Johnston-Wake County NcArchives Wills.....Pool, William September 26, 1763
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Source: North Carolina State Archives
Written: September 26, 1763
Recorded: October 1763

In the Name of God Amen 26th Day of September Anno Domini 1763 I, William Pool 
of Johnston County being sick in Body but of Good and perfect Memory Thanks be 
to Almighty God and calling to Remembrance the uncertain Estate of this 
Transitory Life and that all flesh must yield unto Death when it Shall Please 
God to call Do make and Declare this my Last will and Testament in manner and 
form following:  first being Penitent and sorry for all my sins most Humbly 
Desiring forgiveness for the same I commend my Soul unto almighty God my 
Saviour and Redeemer in whom and by whose Merits I trust and believe assuredly 
to be saved and to Have full Remission and forgiveness of all my sins and to 
Inherit the Kingdom of Heaven and my Body I Commit to the Earth to be 
Deacently buried at the Discretion of my Executors hereafter named and for the 
Settling of my Temporal Estate and such Goods Chattels and Debts as it hath 
Pleased god to bestow upon me I do order and give and Dispose the same in 
manner and form following:
Imprimis  I give and Bequeath unto my well beloved son John my manner 
Plantation after my wifes Decease or marrying with one Hundred Acres more or 
less to begin on the River at a Place Called the Newford and so by a Line of 
marked trees to the Back Line at the Place where the beaverdam path Crosses 
the said Loin and Eight Pound proc

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Item
I give and bequeath the other part of the said two Hundred acres Lying on the 
upper part of the Survey to my well beloved son Steven and ten pounds Proc
Item
I give and bequeath my Land Called the beaverdam Land unto my well beloved son 
Samuel and Ten Pounds Proc
Item
I give and bequeath to my well beloved Wife my Negro Woman Jenou and Likewise 
two feather Beds and furniture my Rideing Horse Rock and one mare Caled the 
Indian mare with a side saddle Called her saddle and Likewise Lend her the use 
of my manner plantation During her Life or widowhood.
Item
I give and bequeath to my well beloved Daughter Sarah one feather Bed and 
furniture and ten Pound Proc
Item
I give and bequeath to my well beloved Daughter Penalopy one feather Bed and 
furniture and ten Pound Proc.
Item
I give and bequeath to my well beloved Daughter Winnifred one feather Bed and 
furniture and fifteen Pound Proc. and if my wife should be with Child and that 
should be born and Live I do give and bequeath twenty five Pounds Proc.
That my will and Desire is that all my stock horse Cattle Hoggs sheep and 
geese and Rifle gun and Arthur Branch Land be sold at the Discretion of my 
Executors hereafter mentioned Excepting what was here before mentioned all the 
Legases paid & the Rest of the moneys arising by the said sail to be equally 
Devided amongst all my Children.
Item
I give and bequeath all the Remainder part of my Estate to my well beloved 
wife Excepting what Ready money I have I Desire my Debts to be paid out of and 
the rest to my Wife.
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and I hereby make and appoint my Loveing wife and Loveing friends Needham 
Bryan Sr and Nathan Williams Executrix and Executors of this my Last will and 
Testament hereby Revoking Disannulling and making void all former wills and 
bequeths by me made and Declareing this only to be my Last will and Testament 
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed my seal the Day and 
Year before mentioned.                        his
                                       William x Pool, seal
                                              mark [resembles a Capital "W"]
Signed, Sealed and Delivered
In the Presence of us:  William Bryan, jurat & John Smith

I, Thos. Bagley, Clk of Johnston County Court do certify this to be a true 
copy of the original & other copy from the records of my office & that the 
same was proven at October Term 1763.         Thos. Bagley, ck


[note from the submitter:  the above document is an exact copy that includes 
typos as they are in the original.  My notes are in brackets.]


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