LINCOLN COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Mary Davenport ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Philip Sheppard sheppard@hargray.com ==================================================================== Will of Mary Davenport January Session 1849 In the name of God amen I Mary Davenport being of Sound [mind] and Memory, Blessed by God, do this twentieth of March in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty one make and publish this my last will and Testament in the manner following viz, 1st That my body be enttered in a decent and christian like manner 2nd That all my Just debts be paid. 3rd I will to my children John, Polly, Lucy, Sally, and William Davenport on their heirs one dollar a peace 4th I will and bequeath to my son Westly Davenport all and singular the property I possess over and above the amount above bequeathed, viz, my negro boy Jessee one gray mare Ten head of cattle Eighteen or twenty of Sheep To ___ ofurniture [of furniture] One Beuro [bureau] one Clock one Cupboard together with all my Goods and Chattels and the increase of the above named in ____able property. And I herby make and ordain my worthy friend Wm Johnston Executor of this my last will and Testament In witness whereof I the said Mary Davenport have to this my last Testament, stet [set] my hand and seal the day and year above writen, signed, sealed, and published by the said Mary Davenport the testation as hir last will and Testament, in the presese of us who ware presant at the time of signing and sealing thereof Nancy Johnston hir Mary X Davenport mark