Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Linon, Hugh June 1, 1766 ************************************************ 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 49-51 Written: June 1, 1766 Recorded: Nov 1766 Testator: Hugh Linon [Will Book Volume A, page 49] To all Christian People to whom these presents may Come Greeting, Know ye that I Hugh Linon of Orange County & Province of North Carolina Considering the ~~ Uncertainty of time, do this first day of June in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred & Sixth Six make & publish this my last Will & Testament, in manner & form following, that is to say, first I desire that my Body may be Decently Buried, Secondly that my Just Debts be paid, my Will is that Thomas Linsday Junior, Shou'd have a Sufficient Right or title for a Piece or Parcel of Land, Containing five hundred & twenty five Acres, Lying & Joining on the Pine Hill Creek, s Called, it is my Will that William Welsh shou'd have a piece or parcel of Land, Supposed to Contain One hundred & Seventy five Acres, Joining the above mentioned Land, & it is my Will, that he shou'd have my best Street[?] Bob'd Coat & Best big Coat & Likewise it is my Desire that ~~~~~~~~~ Thomas Lindsay Senior, & Ruth his Wife shou'd have my Slave Jonah[?], but name, their Natural lifetime & then to be free, from them & their Heirs. It is my Will, that Daniel McCavay shou'd my two Colts atwo Years old & a spring Colt if to be found & my Wearing apparel Except my best Jackett, & Likewise it is my Will that my slaves Namely Hannah & [Will Book Volume A, page 50] And Jack shou'd be sold in a Year after my Decease if there is not anough to Discharge my Just Debts, & it is my Will that my Slave Sarah Shou'd be sold after the Decease of the above mentioned Thomas & Ruth Lindsay, his Wife It is my Will that Owen Dowd shou'd have a Mair ~~~ that Roams between Took[?] Creek & Deep River ~~ And it is my Will that if my Brother or Brother in Law shou'd come in from Ireland by the time said Slave is sold, if she sold within a Year after my Decease that she shou'd have the Remaining ~~ Price of them after Discharging my Just Debts & if but one of them shou'd come in it is my will ~~ that he shou'd have it all & it is my Will that if my Brother or Brother in Law do not come in by time the said Slave Hannah & Jack arrives to the age of Eighteen Year that John Lindsay Elenor Lindsay & Deborah & Jonathan Lindsay shou'd have five Pounds P Pieces[?], & it is my Will that William ~~ Lindsay son of James Lindsay shou'd have five Pounds and if said Slaves not sold within a Year after my Decease, their[sic] being Enough to Discharge my Just Debts without them & my Brother or Brother in Law cones not in by said time, it is my Will ~~ that William Lindsay shou'd have Jack the above Mentioned Slave, untill he arrives to the age of Eighteen Years & it is my Will that Samuel Stuart shou'd have my Slave Hannah until she arrive to the age of Eighteen Years & it is my Will that Thomas Lindsay Junior shou'd have my horse Saddle & Bridle & my best Jackett & Wearing hatt & it is my Will that if my Brother in law comes in by the time that said Negroes arrives to the Age of Eighteen Years & the rest sold, that the shou'd have them & if sold that the[y?] shou'd have the [Will Book Volume A, page 51] The Remaining part of the prince of them & if but One that shou'd the Whole, but if my Brother nor Brother in Law do not come in by the time my said Slaves ~~~ Hannah & Jack by name arrive to the Age of Eighteen Years it is my Will that she shou'd be sold & the ~~ ~~ Remaining part Equally Divided Between Thomas Lindsay Junior, & William Lindsay & William Welsh & Samuel Stuart, it is my Will that my Slave Sarah, after she is sold, that the price shou'd be Equally Divided between the above mentioned Thomas Lindsay Junr. William Lindsay & William Welsh & Samuel Stuart Lastly, I appoint my friend Samuel Stuart & William Lindsay Executors of this my last will & testament in trust for the intents & Purposes herein mentioned in Witness whereof I the said Hugh Linon have hereunto set my hand & Seal the Day & Year first above Written to this my last Will & Testament ~~~~~~~ his his Hugh (X) Linon (seal) Michael (X) Wufner[?] mark mark Thomas Lindsey, Senr. At an Inferior Court of Pleas &c held for the County of Orange at the Court house in Childsburg in the Second Tuesday in Novr. in the Year of our Lord 1766 Present his Majesties Justices &c the Execution of the afsd. Will was duly Proved by the Oath of Thomas Lindsay Senr. & Ordered to be Recorded Test Francis Nash C.C. Additional Comments: Will Book Volume A, pages 49-51 Recorded Nov 1766 No loose will found. No estate papers found.