Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Bumpass, William March 10, 1776
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Source: Will Book Volume A, pages 201-202
Written: March 10, 1776
Recorded: May 1776
Testator: William Bumpass

[Will Book Volume A, page 201]
    In the name of God, Amen, the Tenth day of March in
the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred & seventy six
I William Bumpas of the County of Orange & province of North
Carolina, being Sick and weak of body but of perfect mind and
memory, thanks be God for the same, therefore calling the
Mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed unto
all Men onc[e] to to[sic] Dey do make and ordain this my last Will
and Testament principly and firs of all I give and recommend
my precious and immortal Soul into the hand of God that
gave it me, and as for my body I recommend it to the Earth
to be buried in a deasent & Cristian like manner, and that
at the discretion of my Executors whom heareafter I shall
ap[p]oint, nothing doubting but that at the generall Resurrection
I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God
and as touching my worldly Estate wherewith it have
pleased God in this life to bless me with in this life, after
my just Debt and my funarl expences are paid I give devise
and dispose as followeth (to wit) Item, I give and bequeath
to my well beloved father Robert Bumpass all that Tract or
parcell of Land whereon I now live, as allso one Negroe
Man Named Phill to him and his Heirs & assigns forever
Item I give and bequeath to my Well beloved Wife Mary Bumpass
all the rest of my personal Estate to her and her Heir & Assigns forever, my
desire is that my Estate be not appraised by the Legacies be delivered
in kind as they are mentioned, Item I make and Ordain my true
and trusty friend Gabriel Davey and Mary Bumpass & Edward
Bumpass Soul Executors of this my last Will and Testament,
ratifying this and no other to be my last [will] & Testament In Witness
whereunto I have set my hand & seal                        his
Isaac Vanhook William Yarbrough                    William (+) Bumpass (seal)
James Davis                                                mark

[Will Book Volume A, page 202]

North Carolina   {
Orange County    { May Court 1776 The Execution of the within Will
                   was duly proved in open Court by the Oath of Isaac
                   Vanhook one of the Subscribing Witnesses thereto &
                   Ordered to be Recorded
                                              Test
                                                  F. Nash C.C.

Additional Comments:
Will Book Volume A, pages 201-202
Recorded May 1776

No loose will found.

No estate papers found.