ORANGE COUNTY, NC WILL OF HUGH CAIN -1781 Contributed by John Cain jecain@worldnet.att.net (Orange County Will Book A-235) HUGH CAINE. 21 June 1781 I, HUGH CAINE of the county of Orange and state of North Carolina, do make and ordain this my Testament and Last Will as follows viz.. I will that all my just debts may be paid as speedily as may be after my decease by my executor hereinafter named. I give my son WILLIAM CAINE my young dray mare, one cow & calf, two ewes and two lambs, and to his heirs I give and devise to my three sons HUGH, JAMES & ALLAN and to their respective heirs forever, the land and plantation wheron I at present reside, to be equally divided amongst them, share and share alike. And provided they cannot agree upon a division amongst themselves, in that case my will is that they shall chuse two or more honest and reputable men to divide & lay off the said land impartially in three equal parts, which division shall be binding on my said sons and each of them. I likewise give to my said sons and their respective heirs viz... HUGH, JAMES and ALLAN, two feather beds & furniture therein belonging, one large iron pot, with all my household furniture, utensils of husbandry, stock of cattle, hogs and sheep except what I have given to my son WILLIAM CAIN and the legacies I have hereafter disposed of to be equally divided amongst my said sons HUGH, JAMES and ALLAN, share and share alike. I give to said son JAMES CAIN & his heirs one cow and calf & one horse known by the name of The Tom Horse. I give to my daughter ANN CAINE, one pewter dish, six pewter plates, one feather bed and furniture, two cows and caves (sic), two ewes and two lambs, one bay filly about two years old, one womans saddle and bridle, one flax wheel, one pair cotton cards, one middle size iron pot, all her mother's & her sisters wearing apparel and one pine chest for her and her heirs forever. I give to my cousin Elizabeth McKinley and her heirs one black heifer with a white face about two years old. I give to my nephew JOHN CAINE, child of my son WILLIAM, one brindled two years old heifer. I give to nephew JAMES CAINE, another child of my son WILLIAM, one young brindled sheep. I give to my niece ANN CAINE, another child of my son WILLIAM, one cow & calf. I give to my nieces FANNY and MARGARET CAINE, two twins of my son WILLIAM, each one yearling heifer. I give to my son ALLAN CAIN and his heirs one sorrel mare. I nominate and appoint my sons WILLIAM CAINE and HUGH CAINE executor of this my Testament and Last Will, and I do hereby revoke and disannul all and every former Will by me heretofore made. In Witness wherof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twenty first day of June in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and eighty one. 1781. -- Signed, Sealed, Published & ordered | by the said HUGH CAINE the testator, | s/ HUGH CAINE (seal) as and for his Testament and Last Will | in the presence of us, who have at his | request set our names as witnefses in | his presence & in the presence of each other. | -- -- s/Moses Leathers | s/William Johnston | Jurats | -- HUGH CAIN Qualif. as Exr. Orange County November Court 1781 The execution of the within will of HUGH CAINE, deceased was duly proved in open court by the oaths of Moses Leathers and William Leathers subscribing witnefs thereto & ordered to be recorded. s/ (illegible) ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation.