ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - WILL BOOK 1 - Thomas Mashborn, 23 Mar 1824
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THOMAS MASHBORN WILL
State of North Carolina
County of Onslow
Will Book 1

In the name of God amen.  I Thomas Mashborn of the state of North Carolina 
County of Onslow being of sound & perfect mind & memory blessed be God do this 
day 23rd March in the year of our lord 1824 to make and publish this my last 
will & testament in manner & form following:
ITEM  I give and bequeath to my son Daniel Mashborn one hundred dollars in 
money to him & his heirs & assign forever.
ITEM  I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Mashborn the lands & plantation 
whereon I now live containing two hundred & thirty four acres in the fork of 
the South west of new river and Harreys creek.  I also give him on this tract 
four hundred acres adjoining the above up the south west Beginning at Nicholas 
Gurganous corner, Holly and William Estes corner poplar.  I also give him one 
negro man named Peter, one grey horse named (illegible), three cows & calves, 
5 head of sheep, one feather bed and furniture, one desk, one small trunk, one 
gun his own choice still (?) one iron pot & hooks the middle size, one steel 
trap and all my carpenters tools, one sett of pewter measures, one cross cut 
saw, one slate, to him & his heirs & assigns forever.
ITEM  I give & bequeath to my daughter Martilda Daffes (? or Davves) one negro 
boy named Arnold in her possession, one large iron pot & hooks & the largest 
painted chest to her & her heirs & assigns forever.
ITEM  I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Ward one negro boy named 
Tony, one chest to her & her heirs & assigns forever.
ITEM  I give & bequeath to my daughter Kitty Scott one negro woman named Cate, 
one small painted chest to her & her heirs & assigns forever.
ITEM  I give & bequeath to my daughter Susannah Gurgainos one negro boy named 
Bob, one chest, to her & her heirs & assigns forever.
ITEM  I give and bequeath to my grand son John Kimmey (?) fifty dollars in 
money to him & his heirs and assigns forever
ITEM  I leave my negro man named Isaac to be sold & the money arising 
therefrom I give to my daughter Ann Coston to her and her heirs and assigns 
forever.
ITEM  I give and bequeath to my grandson Joseph Barber fifty dollars to him 
and his heirs and assigns forever
ITEM  I give and bequeath to my grandson Thomas Barber fifty dollars to him 
and his heirs and assigns forever.
ITEM  I give and bequeath to my grand son Jackson Barber fifty dollars to him 
and his heirs and assigns forever
ITEM  I give and bequeath to my son in law Thomas Barber one dollar to him and 
his heirs and assigns forever.
ITEM  I leave my negro man Kent to be sold for the purpose of paying off my 
four above mentioned grand sons legacy namely John Kimmey, Joseph Barber, 
Thomas Barber and Jackson Barber
ITEM  I give and bequeath to my four daughters named as follows to wit: 
Elizabeth Ward, Kitty Scott, Susannah Gurgainous and Martilda Daffis (?) all 
my lands not otherways disposed of to be equally divided according to the 
value between my four above mentioned daughters - Elizabeth, Kitty, Susannah, 
& Martilda to them their heirs and assigns forever.
My will and desire that all personal Estate of what kind (illegible) be sold 
and the money arriving therefrom to be equally divided between my seven 
children, namely Daniel and Thomas Mashborn, Ann Coston, Elizabeth Ward, Kitty 
Scott, Susannah Gurgainous, Martilda Davvis (?) to them & their heirs & 
assigns forever.
Lastly I hereby make and ordain my son Thomas Mashborn and my worthy friend 
James Glenn (?) executors to this my last will and testament. In whereof I the 
said Thomas Mashborn have to this my last will & testament set my hand and 
affixed my seal the day & date first above written.  Signed, sealed & 
acknowledged at presents of  Test. Hosea Williams, Henry Melton, William 
Fisher

(signed) Thomas Mashborn

Onslow County, in open court Nov Term 1827. This last will and testament of 
Thomas Mashborn and was duly proved by Hosea Williams & Thomas Mashborn, one 
of the executors named therein was duly qualified thereto.
Danl Ambrose, clk