Northampton County, NC - Wills - Will of Elijah Johnson-1805

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Will Book 2, page 339

In the name of God amen. I Elijah Johnson of Northampton County and State 
of North Carolina being old and weak of Body but of perfect sound mind and 
memory thanks be to God therefore but calling to mind the Mortality of my 
Body do constitute and ordain this my last Will and Testament in Manner and 
form following that is to say --

First and principally commend my soul unto the hands of God hoping to have 
free and full pardon of all my sins through the suffering of my blessed 
Savior and to inherit Everlasting life as to my Body I commend it to the 
ground from whence it was taken to be Buried in a Christian like desent 
manner at the discretion of my Exectors hereafter named and as touching all 
such temporal Estates as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I 
give and dispose thereof as follows --

First- I would that all my actual debts be paid and discharged

Item- I lend and Bequeath to my Loving wife all my Estate within doors & 
without during her widowhood --

Item- I give and bequeath to my Daughter Hotten My Negro Woman Jone & Sal 
& her child Jenny

Item- I give & bequeath to my Daughter Penny my Negro girl Pat and Ned

Item- I give and bequeath to my son Dempsey Johnson my Negro boy Macke, Sam 
& Anthony

Item- I give and bequeath to my son Elias Johnson 196 acres of land more or 
less and Plantation whereon I now live & my Negro Man Jack Tom & Jim & my 
Negro Woman Beck and all her increase and one Horse named Rubin

Item- I give and bequeath to my loving wife my Negro woman Patience & her 
child Amy & my will and desire is that she shall not give them out of the 
Family

And I do nominate & appoint my Loving Wife & my son in law Elias Powell my 
whole and Sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament Revoking 
disannulling and making void all other Wills heretofore made by me. In 
Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 9th day of January 
1805.

Signed, Sealed & Published in Presence of
Jesse (his X mark) Buttom
Elisha Pierce                              Elijah (his X mark) Johnson

Northampton County June Court 1807)
This will was proved in court by the oath of Jesse Bottom wherefore(?) Elias 
Powell Executor therein named was duly Qualified and of ___ to an order
for Sale of sd. Estate. Witness E. Warr

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