Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Piper, Samuel August 14, 1854
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Source: Loose Will, NC Archives CR 073.801, Will Book Volume G, page 520
Written: August 14, 1854
Recorded: May 1867
Testator: Samuel Piper

State of North Carolina }
    County of Orange    }
    15 August 1854      }

In the Name of God Amen.
                         I Samuel Piper
of the State & County above written this day
and date above written Make this my last
Will & testament -
                 I desire that my Wife Eleanor Piper
be my Executrix and within Sixty days after my
burial the family of Negros I hold and all other
surplus property be advertised and sold negroes
separately except a suckling child which I
desire should be sold with it[s] mother at
twelve month credit.
                      I give & beque[a]th to Said Eleanor
Piper all my property & proceeds of sales after
paying my just de[b]ts her life time to Educate and
raise my three youngest Children Buxton Bryant
& Violia and at her death what remains to be
equally divided among my Seven Children Bettie
Joseph Mary Nathaniel Buxton Bryant & Vilia
in case of any of their deaths the division to
then remaining

              In witness whereof I Samuel Piper have
to this my last will & Testament set my hand and seal
this day & date above written
Witness                             Samuel Piper (Seal)

[page 2]
This my last will
I advis you to Mr
P. C. Camerson as as Comdor[?]
if his services can be
procured. if not look to
some hing minded gentlman
that will not take any ??
of your necessities
           S Piper

Recorded page 520
     1867

[Will Book Volume G, page 520]
State of North Carolina
County of Orange
14 August 1854
        In the Name of God Amen.

I Samuel Piper of the State & County above
Written this day & date above written Make
this my last Will & testament

I desire that my Wife Eleanor Piper be my
Executrix and within sixty days after my
burial the family of Negros I hold and all
other surplus property ["except" x-out] be advertised
and sold Negroes separately except a suckling
child which I desire should be sold with
it[s] mother at twelve month credit.

I give & bequeath to Said Eleanor Piper all my
property and proceeds of sales after paying
My Just debts her life time to Educate and
raise my three youngest children Buxton Bryant
and Viola and at her death what remains to
be equally divided among my seven children
Bettie. Joseph. Mary. Nathaniel Buxton Bryant
& Viola in case of any of their death the
division to then remaining

    In witness whereof I Samuel Piper have
to this My last Will & Testament set My hand
and seal this day & date above Written
Witness                Samuel Piper (Seal)

Orange County Court May Term 1867
The execution of the foregoing last Will and
Testament of Samuel Piper decease was
duly proved in Open Court
             See Minutes
                        Test Geo Laws CCC

Additional Comments:
Will Book Volume G, page 520
Recorded May 1867

Estate Papers comprise 42 pages and are found in a folder labeled "Piper, Samuel (1869)".  No family history found.  If the negroes mentioned in the will were sold, there is no record here. It appears that the probate began after emancipation.  The final settlement of this estate appears to have occurred in the 1870's.