ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - WILLS - William Hadnot, Sep 1762 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Pauline Mitchell Pierce pollymp@flash.net ==================================================================== Contributor's Note: This will is in very poor condition, taken from a copy of the original in the State Archives in Raleigh, NC. I have tried to make no changes in the spelling. This will can be compared with that of his wife Rachel Whitehurst Hadnot and many of the blanks can be filled in. (pmp) North Carolina } To wit. In the name of God Amen. I WILLIAM HADNOT of Onslow County, Planter being sick and weak in body but of a disposing mind and memory do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament that is to say first of all I recommend my soul in the hand of my redeemer and my body to the earth trusting by the mighty power of Jesus Christ for the salvation of the one and the resurraction of the other: as to the worldly goods that it has pleased God to bless me with in this life I will and dispose of in the following manner ______? it is my will and desire and I do ordain that in first place all my just debts an aforesaid charges be paid and satisfied. Item: I lend to my wife Rachal Hadnot a third of the land I have upon the sound that I bought of George Cogdell and _______? for her to have a frame house bilt for thirty pounds and all the stock of hogs I have _____? there with _____? and three horses Mountigie Rone___? and a young sorrel mare in the woods and all the household goods, I have at the sound and I leve to my wife one negro man called forty one and one negro woman called Jean, for to raise up my grandchil Elenor Gillet and her two negro children as long as my Excutors hereafter mentioned shall think proper and one ________? I have at _______? and ______? at _____? and one at Commessen and ab___?______? and half what hoggs I have at the ferry point where I now live and half what crop I have a growing and if that should not be enough for to support her _________? for my Excutors to give her as much as they think will do: _______? I order that before any negroes ____? that they ______? and four ___? ______? ________? ______? and bridel and I ______? she shall have _____? cear of my grandchild cott_____? and I give my wife all the _____? ______? and yarn I have and twenty lb. of turpentine ______? and ________? negro woman peg ______? breads to ________? with _________? my sons Stephen, Western, comes of age _____________? to be that _____________?marry_________________________________________? _______? and calves to hers and her heirs lawfully begotten of her body ___________________? my son William the plantation where in he now lives and one negro man called_______________________________________? ___________________ter, and a negro woman called Bess, two cows ___________________? calves and a horse called Darby and one called Jake __________________s a saddle and bridle a gun all my stock of sheep __________________and all my wearing apparel to him. __________________ forever _____________________________________? __________________ to my son Whitehurst my plantation on the Sound containing three hundred and forty ___________________? -nd I boght of Thomas Lee and all the cattle that is in his mark and one cow to him and his heirs and assigns forever. Item - - - I give and bequeth to my daughter Care when at age or married one negro boy called Jef, one negro girl called Fan and all the household goods that I have in the house I now live in to her heirs lawfully begotten of her body, and the land I have ______? the No. West of New River I desire to be sold at private or public sail by my Executors and the money aresing by said sail one half of it I give to my daughter Care and four cows and yarlins and a two year old _____? and two , two year old heffers and a mare to her and her heirs lawfully begotten. Item - - - I give to my granddaughter Elenor Gillit a negro garle called _______? and a negro child called Hager to be delivered to her with their increase at the day of marriage and then to her and her heirs lawfully begotten of her body and if she should die before marrid then the afore said two negros and increase if any be equally devided between my two daughters Sarah and Cear and their heirs and assigns and I likewise give to my afore sd. grandaughter four cows and calves and all the horses and mares called hers branded or unbranded or ear marked and my desire is that they be got up and sold at vendeu by my Executors all but one young mare and the money that arising to be put to her yous to her and her heirs for ever. Item - - - I give and bequeth to my son Stephen all my land and plantation at the ferry point and I give and bequeth to my son Western the land I bought of George Cogdel contaning four hundred and forty acres with one hundred joining it that I boght of Thomas Lee and two hundred acres of new bottom land joining the afore said land I having reserved the third part of the said land for my wife to live on dureing her natural life and if either of my sons Stephen and Western should die before they come to age for the surviving one to be his heir and if they both die before at age in law then their land to be equally divided between my two sons William and Whitehurst and their heirs and if either Stephen or Western or either of them should live to come of age then I give them the land in manner afore said to them their heirs and assigns forever. Item - - - I give to my two sons Stephen and Western all my stock of cattel after leg____? or paid out one negro man called Mingo one negro called amon, one called Hard Bargin one negro wench called Peg, one negro boy called Cudjoe to be hired out for the benift of my two sons / and one negro wench called Jude to be sold and one negro boy