ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - WILL BOOK A - Thomas Russell, 25 Mar 1813 ----¤¤¤---- Record of Wills, Book A 1800-1825 Onslow County, North Carolina In the name of God, Amen: I Thomas Russell being weak in body but of sound mind and memory and calling to mind the mortality of all men I do make and ordain this my last will and testament first I recommend my soul to God that first gave it and my body I submit to the grave to be united with it's mother earth to be buried decently and in a Christian like manner my worldly goods that it has pleased God to bless me with I dispose of as follows First, it is my desire that my executors pay all of my just debts then as follows: ITEM: I lend to my beloved wife Obiah during her natural life two Negro women te and Winny also two Negro girls Pennelopy & Suke until my daughter Fanny Russell comes to age or marries also one Negro boy George and one Negro girl Poll until my daughter Susannah J. Russell comes to age or marries also one negroe boy Owen until my son Benjamine W. Russell comes to the age of ten years also I lend to my wife during her natural life the house and plantation where I now live with all the wood land on the west side of the Mill pond and wading branch that is Ellott patent also to have twenty barrels of corn from my mill pond yearly during her natural life and for her to have the mill tended two herssel also one horse by the name of Rufus one riding chair and harness two cows and calves one bed and furniture the best I have and one of the sorriest two round tables one beaufett and furniture all my sitting chairs one press and one large chest all my kitchen furniture one loom it's furniture two ewes and lambs twenty head of hogs her choice of hogs that is fed near my house also my will is that my wife should keep and raise my daughters Fanny and Susannah clear of the expenses two the other part of my estate also my son Benjamine W. Russell until he is ten years old also my will is that my wife shall have it in her power at her death to divide the property lent to her that I have not made provisions for in this my will among my children. ITEM: I give to my son David W. Russell all my land that is the east side of my Mill Pond and wading branch also one piece of land on New River that I bought of Hart also one Negro boy Jack also one half of my mill when he comes to age to him and his heirs and assigns. ITEM: I give to my son William J. Russell one hundred acres of a land in the fork of Bear Creek and one hundred known by the name of Phillips patten adjoining the above mentioned land also the land I bought of John Smith on the head of Bear Creek and one Negro boy Ben to him his heirs and assigns. ITEM: I give to my son Daniel L. Russell the land and plantation on the main road that I bought of Marcum Harvey two hundred acres also one hundred acres adjoining the same patented by my self also fifty acres joining Smith's Laurel patened by self also one Negro boy by the name of Elias to him his heirs and assigns. ITEM: I give to my son Benjamine W. Russell the land and plantation where I now live the same I lent to my wife also the other half of my mill to have the same at my wife death also one Negro boy Owen and to be hired out by my executors after my son Benjamine is ten years of age for his use the same to him, his heirs and assigns further if either my before mentioned son should die without lawful issue begotten of their body, then it is my will that his part shall be equally divided among my other sons. ITEM: I give to my daughter Fanny Russell two Negro girls Penelopy and Suck to receive them when she comes of age or mairres and at that time if their shold be any increase by Penelpy it is my will it should be equally divided between my two daughters Fanny and Susannah. ITEM: I give to my daughter Susannah I. Russell a Negro boy George by name and a Negro girl Poll by name also it is my will if either of my daughters should before them come to age or without lawful issue begotten of her body for the surviving one to have her part of the property left to her by me. Further it is my will that my wife Carry on the crop that I have begun to have the use of the horse named Buck with all the plantation tools and in the fall to have twenty barrels of corn given off to her and to have the privilage of turning into the field the hogs that she may see proper to make pork off all the remaining part of my property that isnot herein mentioned to be sold at the discretion of my executors and the money to be equally divided among all my children. Further it is my desire that my friend Gariel Hancock have my oldest son Davis W. Russell bound to him until he arrives to the age of twenty one years to give him a reasonable education and bring him up in a Christian like manner and learn him reasonable to labor for his living and David Ward to have my second son William and comply with the above. Isaac Sanders to take Daniel my third son and do likewise, Daniel M. Dulany to take my youngest son Benjamin Ward Russell when he arrives to the age of ten years and do the same by him that I have directed my other friends to do by and for my other sons. Further I do constitute and appoint my friends Gabriel Hancock, Isaac Saundrs, and David Ward executors to this my last will and testament to take and see that this my last will is executed agreeable to the intent and meaning thereof as I have requested. This to make voi all other wills by me made heretofore. Thomas Russell (seal) Signed and sealed and delivered this 25th day of March 1813 in presence of Test: John Gornto Benjamin Ward Sr. William J. Russell ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Beverly Cole <> ___________________________________________________________________