ORANGE COUNTY, NC - Wills - Elizabeth Laws, 16 Oct 1828
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State of North Carolina  )                    I Elizabeth Laws
         Orange County   )                  do make and publish
                         )                this my last Will and
Testament in manner & form following revoking all others by me
Heretofore made I give and bequeath to my friend Thos D Bennahan
my negro woman Delcy Her Daughter Priscilla Her sons Walter
Henderson & Squire they being the Children which she now has and
such increases as she may Have I direct that the woman Delcy and
her Children be apertained by Saml Yarbrough James Leathers and
Robert Harris or either of them or in case of the death of the
above named persons for others to be selected by the parties
Interested to value the said negroes which sum shall be paid my
friend Thos. D Bennahan for said negroes in Installments of one
two & Three years free of Interest from and after my demise the
right and title of said slaves Delcy & her children which she now
has or may Have shall vest and belong to the said Thos D Bennahan
His Heirs & ? I give and bequeath to Thos D Bennahan a negro Girl
ith future increase my negro woman Hannah - my House Hold and
Kitchen furniture of every description and one half all my estate
& other property not disposed of in trust for the Benefit of the
said Mary Furgerson during thelife of John Furgerson Her Husband
after the death of the said Furgerson Its my Will that the
property herein devised in trust for the benefit of the said Mary
shall vest in and belong to the said Mary & her heirs forever I
give and bequeath to William Laws son of my nephew Leonard Laws
my negro James my Stock of horses cattle & hogs and the remaining
half of all my estate not herein before disposed of I give to my
nephew Leonard Laws his bond to which Samuel Yarbrough is security
with the Interest that may accrue thereon also my Waggon and
farming utensils of every description

I Constitute and appoint my friend Thos D Bennahan Executor of this
my last will and Testament in testimony of all which I have Hereunto
set my Hand and seal this 16th day of October 1828 Eighteen Hundred
and Twenty Eight                                her
In presence of    )                    Elizabeth X Laws (seal)
Wm Horner         )                             mark
Saml Yarbrough    )
Young Dorch       )
A Williams        )

                                    Orange County August Term 1833
The Execution of the foregoing last Will and testament of Elizabeth
Laws Decd was duly proved in open Court the by oaths of William Horner
Young Dorch & A Williams the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered
to be Recorded
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