LINCOLN COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Field Bradshaw, 16 Jun 1788
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Field Bradshaw's Last will and Test
written 1788
probated 1788

In the Name of God Amen   I Field Bradshaw of
the County of Lincoln and State of North Carolina being sick
and weak in body but of perfect and sound understanding do
Make and Ordain this to be my Last will and Testament and
as touching my worldly Estate I Desire it to be Disposed of in
Manner and form following    first I Desire my debts should be paid
and the Expense of my burial to be at the Discretion of my Executors
and the Remainder of my Estate to be as follows   To Wit first I give
and bequeath unto my Wife Judith Bradshaw one Negro woman
named Jane aged forty years and one Negro fellow named Sandy aged
Eighteen years and one Negro Girl named moll aged Eighteen months
and two mares one feather bed and furniture and three Cows
and Calves and also the tools belonging to the plantation and
to have Possession of the house wherein I now Dwell During
her Life  Then I give and bequeath unto my son Benjamin
Bradshaw one hundred acres of land including the place
whereon he now lives and one Negro woman named [?hannah]
aged twenty two[?] years and one Negro Child  Then I give and be
queath unto my son John Bradshaw one Negro Girl named
Amy aged nine years   Then I give and bequeath unto my daugh
ter Rebekah Ratlif one Negro boy named Jessee aged Eleven years
Then I give and bequeath unto my son Field Bradshaw one
Negro woman named [aga?] aged twenty seven years  Then I
give and bequeath unto my son Charles Bradshaw one
hundred and twenty five acres of Land including the place
whereon he now lives and one Negro woman named Sarah
aged thiry years   Then I give and bequeath unto my Son
Jonas Bradshaw one Negro boy named Stephen aged three
years   Then I give and bequeath unto my said Son Jonas Bradshaw
one horse Colt three years old   Then I give and bequeath unto
my Daughter Judith Rabb one Shilling Sterling   Then I give and
bequeath unto my Daughter Susanna Bradshaw  one Negro girl
named [Fan?]  aged four years  and one [?bay pony?] aged two years
and one feather bed and Furniture and two Cows and Calves
Then I give and bequeath unto my son Josiah Bradshaw one
hundred and twenty five acres of Land including the place
whereon I now live and one Negro woman named Mary aged
twenty years and one negro Child named Turner and one horse
Colt two years old and one Cow and Calf   Then I give and
bequeath unto my Grandson William Rabb one Negro boy
named Dave aged four years  & I this Field Bradshaw
Desire that my Estate May not Come to an [Appraisement?] and
I Also utterly Disannul all other wills before Made and I do
appoint William Bradshaw and my wife Judith Bradshaw
and Joseph Abernathy to be Executors of this my Last will and
Testament   In witness whereof I have hereunto Sat my hand
and affixed my seal This 16 Day of June 1788

 Field Bradshaw  (seal)

Charles Bradshaw
Elizabeth Hogan
Susanna Bradshaw
Jo Abernathy