Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Mebane, Elizabeth July 21, 1845
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Source: Loose Will, NC Archives CR 073.801, Will Book Volume G, page 1
Written: July 21, 1845
Recorded: Nov 1851
Testator: Elizabeth Mebane

In the name of God Amen

I Elizabeth Mebane being of sound
mind & memory do make publish
& declare my last will & testament
in manner & form as follows
in the first place my will &
desire is that my personal ["J" x-out] expenses
& Just debts be paid out of my
estate -

2nd that all the property & estate
heretofore placed by me in the
possession of my son in law
George A Mebane & his wife Attelia
Mebane my daughter consisting
of one beareau[sic] two chests a dressing
table & a small trunk one bed
& bedstead & bed clothing one horse
one mare & colt & gig four head of cattle & four
beef & stock of hogs & the increase
of the said cattle sheep & hogs & negro
man Giles, Ephriam & Thiggy[Kizzy?] an
old negro woman shall be & remain
in the possession of the said George &
Attelia Mebane as their own property
& estate forever

In the third place my will & desire

[page 2]
is that the property heretofore placed
by me in the possession of my son
in law Milten Holt & his wife Martha
Holt my daughter consisting of 2 chests
a trunk one beaureau[sic] one bed &
bedstead & furniture one horse & waggon
four head of cattle four sheep & a
stock of hogs and the increase of the
said hogs sheep & cattle shall belong
to the said Milten & Martha Holt
and also my will [&] desire is that the
two negro men Abel & Thom ["Halt[?]" x-out?]
now in possession of the said Milten
& Martha provided nevertheless that
if the said Milten should survive
the said Martha my will & desire
in that event is that the said negroe
men be equally devided among the
children then living of the said
Martha Holt

In the fourth place my will & desire
is that of my estate not disposed
of above my grand daughter Elizabeth
Mebane shall have the sum of fifty
dollars my grand daughter Martha
Francis Mebane shall have the
sum of fifty dollars my grand

[page 3]
daughter Mary Elizabeth Holt
the sum of fifty dollars & a half
dozen silver tea spoons my saddle & bridle and
my grand daughter Attelia Anne
Holt the sum of fifty dollars

Fifthly my will & desire is that
all the residue of my estate be
equally devided between my
two daughters Attelia Mebane
& Martha Holt

Lastly I nominate & appoint
my son in law George A Mebane
executer[sic] of this my last will
& testament July the 21st 1845

Witnesses
Peyton P. Moore                   her
Test John Tate } Jurat  Elizabeth (X) Mebane
                                  mark

[Will Book Volume G, page 1]
In the name of God Amen

    I Elizabeth Mebane being of sound mind &
memory do make publish & declare my last
Will & testament in manner & form as follows in
the first place my Will & desire is that my
personal expenses & just debts be paid out of
my estate

2nd that all the property & estate heretofore placed
by me in the possession of my son in law George
A Mebane & his wife Attelia Mebane my daughter
Consisting of One beaureau[sic] two chests a dressing
table & a small trunk one bed & bed stead & bed
clothing one horse one mare & colt & gig four head of
cattle & four beef & stock of hogs & the increase of the
said cattle sheep & hogs & negro man Giles Ephriam &
Kizzy and[orig: an] old negro woman shall be & remain
in the possession of the said George & Attelia Mebane
as their Own property & estate forever

In the third place my will & desire is that the
property heretofore placed by me in the possession
of my son in Law Milton Holt & his wife Mar
tha Holt my daughter consisting of 2 chests a
trunk One bureau one bed & bed stead & furni
ture One horse & Waggon four head of Cattle
four sheep & a stock of hogs and the increase of
the said hogs sheep & Cattle shall belong to the
said Milten & Martha Holt and also my
will [and] desire is that the two negro men Abel
& Thom now in possession of the said Milton & Martha
provided nevertheless that if the said Milton
should survive the said Martha my will &
desire in that event is that the said negro
men be equally divided among the Children
then living of the said Martha Holt

In the fourth place my will & desire is
that of my estate not disposed off above

[Will Book Volume G, page 2]
my grand daughter Elizabeth Mebane shall
have the sum of fifty dollars my grand
daughter Martha Francis Mebane shall have
the sum of fifty dollars my grand dau
=ghter Mary Elizabeth Holt the sum of fifty
dollars & a half dozen silver tea spoons my
saddle & bridle and my grand daughter
Attelia Anne Holt the sum of fifty dollars

Fifthly my will & desire is that all the residue
of my estate be equally divided between my
two daughters Attelia Mebane & Martha Holt

Lastly I nominate & appoint my son in
law George A Mebane executor of this my
last will & testament July 21st 1845

Witness                      hir
Peyton P. Moore    Elizabeth (X) Mebane
Test John Tate               mark

Additional Comments:
Will Book Volume G, page 1
Recorded Nov 1851

This testator was the wife of David Mebane (will 1842), but few of his children are mentioned.  Assuming not all of his children are her children, perhaps David was married more than once?

Estate Papers comprise six pages and are found in a folder labeled "Mebane, Elizabeth (1851)".  No family history found.