called Belam and I desire that my two sons may be put to school at nine years of age and cep to school tel they are thirteen and then to be bound out tel they are twenty one years of age at which time I desire for them to have all I leave them and my desire is that what turputin I have at the finshing of the crop to be sold or freighted out if it is frighted out for the goods to be sold at publick or privet sail also what goods I have now by me and leather ____________? or must or will cloath the negros and shew them for the ensuing winter and one half of the money ariving from the sail of that land up the No. west of New River and half my stock of hogs not before given and half my crop at the ferry point all which I order to be sold for _____? money and all my book debts, notes and mony htat I have now by me I desire that out of the same the house thats to be built for my wife and to pay the quit rent, of Stephen and Western land and their bord on schooling out of the afore said mony and that leg___? is here after mentioned. Item - - - I give to Joseph ________? eldest daughter fifteen pounds. Item - - - I give to Libes __ Hunters eldest daughter fifteen pounds. Item - - - I give to Grace Wicker thirty pounds at the day of marrig to be paid by my executor. Item - - - My will and desire is after the above legues are paid and other charges _______? hear after _________? the _________? ___________?____?___________________________________________? in that then their part be equally divided besides _____________________? Item - - - I give to my three sons Whitehurst, Stephen and Western my banks _____________________________________? for ________? only _________? liberty for my daughters to have priviley to ______? on ___________________? my will and desire is that if any one should make any disturbance or co **************************************************************************** ****************************************** The Legacies how paid. Widow's Legacy / A house to be built, some land on ye sound to be cleard & fencd for her in case she would live on it ---------- all the hoggs on the sound three horses, all the house hold goods on ye sound negro Forty One & negros Jenny, four steers one Bull half the hogs at yd ferry & 1/2 the crop / 5 cows & five calves side saddle & briddle all ye yarn twenty barrels turp n. Negro Pegg till sons Stephen & Western come to 21 years of age or the marry plantations tools 5 bush ls. ____? N.B. the widow refus'd to have the house built on the land willed to her & emprovd according to will but chose to live on the same land at Ferry Point -- All the rest of her legacies she has rec d. and given a rect for - - - - - - - - - - - Daughter Dorthys legacies Negro Sarah & her children negro Toby two cows & calves N.B. Dorothys husband has recd. all her legacies & given rect. for it - - - - Son William his legacies plantation he lives on 3 negros Boston Hector & Boss two cows & calves two horses cart & wheels all the sheep all his cloaths a gun saddle & bridle he has receivd all & given a rect for them - - - - - - - - - - N.B. Daughter Sarahs legacies Negro Cillar & her encrease negro Dublin two cows & calves one horse N.B. Sarahs husband recd. her legacies & given rect- - - Son Whitehurst legacy Plantation on ye sound 340 acres the cattle of his mark one cow N.B. Whitehurst recd. his legacies & given rect. for it - - - - - - - - - - Daughter Cares legacies Negro Jeff and Fann all the house hold goods at the Ferry Point 1/2 the produce of land sold up New River four cows & yearlings one steer 2 heifers two year old one mare N.B. Cares Husband recd. all her segacies & gave a rect. in full - - - - - - - - - - - Grand Daughte Elenor Gillets legacy's Negros Sevinah & Hagar & their increase at her marriage 4 cows & calves all the horses & mares call'd hers to be sold at vendue --------- except one mare & ye money put to interest for her - - - - - - N.B. payd the grand Mother the Negros & cattle for her according to will & taken her rect. for them - - - - - - - - - - - Jos. Hawkins eldest daughters legacy L 15 -- pd. it to her Father and he gave a rect. - - - - - - - - Lebeus Hunters eldest Daughter legacy L 15 -- pd. to her father and he gave a rect - - - - - - - - Grace Wickars sd. legacy thirty pound to be pd. by the Executors at the day of Marriage - - - - - - - Son Stephen legacies plantation on the ferry point Son Westerns legacies 440 acres land of geo. Cogdell and 100 acres joyning it out of land bot. of Lee & 200 acres new patent land Sons the land on the Banks to White Step & West - - - - Sons Stephen & Western to have Negros Mingo Dead since - - - - Simon Hardbargain Peg Cudjoe Balam & Jude and 1/2 the price of ye land sold up New River --- the turpen~ 1/2 the hoggs all the Debts due & all the residue of ye estate after paying legacies Debbs & Charges - - - - **************************************************************************** *********** Paid for ye Estate - - - - - - - pd. Care Hadnot part of her legacy for land. pd. Seth Ward i__? __? his wifes legacy for sd. land. pd. Jos. Hawkins a legacy left his eldest daughter. pd. Leb Hunter legacy left his eldest daughter. pd. Wm Hadnot. pd. White Hadnot. pd. Ben. Ward. pd. Wm. Rhodes for taxes. pd. Doc Ed Marfey. pd. Doc. Thos. Haslen. pd. Wm Lunnis. pd. Geo. Lummins. pd. Nath. Hancoc. pd. Jacob Wiley. pd. Wm. Ahair. pd. Cap. John Whitmash. pd. Thos. Hill for side saddle for ye. widw. pd. John Starkey. pd. White Hadnot two hundred nine Bbls. Turn. pd. White Hadnot twenty shillgs. pd. Wm. Cray for Letters & other charges as p. acct. pd. Sheriff ten shillgs. on ye sale of L 22.7.0.1/2. pd. Stev. Hadnots schooling for 14 mo. to Jos. Bray. to boarding Stephen said 14 mo. One Quire of paper for his use. To my Commissions on receiving & paying the sum off two hundred fifty seven pounds