Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Robinson, Alexander January 16, 1851 ************************************************ 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: Loose Will, NC Archives CR 073.801, Will Book Volume F, pages 478-479 Written: January 16, 1851 Recorded: May 1851 Testator: Alexander Robinson I Alexander Robinson do Make & ordain this paper writing as my last will & testament I direct all My Just debts to be paid out of my personal Estate I give to My Son William Robinson one tract of land wheareon John Guess Now lives containing one hundred acres & I also give him the said William Robinson twenty five acres adJoining the above tract to be taken of[f] the land I purchased of John Lipscomb to Commence at the South west corner of the hundred acres & to run west far Enough to take of[f] twenty five acres by running a north line the full length of the Said hundred acres on the west side to have and to hold to him and his heirs for ever in Trust nevertheless and to the intent and Meaning that he shall receive the rents and profits of said lands and apply the same to the use and bennefit of My daughter Jane Guess as an annuel Support for her and her Children during her natural life but the same that is neither lands rents heirs and profits shall be subject to the payment of the debts of John R Guess my daughter Jane's husband nor liable to be sold or assigned for any debts now owing or hear after may be Contracted by him or owing but at her death that is Jane Guess to be Equally divided Amongst all her Children I further give to My Son William Robinson for the support of my four Children now under age that is Caroline Rebecca Sarah and Alexander until Alexander is twenty one years old the remainder of my lands dwellings &c rents And profits to his own proper use and when my son Alexander Robinson Shal[l] arrive to the age of twenty one years it is to be divided amongst all My Children Equally Except My daughter [page 2] Jane Guess which I have Conveyed to my son William in Trust for her bennefit sufficient to make her equal with the rest of My Children that is William David Caroline Rebecca Sarah and Alexander and I do further appoint my son William Robinson My Executor of this My last Will and testament In testimony whereof I have set my hand this the 16th of January 1851 his Signed Sealed in the Alexander (X) Robinson (seal) presence of mark Wm J Gray } R. Blacknall } Jurant Qualified [Will Book Volume F, page 478] I Alexander Robinson do make and ordain this paper writing as my last will and testament - I direct all my Just debts to be paid out of my personal Estate I give to my son William Robinson one tract of land whereon John Guess now lives containing one hundred acres & I also give him the said William Robinson twenty five acres adjoining the above tract to be taken of the land I purchased of John Lipscomb to commence at the South west corner of the hundred acres & to run west far enough to take of twenty five acres by running a north line the full length of the said hundred acres on the west side to have and to hold to him and his heirs forever in trust nevertheless and to the intent and meaning that he shall receive the rents & profits of said lands and apply the same to the use and benefit of my daughter Jane Guess as an annual support for her and her Children during her natural life but the same that is neither lands rents heirs [Will Book Volume F, page 479] and profits shall be subject to the payment of the debts of John R Guess my daughter Jane's husband nor liable to be sold or assigned for any debts now owing or hereafter may be contracted by him or owing, but at her death that is Jane Guess to be equally divided amongst all her Children I further give to my son William Robinson for the support of my four children now under age that is Caroline Rebecca Sarah & Alexander until Alexander is twenty one years old the remainder of my lands dwellings &c rents & profits to his own proper use and when my son Alexander Robinson shall arrive to the age of twenty one years it is to be divided amongst all my children equally except my daughter Jane Guess which I have conveyed to my son William in trust for her benefit sufficient to make her equal with the rest of my children that is William David Caroline Rebecca Sarah [and] Alexander And I do further appoint my son William Robinson my Executor of this my last Will and Testament In testimony whereof I have set my hand this the 16th of January 1851 Signed Sealed in the presence his of Wm J Gray Alexander (X) Robinson (seal) R. Blacknall mark Orange County Court February Term 1851 The execution of the foregoing last will & testament of Alexander Robinson decd. was duly proved in open court by the oaths of William J. Gray & R. Blacknall the subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded at the same time William Robinson the Executor therein named appeared in open court and qualified accordingly Test Additional Comments: Will Book Volume F, pages 478-479 Recorded Feb 1851 Estate Papers comprise 22 pages and are found in the folder labeled "Robinson, Alexander (1851)". [Estate Papers - Inventory 31 Jan 1851] AN Inventory of the property of Alexan Robinson deceased which Came into the hands of William H Robinson his Executor January 31st 1851 [sundry articles omitted] One Negro boy Daniel One Negro boy Moses One Negro boy Henry One Negro Girl Elizabeth Page 299 [Estate Papers - Sale of Negroes 10 Apr 1851] A lost of the Sale of the Negroes belonging to the Estate of Alexander Robinson Decd. on the 10th of April 1851 sold on a Credit of twelve Month by Wm. H. Robinson Exr. Purchaser Names Names of Negroes $ ยข ___________________ __________________ Wm. H. Long 1 Negro boy Moses 308 00 Wm. D. Graves 1 Do Do Henry 249 00 Madison McMurry 1 Do Girl Elizabeth 308 00 Joseph Woods 1 Do boy Daniel 225 00 ________________ $ 1090, 00 Recorded May 1851 Page 301