Northampton County NcArchives Wills.....Cotton, John 1742
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Source: Nc Wills & Inventories - Grimes
Written: 1742

                    JOHN COTTON'S WILL. 
 
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY.

   The Deposition of ye under Subscribers first Sworn on The 
Holy Eveng * * * * * 1741. John Cotten who De- 
ceast this Life ye 2d of feb., 1741; as aforsd Did make, * * * 
under his hand and Seal, & the Subscriber were Wittness There- 
to, which * * * was by ye sd. Cotten Delivered Into ye 
Care of John Dawson, one of the Subscribeing Wittnesses, who 
by misfortune hath Lost ye sd will with Sundrey of his own 
papers, but ye sd subscribers being well assured in their Con- 
sciences that they Can Remembr The whole Substance of the 
sd will Declared it was as followeth, Viz: After funeral Ex- 
pellees Discharged and Debts paid, I give & bequeath my 
Estate as followeth:

Itim. I give & bequeath To my son, John Cotten, my plan- 
tation whereon I now Dwell, to him & his heires forever, only 
my wife to Live thereon and to Injoy the Use thereof During 
her natural Life; also one gun, one feather Bed and furniture, 
Two Cows & Calves, Two Ews and Lambs. My will and 
Desire is that my Crosscut Saw & whipsaw be Equalley between 
my Two Sons. also, I give my Son John one Iron pot.

Itim. I give & bequeath to my Son Benjamin Cotten, my 
plantation whereon phillip Edens now Dwells, to him & his 
heires forever, only the sd Edens to Live thereon and Injoy 
the Use thereof During his Natural Life. My will & Desire
is that my Land belonging to my sd plantations be Divided 
as Equal as Possible, one half to ye one plantation and ye Other 
half to ye other; also I give my sd. son my black horse, bridle 
and Saddle and Cane, one feather Bed and Firniture, one Iron 
pot, Two Cows and Calves, Two (?) Ews and Lambs.

Itim. I give and Bequeath to my Daughter, Mary Breecle 
Two hundred acres, be ye same more or Less, Lying at at a 
place Called Blue water, to her and her heires for Ever; also 
one feather Bed & firniture, one Dish, and one Bason, one Iron 
Pott, one Cow and Calf, Two heiphers, and three Ews and 
Lambs, Ten Sows and pigs, one Iron Pot.

Itim. I give and bequeath to my Daughter, Anne Cotten, 
one bey Mare & her Increase, Two Cows and Calves, Two Ews 
and Lambs, and one feather Beed and firniture, and one Iron 
pot.

Itim. I give & bequeath to my Daughter, Sarah Cotten, 
my Negroe wench, Called Rose, and her Increase, only, my wife 
to have ye Labour of ye sd wench During her natural Life; 
also, I give my sd Daughter, Two Cows and Calves, Two Ews 
and Lambs, one Iron pot.

Itim. I give and bequeath to my Loving wife, anne Cotten, 
my Negroe fellow Mingo, to Maintain and School my small 
Children; also, give my sd wife, my working oxen for the plan- 
tation use; also, I give my sd wife, my Grey Horse and Side 
Saddle, and all my working Tools not alreadey given.

Also, I Do nominate and appoint my Loving wife, Executrix 
and my Loving brother, William Cotten, Executor of this 
my last will & Testament, Revoking and Disalowing of all other 
wills by me heretofore Made.

In will: hereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal, 17th of 
Jan: 1741.

& further we Say not
                                          JNO. DAWSON.

            RICHD. BERFIELD, his R mark.
            THOS. COWMAN. W his
                            mark
                            
*  *   *  *  *  within Deposition * *   *  *   Richd, Berfield
& Thos. Cowman * * * * * on oath before Isaac Hunter * * * * 
* * Justs of the County within Mentioned as witness my * * * *
& Date * * * written.                               
                                            ISAAC HUNTER.

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, SC.                       May Court, 1742.

The within written Nuncupative Will of John Cotten, Deceased, was 
proved in open Court by the Oaths of John Dawson, Richard Barefield, 
& Thomas Cowman, ye subscribing evidences thereto, & on Motion of 
William Cotten, praying Administration on ye sd Deceased's Estate 
with ye Will Annexed, which was granted, he having given Security as ye 
Law directs
                                      Test. J. EDWARDS, Clk. C.

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