Johnston County NcArchives Wills.....Johnston, Amos 1824
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Written: 1824

Will of Amos Johnston

Johnston County, NC Original Wills, State Archives of North Carolina, 
Raleigh, NC; Recorded copy, Johnston County, NC Will Book 1, 1760-1859, pp. 
371-372. 
Devised March 4, 1824, 
Proven August Term, 1824.

In the name of God Amen, I Amos Johnston of the State of North Carolina and 
County of Johnston being of sound and perfect mind and memory thanks be 
given to God for the same and calling to mind the mortality of my body and 
knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this 
instrument to contain my last will and testament in  manner and form 
following (to wit)
I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God who gave it and my body 
to the earth to be buried in a christian like and decent manner at the 
discretion of my executors hereafter named and as touching such worldly 
estate as it hath been pleased God (to bestow) to bless me with in this 
life, I give and dispose of in the following manner.
I give and bequeath to my son Reuben Johnston all the land that I own on the 
west side of the mountain branch between the road and Middle Creek besides 
what I have heretofore given him to him and his heirs forever. 
I give and bequeath to my son Britton Johnston one hundred and ten acres of 
land more or less beginning at a hickory Willis [i.e. Willie] Johnston’s 
corner and runs S 35 W 27 pole[s] to a poplar in the fork of the middle 
prong of Mountain Branch thence down the meanders of said branch to the 
north west prong of said branch then up the meanders of said prong, and 
Reuben Johnston, Warren Johnston, Drury Johnston,and Willie Johnston line[s] 
to the beginning.  I also give to my said son Britton one feather bed and 
furniture to him and his heirs forever.
I give and bequeath to my son Allen Johnston three hundred and fifteen acres 
of land more or less lying on the Stony Fork  of Hannah’s Creek including 
the land and plantation where he now lives what I have heretofore given him 
to him and his heirs forever.
I give and bequeath to my son Hardy Johnston all the land and plantation 
whereon I now live except what I have given to Reuben and Britton containing 
one hundred and forty [acres] more or less, also I give to my said son Hardy 
one feather bed and furniture, one cow and calf, one still, one rifle gun, 
one sadle and bridle, one axe, [and] one iron wedge to him and his heirs 
forever. 
I give and bequeath to my two daughters Polly and Lydia all the ballance of 
my property that I have not given away to be equally divided between them to 
them and their heirs forever.
And lastly I constitute, nominate, and appoint my beloved son Reubin 
Johnston executor to this my last will and testament disannulling and 
revoking all other wills and testaments by me made ratifying and confirming 
this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I 
have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 4th day of March 1824.
Signed, sealed, and acknowledged 
in the presence of us 
B. Robin Hood						Amos Johnston (Seal)
W. W. Johnston




State of North Carolina	August Term, 1824
Johnston County
Then was the execution of the above will duly proven in open court and 
ordered to be recorded. 

								R. Sanders, 
CSC 

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