Northampton County, NC - Wills - CONWELL, William H-1880

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William H. CONWELL’s Will

I William Conwell do make and ordain this my last will and testament as
follows.

I lend my wife Mary E. Conwell, My present residence with the
out buildings with five acres of land around them during her life.

I give My wife all of My household and kitchen furniture & the last fat
stand I bought I give My wife with the lard in it.

I also give My wife her bread corn or meal out of my mill. My mill
annually also three hundred pounds of fat prok each year during her
life. I give My wife half of the hogs at the mill.

I give and bequeath to My Two Sons James and Francis Conwell My Mill and
fourteen Acres of land More or less attached to it and I give My son
James Conwell fifty acres of land where he now lives
with its (      )& (     ) also the horse he has now in his possession,
also a yoke of steers, I give him half of the hogs at the mill, and I
give My two sons George and Francis Conwell, all of the remainder of my
land including the two acres lent My wife except two Acres
which I give to My Son Francis Conwell situated at the pines at the East
end of my land known as the Roberts land. I also give him a yoke of steers 
and a horse which is now in his possession. 

I give my two grand sons James and Thomas Conwell a heifer a piece and my 
grandson Jesse Levy Conwell a sow shoat and My grand Daughter Addie Daniel 
five dollars. 

I also give My Daughter Sarah Conwell the sum of five dollars
and I give My Two daughters Robirda Smith and (   ) Elizabeth Roper five
head of cattle of equal value apiece and the remainder of my cattle I
give equally to my wife and my sons James Conwell and Francis Conwell
and finally I appoint and constitute my son James Conwell My executor to
this my Last will and testament In witness whereof I  ( _ _) my hand and
Seal this the thirteenth day of January eighteen hundred and Eighty.

Witness:                       William (his mark) Conwell  Seal
B.D. Woodruff
A. Harriss

This will was probated  Feb. 5, 1880 in Northampton County.

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