Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Dixson, Joseph December 5, 1769 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ben Franklin ben.franklin.ffru@gmail.com May 2024 Source: Will Book Volume A, pages 114-115 Written: December 5, 1769 Recorded: Apr 1770 Testator: Joseph Dixson [Will Book Volume A, page 114] In the Name of God Amen I Joseph Dixson of Orange County in the Province of North Carolina being Weak in Body but perfect in Senses Praised be God do my this my Last Will and Testament Imprimis I leave to my loving Wife Mary Dixson the South End of this Tract I live upon including Buildings all the Improvements Beginning for the South Part or First Part at the Corner Post Oak the beginning Tree of the Original Tract of Land Granted to Joseph Dixon on the 16th Day of December 1762 for Six Hundred & Eighty Acres Running thence North 170 Poles to Four Hickorys thence West 320 Poles to a Marked Post Oak on the Original Line thence South 170 Pole[s] thence East to the beginning Containing 340 Acres of Land during her Lifetime or Widowhood and after that it shall be Equally Divided between my two Sons Nathan & Stephen Dixons to them and their Heirs forever ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ Item I leave to my Daughter Anne Bailey Wife of Caleb Bailey five Pound Penyslvania Money to her and her Heir forever ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ Item I leave to my Son Solomon Dixson a Tract of Land as also Liberty for to sow a Field on the old Place before he settles to him & his Heirs forever Item I leave my Son Jesee Dixson the Piece of Land I bought of John May as also the Pease of Land I bought of Howil Brewer[Brown?] a Joing both of them to him and his Heirs forever ~~~ ~~~ Item I leave my son Eli Dixson the North End of the Tract I now live on beginning for the North part of Four Hickorys the N.E. Corner of the first Part Running thence North 518 Poles to George Dixson Corner B. O. thence N.E. Easterly along his Line 4 Poles into a Peace of Land Bought of John May to a Marked W.O. thence N.W. 58 Poles to a Marked W.O. on the Original Line thence North to the N.E. Corner of the Original Tract of 680 Acres thence West 320 Poles to a W.O. thence South 16 Poles to a Marked Post Oak thence to the First Beginning Containing 340 Acres [Will Book Volume A, page 115] Acres to him and his Heir forever it is my Will that my Son Jessee Dixson gives him a years Diet[?] when he beings to Settle on the Place Item I leave my Sons Samuel Dixson and Joseph Dixon Each of them Eighty Pounds or that much said out to Secure Land for them the first Convenient Opportunity to them and their Heirs forever ~~~ ~~~ Item I leave the Rest of my Estate Goods & Chattles after Payment of my Just Debts to the Disposal of my Loving Wife and it is my Will that my Sons shall enter in full Possession of the Land when they arrive at the full Age of Twenty one years and it is my Will that if any of my Sons Dieth without Issue Lawfully Begotten that then his Portion o Land and other Efficts[sic] shall be Equally between the Surviving Part of my Children I do Constitute my Trusty and Loving Wife my Sole Executrix of this my Last Will & Testament hereby Revoking and disannulling all former Wills and Testaments In Witness whereby to all and every Part of the above said Will and Testament I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 5th Day of the 12th Month 1769 Sealed Published and declared by the above Named Joseph Dixson for his Last Will and Testament in the Presents of is William Moffitt Joseph Dixson (seal) Joab Brooks (Jur.) Solomon Cox (Affirmd.) Orange County } April Court 1770 } The within Will was Exhibited in open Court and Proved by the Oath of Joab Brooks one of the Subscribing Witnesses thereto and Ordered to be Recorded Teste F. Nash C.C. Additional Comments: Will Book Volume A, pages 114-115 Recorded Apr 1770 No loose will found. No estate papers found.