Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Pinkerton, David February 7, 1764
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Source: Will Book Volume A, pages 164-165
Written: February 7, 1764
Recorded: Jan 1772
Testator: David Pinkerton

[Will Book Volume A, page 164]
In the Name of God, Amen.

The twenty Seventh day of February in the Year of our Lord 1764

I David Pinkerton of North Carolina in the County of Orange and Parish
of Saint Matthews yeoman Being Very Sick and Weak in Body
But of Perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God
therefore Calling unto mind the mortality of my Body and knowing
that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and
Ordain this my Last will and Testament this is to Say ~~~

Principally and first of all I gave[sic] and Recommend my Soul
unto the hands of God that gave it and for my Body I recommend
it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent Manner
at the discretion of my Executor Nothing Doubting but at the
General Resurrection I shall Receive the Same again by the
mighty Power of god and as Touching Such Worldly Estate
where with it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give
Devise and Dispose of the Same in the following Manner
and form: Imprimis it is my will and I do Order that in the
first place all my Just Debts and funeral Charges be paid
and Satisfied--- Item I give and Bequeath unto Margaret my dearly
Beloved wife the Bay Pacing Mare and hir Saddle & Bridle together
with her Bed and Bed Clothes and hir Mentainance out of the Estate
During hir life if she do[sic] not Marry But if She Sho[u]ld
Marry let her Next Husband Provide for hir, Item I give to
my well Beloved Son John Pinkerton the Stallion with white
Maine and Tail Item I give to my two Sons William and
David Pinkerton there[sic] Heirs and Assigns for Ever all my ~~~
Plantation where on I now dwell to be Equally divided
Between them as Possible. Item I give to my daughter Martha
Ten Pounds Proclamation Money and the little Black Mare
when She Comes to the Age of Eighteen Years and hir

[Will Book Volume A, page 165]
Mentainance of the plantation untill She is otherways
Provided for. Item I give to my Daughter Mary Pinkerton
Ten Pounds Proclamation Money and the Horse that is
Called her own when She Comes to the Age of Eighteen years
and her Maintainance of the Plantation untill She is ~
other ways Provided for Item I give to my Step Daughter
Agnes Trickey five Shillings Sterling and it is my will that the
Stock shall be for the Mentainance of the family and working
of the Lands and Lastly I Constitute Make and Ordain my wife
Margaret and my Son John Pinkerton my only and Soal
Executors of this my last will and Testament and I do here
by utterly disallow Revoke and Disannull all and Every other
former testaments wills, Legacies and Executors by me in
any wise before this time named Willed & Bequeathed
Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last
will and Testament in witness whereof I have here unto
Set my hand & Seal the day and Year above written

Signed Sealed published & pronounced }
and Delivered by the Said David      }
Pinkerton as his last will and       }
Testament.                         }      David Pinkerton (Seal)
George Miller
James Latta

Orange County, January Inferior Court 1772
                                        The Executor
of the written Will was duly proved in Open Court by the Oath
of George Miller and Ordered to be Recorded.
                      Test
                            F. Nash CC

Additional Comments:
Will Book Volume A, pages 164-165
Recorded Jan 1772

No loose will found.

Estate Papers comprise five pages and are found in a folder labeled "Pinkerton, David (1782)", which is 10 years after the will and might not be the same estate as this will. The only historical items found in these is that the Administrator is Anne Pinkerton, which doesn't match any names in the will, that there were two negroes listed in the inventory, but they were unnamed.