Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Freeman, Sarah May 20, 1835 ************************************************ 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 F, page 82 Written: May 20, 1835 Recorded: Nov 1841 Testator: Sarah Freeman [Will Book Volume F, page 82] I Sarah Freeman of the County of Orange & State of North Carolina being of Sound & disposing Mind & Memory do make publish & Ordain the following to be my last Will & Testament that is to say. 1 First. I give & bequeath to John Newlin all my Negro Slaves to him his Executors Administrators & Assigns forever. 2. Secondly. I give & devise all my Lands or other real Estate of which I may die seized & possessed unto John Newlin his heirs and Assigns forever. 3. Thirdly I give & devise unto Richard Freeman my Husband during the term of his natural life my Lands on Rockey River in Chatham County and after his death then to John Newlin his heirs & assigns forever 4. Fourthly I give & bequeath unto John Newlin his Executors administrators and assigns all my monies, notes Bonds Stock Household furniture and all my personal property of whatsoever ["kind" x-out] denomination it may be and I do hereby revoke & make void & null all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made. Lastly I do hereby appoint the above named John Newlin the devisee of all my Estate real & personal to be Executor of this my last Will & Testament and to which I have set my hand & Seal this the 20th day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty four Done in presence of Sarah Freeman (seal) John Pope M H Britt Orange County Novr. Term 1841 [no probate further statement] Additional Comments: Will Book Volume F, page 82 Recorded Nov 1841 No loose will found. Estate Papers comprise 106 pages and are found in folder labeled "Freeman, Sarah (1839)". Testator died in August 1839. She married Richard Freeman on 6 Sep 1830. Testator's first husband, Daniel Foust died about 1826. Another folder of Estate Papers, labeled "Freeman, Sarah (1844)", mention Polly Foust as the sister of the testator, and Polly's children as John Foust, George Foust, Daniel Foust & Peter Foust.