Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Freeland, James July 27, 1805
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Source: North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970, Orange County, Wills, 1785-1865, 
Vol. 4, P. 569 & 571, Image 240-243 Of 641, Www.familysearch.org
Written: July 27, 1805

In the Name of God amen 
I James Freeland of the County of Orange and State of North Carolina being week in
body but in perfect mind and memory and calling to mind the mortallity of the body 
and knowing it is appointed for all men once to die—do make ordain and declare this 
to be my last will and Testment makeing null and void all former wills & Testments—
And first I recommend my soul into the hands of God that give it and my body to be 
buried at the disscreation of my executors and as for such worldly property which it 
has pleased God to bless me with I do leve give and bequeth in the following way and
mennar 
And first I do give and bequeth to Thomas Freeland son of my son Thomas Freeland
Deceased one Cow. 
And I do give and bequeth to Susanah Freeland daughter of my son Thomas Freeland
deceased one Cow —As I had formerly given my son Thomas Deceased a plantation 
Item. I do give leve and bequeth to my son James one dollar as I have in time past
giving him a plantation on which he now lives and many other things 
Item I do give leve and bequeth to my son John fifty Dollars as I had already given
my son John his posesion 
Item I do give leve and bequeth to my daughter mary fourty Dollars and a horse Cott
which I have given her already and one half of all my household furniture at the 
Decease of my wife Except one Chest of  drawers

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Item I do leve and bequeth to my daughter Jean Gibson fourty dollars and one half of
all my house furniture & one Chest of drawen over to be hers after the decease of my 
wife also a tickett amounting to sixteen pounds which her husband Andrew Gibson has 
alrady in possession Item And I do leve give and bequeth to my son Joseph all my land 
which I now possess to be his property at the death of my wife his mother and I do 
Likewise leve my Negro man Pompy & his wife Jane to my sons Joseph & John to settle as 
they see cause but not to part them after the death of my wife for before her death 
they are not to have sd Negros in possession and I do give and leve to my son Joseph 
all my farming tools & all my other tools of every kind & my still & smith tools to
my son Joseph & I do leve & bequeth likewise to my son Joseph one Negro boy Lewis & 
one negro boy named Sam which he has already in possession 
Item And I do likewise order that all my Stock of Cattle be sold except two Cows
which I leve to my wife to be sold to raise money to pay the heirs which I have left 
money too & the remainer if any to be equeley divided amounghts my sons & daughters & 
as for my horses I order that they be left on my plantation for the use of my wife & 
at her death to be sold & the money to be equely divided amounghts my sons & daughters 
And I do leve Andrew Murdock & my son John Freeland my Executors 
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this 27th of July 1805 
Jas Freeland  Seal 
Test 
Thomas Dixon Jurat 
Steward Dickson 
Wm Rainey (Jurat)

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