Johnston County NcArchives Wills.....McCoy, John 1781 ************************************************ 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: Mark Valsame mv66nc@msn.com October 30, 2017, 5:51 pm Will of John McCoy Johnston County, NC Original Wills, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC; Recorded Copy, Johnston County, NC Will Book 2, 1761-1860, p. 265. Devised January 8, 1781, Proven November 29, 1781. In the name of god amen, I, John Mackcoy being of sound and perfect mind and memory blesed be to god for it, do this 8 day of January in the year of our Lord 1781 make and publish this my Last Will and testament in maner that following, that is to say, first I give and bequeath to my son John Mackcoye all my Lands and all the Rest of my Estate I leave to be sold and equally to be devided betwene my Wife and Children. and I heare by make and ordane my Worthy friend Aaron Vinson Executer of this my Last Will and testament in Wittness Wheareof I the said John Mackcoy have to this my last Will and testament set __ my hand and seal this day and year above riten. Si[g]ned seal[ed] published and declared by the said John Mackcoy the testater as his Laste Will and Testement in the presents at the time of signing and sealing thereof. Etheldred Gregory Benja (-) Munagin John (x) Mackcoy (Seal) [Verso] John McCoys Will 1781 Johnston County, NC Court Minutes, Book 3, 1778-1786, p. 187. November 29, 1781, Proved in open Court the Last Will and testament of John McCoy decd. by the oath of Benjamin Scogin a subscribing witness thereto and Aaron Vinson Esqr. the Executor therein named came into Court & qualified agreeable to Law. Transcribed by Mark Valsame, Raleigh, NC. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/johnston/wills/mccoy2567gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb