LINCOLN COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Phillip Whisnant, 8 May 1791
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Will of Phillip Whisnant Lincoln Co. NC. 
Date May 8 1791. 


In the name of God amen, the eighth day of May, one thousand seven hundred 
and ninety one, I Phillip Wissanant of the county of Lincoln and the state 
of North Carolina, black smith being very sick & weak of body but of sound 
and perfect memory thanks be to God mortality of my body and knowing 
that it is appointed for all men to die do make & ordain this my last 
will and testament 
first I give & bequeath unto 
my dearly beloved wife Ana Whisanant all my household furnature enduring 
her 
widowhood or her natural life.  Likewise I give my wife two cows and calfs 
and my black mare and her own saddle and bridle and all my sheep to have 
them enduring her natural life and after her my wife deceases her daughter 
Barbara Helm is to have one cow and calf and one bed.  1 jorn pout at ten 
shilling price and one at eight shilling price and one new spinging wheel 
and I also will that my just  debts be paid out of my estate and I give and 
bequeath unto my beloved son Conrad Wissanant the sum of five shillings to 
be raised and levied out of my estate and I also give and bequeath unto my 
loving son Adam Wissanant 125 acres of land he now lives on according to 
the dividing line and I also give and bequeath unto my loving son George 
Wissanant my bay mare & I also give and bequeath unto my loving son John 
Wissanant the sum of 5 shillings to be raised & levied out of my estate 
I also give & bequeath and give unto my son Henry Wissanant in the hands 
of Adam Wissanant a horse to the value of 10 pounds North Carolina currency 
he the said Henry is to live with Adam until he is at the years of 21 then 
he is to receive the horse and the said Adam is to give Henry afreedom 
state to the value of six pounds currency one Mattick and axe and I also 
give unto my daughter Mary Magdalene Whitener the sum of 5 shillings to be 
paid out of my estate & I also give unto my 
daughter Barbara Heavener the sum of 5 pounds North Carolina Currency to 
be raised out of my estate & I also give to my daughter Elizabeth Corver 
the sum of 5 pounds Current money to be raised and levied out of my estate. 
I also will that my plantation I now 
live on be sold and all my just debt to be paid the remainder of the money 
my wife is to have at her command enduring her natural life if any should 
be 
left at her decease it shall be equal divided among all my children and her 
daughter Barbara Helm and I also nominate and appoint my trusty and loving 
son Adam Wisanant and my dearly beloved wife Anna Wisenant to be my whole 
and sole Executors of this my last will and testament in witness whereof 
I have unto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. 

				Philip Wisanant 

signed sealed and delivered 
in the presence of 
Joseph Paxton 
couldn't read 
Michael Buff 

His estate was settled in 1803. The following heirs signed: 
George Wisenhunt, Benjamin Whitener & wife Mary Magdalene Whitener, 
John Wisenhunt, Fredrick Heavener & wife Barbara Heavener, Henry Whisenhunt, 
Christian Carver & wife Elizabeth Carver. 
----- April sessions 1804  Adam bought the farrm 

22 Jul 1791 inventory Phillip Wissanant, decd. Adam Seagel, Fredarich Hevener, 
Benjamin Whitner, Daniel Worlick, Chris Aker, George Wacaster ?, Peter 
Mostetler.  
				Signed Adam (X) Whisnant & Anna Whisnant, 
				Executors.