Johnston County NcArchives Wills.....Johnson, John 1779
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Will of John Johnson
    
Johnston County, NC Original Wills, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC 
[Original only].
Devised February 26, 1779, 
Probated November 28, 1780.

In the name of God Amen, I, John Johnson of the County of Johnston and the 
parish of St. Stephens (North Carolina) being of disposing mind and memory 
thanks be to God for the Same do make and Ordain this to be my Last Will and 
Testament do Desire my worldly Goods both real and personal which it hath 
pleased God of his infinite mercy and Goodness to bestow on me to be Disposed 
of in the following manner:
Viz, Imprimis, After my funeral expenses are defrayed and Just debts are paid, 
I give unto my beloved wife Elizabeth Johnson during her life or widowhood her 
maintenance upon the said plantation whereon I now live and all the remainder 
part of my Estate during her lifetime or widowhood excepting what is hereafter 
mentioned, to wit.
Item, I give unto my beloved Son Moses Johnson all the land whereon I now live 
at his Mother's Disuse or widowhood, Dividing that from Ethelred Johnson as 
the new fence runs according to agreements between them.
Item, I give unto my beloved Children, to wit, Amos Johnson, Benjamin Johnson, 
Joshua Johnson, Ethelred Johnson, Martha Adams, Ruth Pate, and Edith Brown, 
Five shillings a piece.  
Item, I give unto my Daughter Betty Johnson Ten pounds,  Mary Johnson I give 
Ten pounds,  Sally Johnson I give Ten pounds,  and Becky  Johnson I give Ten 
pounds all my  beloved  daughters,  and after  my wife's Demise or at the end 
of her widowhood,  I desire all  the remainder part of my Estate to be equally 
to be  Divided betwixt my two Sons Starling Johnson and Henry Johnson and if 
one of them dies before he comes of Age or Marries, for it to fall to the other.
Item, I Nominate and appoint my beloved wife Elizabeth Johnson Executrix and 
my beloved Son Moses Johnson Executor of this my Last Will and Testament in 
witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal this 26 day of 
February 1779. Signed, Sealed, and Declared by the said John Johnson as his 
last Will and Testament.
Test.  
John McCullers					
William Wood, Jr.                                   John (I) Johnson


Johnston  County,  November  Term,  1780,  Then was the will  and Testament  
of John Johnson duly proved in Open Court by the  Oath of John McCullers a 
Subscribing Witness thereto and Ordered to be Registered.  
Registered January 9, 1781.                              
                                                    Wm. Ward, Clk.          


Johnston County, NC Court Mintues, Book 3, 1778-1786, p. 154.

November 28, 1780, Proved in Open Court the last will and Testament of John 
Johnson by the Oath of John McCullers, and ordered to be Registered.

November 28, 1780, Ordered that Elizabeth Johnston be appointed Ex[ecu]trix to 
the last will and Testament of John Johnson Deceased.


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