MOORE COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Kenneth Murchison Sr., 18 Jun 1834 ----¤¤¤¤---- In the name of God Amen, I, Kinnith Murchison Sr. of the County of Moore and State of North Carolina, being of sound mind and memory and calling to mind the mortality of my body, do make, publish, and declare the following disposition of my real ----? personal estate to be my last will and testament. Item the First. I give and devise unto my beloved wife Catharine Murchison during her natural life two hundred and fifty acres of land, including my dwelling house and the plantation on which I now reside. I also give unto my beloved wife Catharine during her natural life or widowhood one bay mare, my sorrel mare, my load wagon, all the balance of my cattle and sheep (after taking therefrom two cows and calves and twelve head of sheep to be given to Catharine Curry and Flora McLendon in will appear hereafter). Also my stock of hogs, all my household and kitchen furniture and all my farming utensils. I further request and desire my executors hereafter named to permit my Negro man Jesse to remain with her while she lives unmarried for the support of herself and children. 2nd. I give and bequeath unto my son Duncan Murchison a silver cup. 3rd. I give and bequeath unto Peggy Sinclair, wife of Peter Sinclair, one dollar. Also to John Murchison one dollar, also to William Murchison one dollar, also to Nancy Murchison wife of John Murchison one dollar. Also to Colin Murchison one dollar, also to Polly Tyson, wife of Neill Tyson, one dollar, and also to Kinnith B. Murchison one dollar. They being all of my children which are living which were born of my first wife Catharine (that is including Duncan). 4th. I also give and bequeath unto the heirs of Isabella England, deceased wife of William T. England, one dollar, and to the heirs of Jennet Worthy, deceased wife of James Worthy, one dollar. 5th. I also give and bequeath unto Catherine Curry, wife of Dnaiel Curry, as heretofore named, one cow and calf and six head of sheep. 6th. I also give and bequeath unto Flora McLendon one cow and calf and six head of sheep. 7th. I also give, grant and devise unto my son Alexander Murchison one tract of land lying on the Little Pocket Creek on which the said Alexander now lives, containing two hundred acres. I also give and bequeath unto the said Alexander forty dollars, it being the balance now in the hands of the said Alexander which was due me in consequence of the sale of Negro girl by the name of Hailey which I sold him. 8th. I also give, grant and bequeath unto my sons Murdoch and Daniel Murchison, one tract of land lying and being in the County of Moore on the waters of Governors Creek adjoining the lands of Peter Sinclair and others. Also one other tract on the Long Branch containing two hundred acres known by the name of the Anderson place. 9th. I also give and devise unto my daughter Rebecca Murchison one Negro girl named Kitty by her paying my daughter Christian twenty-five dollars as soon as she [Christian] arrives at eighteen years of age or thereabouts. 10th. I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Lydia one negro girl named Hannah, by her paying my daughter Christian, as before named, twenty-five dollars payable as soon as the said Christian arrives at the age of eighteen years. 11th. I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Jinnet Jr. one Negro girl named Mary, by her paying my daughter Christian twenty-five dollars payable as soon as the said Christian arrives at the age of eighteen years. Item the 12th. I also give unto my daughter Christian seventy-five dollars which I will and intend to be paid as follows; that is, twenty-five dollars to be paid her by my daughter Rebecca, twenty-five dollars to be paid her by Lydia, my daughter, and twenty-five dollars to be paid her by my daughter Jinnet in order to equalize the said Christians portion of my estate with each of theirs. I also give, grant, and devise to my said daughter Christian one tract of land joining Duncan Murchison, Sr. and Duncan Murchison, Jr. containing sixty (?) acres. 13th. I also give, grant, and devise unto my son Aaron one tract of land joining Gilbert McRae and the lands bequeather to my son Alexander in several tracts containing eight hundred acres be the same more or less subject to the life --- as before named of my beloved wife in two hundred and fifty acres as before stated, the said two hundred and fifty acres I also give and devise to the said Aaron at his mothers death, which is included in the eight hundred acres above specified. I also give and bequeath unto my son Aaron my gray horse, one negro woman by the name of Fanny. 14th. It is further my will and desire that at the death or marriage of my beloved wife Catharine that negro Jesse, should he be then living, and all the personal property left her during her natural life or widowhood which then may be on hand, that the same be sold by my executors hereafter to be named and the proceeds of the said sale to be equally divided among my children by my last wife. 15th. It is also my will that my executors, hereafter named, sell any part of my cattle or stock on such credit as they may think proper as will be sufficient to pay the legacies bequeathed to my children by my first wife, my funeral expenses, and any debt which I may be owing. The balance of my personal property then remaining is what I design for my beloved wife; that is, excepting the two cows and calves and twelve head of sheep before bequeathed. I nominate and appoint my beloved sons Duncan and Aaron Murchison my executors, to carry this, my last will and testament into effect, satisfying and confirming this my last will and testament I witness. Whereof I have set my hand and seal this the 18th day of June in the year of our Lord 1834. Kinnth (his X mark) Murchison Sr. Witnesses: John Morrison, Gilbert McRae. Probated November 1834. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. 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