griffin Jones Johnston County March Court 1751 Present His Majestys Justus the last Will & Testament of John Connerly late of Johnston County deceased was exhibited & Testament was at the time thereof of sound and disposing memory after which Anthony Herring Esq. herein mentioned appeared in court and was Ratified by taking the Oath of an Executor. Ordered that Mr. Secretary have notice that Letters issued accordingly. Letters granted & filed 9 July 1752. Cha. Young C.C. Outer sheet states: Johnston County March Court 1752 Present his Majestys Justus the last Will & Testament of John Connerly late of Johnston County deceased was exhibited in court and Proved by the oaths of Elizabeth Jones and Griffin Jones. Evidence thereto who swore that they saw the Testator sign seal publish and declare the same to be his last Will & Testament and was at the time then of sound and disposing memory: after which Anthony Herring Exc. Therein mentioned appeared in Court and was qualified by taking the oath of an executor. Ordered that Mr. Secretary have notice that letters issued accordingly. Test. Cha. Young C.C. John Connerly Will filed Letters Granted and issued 9th July 1752 Recorded in Book R.S. Folio 270 Additional Comments: Transcribed from a copy provided by North Carolina Archives with spelling, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure preserved according to the original. Transcribed January 26, 2012 by Danette Lowery Schubert, descendant of John Connerly/Conerly. Short blank lines represent words which were illegible. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/johnston/wills/connerly2194gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 5.5 Kb