Johnston County NcArchives Wills.....Johnson, Henry 1807
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Will of Henry Johnson
      
Johnston County, NC Original Wills, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, 
NC; Recorded Copy, Johnston County, NC Will Book 1, 1760-1859, p. 205.
Devised October 11, 1807, 
Probated November 23, 1807.
  
In the Name of God Amen, I, Henry Johnson, Senr. of the County of Johnston in 
the State of North Carolina being in a low state of health, but in perfect and 
sound mind and memory, for which I am truly thankful to Almighty God, Do this 
Eleventh day of October, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred 
and Seven, make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, as follows (To 
wit):
Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Drury Johnson the following negroes, to 
wit, Andrew, Patience, and Winny to him and his heirs forever.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Jerusha Busbee the following 
negroes, to wit, Skipper, Willis, and Handy to her and to her Heirs forever.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Druzilla Pate three negroes named 
Tempy, David, and Green to her and to her heirs forever.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife Patsy Johnson one Tract of Land 
containing about Three Hundred Acres, lying on the South side of the Marsh 
Branch adjoining the Lands of Drury Johnson and others, one negro girl named 
Penny, to her and her heirs forever, And also one Bay Mare called Nanee.   And 
it is further my [will] and desire after the payment of my Just Debts, that 
all my property of every kind, not before willed, be equally divided between 
my wife, and all my surviving children, and not to the representative or 
representatives of my deceased child or children.  And I hereby constitute and 
appoint my son Drury Johnson my sold Executor of this my last Will and 
Testament, hereby making null and void all other or former wills or Testaments 
by me heretofore made, and declaring this and only this to be my last Will and 
Testament.   In Witness whereof I the said Henry Johnson Senr. have hereunto 
set my hand and seal the date above written.
Signed, Sealed, Published         			
and Declared by the said                         Henry Johnson
Testator to be his last will
and Testament in the presence of
[No Names Listed]
          
Johnston County November Term, 1807.
Then was the above will exhibited in open court for probate which was duly 
proven and ordered to be recorded.  				                   
R. Sanders, C.S.C.


Johnston County, NC Court Minutes, Book 7, 1805-1807, p. 225.

November 23, 1807, Was exhibited for Probate by the Executor the last Will & 
Testament of Henry Johnson Sen. Decd. and there being no Subscribing witness 
thereunto, the Court proceeded to hear the testimony of Reuben Sanders who 
deposed to the due Execution of the Same, when Drury Johnson the Executor 
therein named Came into Court and Qualified agreeably to Law, It is therefore 
Ordered that Said Will be Recorded, & that Letters issue. And it is further 
Ordered that John Carrell, Sill Johnson & Philip Johnson be appointed 
Commissioners to divide Such part of the Residue of the Personal Estate of 
Said Decd. as the Executor thereof may deem expedient at this time, and that 
they report their proceedings thereon to the next Court to be held for this 
County.


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