Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Telford, Thomas October 20, 1784 ************************************************ 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 A, pages 325-328 Written: October 20, 1784 Recorded: May 1785 Testator: Thomas Telford In the Name of God Amen: The Twentieth Day of October one Thousand seven Hundred, & Eighty foure I Thomas Telford of the County of Orange & State of North Carolina Being very sick & weak in Body but of perfect mind, & Memory, thanks be Given to God, therefore Calling to Mind the mortality of my Body, & knowing that it is appointed for all Men once to Die, Do make & ordain this my last Will &, Testament, that is to say, Principally, &, first of all I give &, Recommend my soul unto the Hands of Almighty God, that gave it & my Body, I recommend to the Earth, to be Buried in, a decent Christian manner, at the discretion of my Executors &, Executrix, and as touching such World[l]y Estate where with God hath Blessed me with in this Life, I give dismiss[demise] & dispose of the same in the following manner & first I, give & bequeath unto my beloved Wife Elizabeth the third part of my Moveable Estate, & also I give unto my Wife Elizabeth the Mansion House, & one Hundred Acres of Land, Including [x-out] the mansion House, Run[n]ing from James Warnockes Line to Samuel Smiths Line, on the South of the Middle plantation during the time of her Widow hood, & then to Return to who ever gets the Remainder of the Middle Tract, also she is to have her Bed & furniture; Likewise her Choice of the Horses & her saddle, (Exception these that I have given away already to my sons Robert, Hugh, & Thomas.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Also I give & Bequeath the Middle plantation To my son Hugh (Excepting one Hundred acres which I give unto my Wife dureing her Widow hood, & then to return to him,) her Bed &, her other furniture shall be at her disposal, The Tract of Land lying on the south side of the middle plantation, I give unto my Son Robert, Extending [page 2] from James Warn[o]cks Line, to Samuel Smiths Line & from David Machlins Line, to the Line of the Middle plantation, Encluding Two Hundred & Twenty Acres, the Tract of Land Lying on the North Side of the Middle plantation, I give unto my son Thomas run[n]ing from the Line of the Middle plantation to James Warnocks Line to Cunningham Smiths Line Containing Two Hundred & Twenty Acres, Excepting Two poles in bre[a]dth which according to my promise leave for a road between the plantation James Warnock Lives on & an Entry he maid on Fishing Creek, which road is to run from the North Corner of the plantation James Warnock now Lives on, to the Entry he maid on Fishing Creek, along the orfants[?] Line, But all the Timber that grows on the sd. piece of ground is to belong to my son Thomas, & he is to work on the old plantation till he is Come of Age, for to support & Maintain the family Also I give unto my Two Daughters, Rosannah, & Elizabeth one Bed & furniture Each, Two Milch Cows, & Calv[es] each one Horse or Mair, (worth about Twelve pounds), each (as Horses rates now at the Date Hereof in hard cash,) & a saddle & bridle Each, & each of them one flax Wheel, & one Chest Each when come of age Furthermore I give unto my son Robert Smith one milch cow & Calves at my deceas[e], also my sons William & Samuel, is to receive from the three oldest sons from Each of them Ten pounds in Cash (valued at the same rate that it is at the Date hereof,) Viz, from Robert, Hugh, & Thomas,) when they are come of Age, also my still & &[sic] Vessals, & the young roned[roan] Mair is to be Equally Divided between - both of them viz betwe[e]n William & Samuel according to the direction of the Executors [page 3] also the Executors is to see that these Two, my son William & Samuel shall Have an Equal Share of the profit of the Waggon & Team untill thye[sic] are seventeen years old & then they shall be at their Liberty to go to a Traid[Trade] or else where if they see proper & if they see proper to stay & work with my son Hugh & their Mother, until they are Twenty they shall then receive Each of them one Horse or Mair Valued to Twelve pounds Each & a good Saddle & bridle Each also my Two sons William & Samuel is to be sufficiently schooled for plantation Business, & their schooling is to be paid of the whole Estate, also my Three oldest sons shall be all Equal shares in all profits maid By the waggon & Team & what grain can be spaired from the maintainance of the Family & Stock so Long as they stay & work on the old plantation & my Two sons Robert & Thomas if the[y] see cause to go to their own plantations when they are come of Age, they are then to have no more Eight to any profit or gain maid by either waggon, Team, or stock, or any other profits, coming from the old plantation, Excepting their Horses, saddles & bridles, & th[e]ir Clothes, & all he Butter that my wife Elizabeth can make of the whole stock shall be be[sic] at her own disposal so long as she remains a Widow, But all the principal stock shall be for the support & maintainance of the widow & the family until they are all come of Age, & then they shall be my son Hughs property, But if my Two sons Robert, & Thomas go to work on their own plantation they are to have Iron & Steel Enough to furnish the [?] in one Barshear plough, & one Ax, & one Mat[t]ock each & they are to have them maid [page 3] At their own costs & my sons Robert, & Thomas, shall hav[e] their quantity of Land assigned to them by me, Laid of[f] by a common surveyor, & they shall pay for it them selves, also my sons[sic] Hugh shall make them over a Deed of Conveyance According to Law, I do hereby Constitute & ordain My wife Elizabeth & my son Robert Telford & my son Hugh Telford to be my Executors & Executrix of this my ["last" x-out] ["Will & Testament" x-out] Estate & I do hereby testify this to be my last Will & Testiment as witness Whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & seal, Signed sealed in the presence of David Macklin Thomas Telford (seal) James Moore James Machlin [Will Book Volume A, page 325] In the name of God Amen The Twentieth day of October, one thousand Seven Hundred, and Eighty four I Thomas Telford of the County of Orange, and State of North Carolina being very sick & weak in Body, but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given to God therefore calling to mind the mortality of my Body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say, principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul unto the hands of Almighty God who gave it, and my body, I recommend to the Earth to be to be[sic] buried in a decent Christian manner at the discretion of my Executors and Executrix, and as touching such worldly [Will Book Volume A, page 326] estate wherewith God hath blessed me with in this life, I give, dismiss[demise] and dispose of the Same in the following manner, and first I give and bequeath, unto my beloved Wife Elizabeth, the third part of my moveable Estate, and also I give unto my Wife Elizabeth the Mansion House and one Hundred Acres of Land including the mansion house running from James Warnockes line, to Samuel Smith's line, on the South of the middle Plantation during the time of her Widowhood, and then to return to whoever gets the remainder of the middle Tract also she is to have her Bed and furniture; likewise her choice of the Horses and her Saddle, (exception these that I have given away already to my sons Robert, Hugh, & Thomas.) ~~~ Also I give and bequeath the middle plantation To my son Hugh (excepting one Hundred Acres which I give unto my Wife during her Widow- hood and then to return to him,) her bed and her other furniture Shall be at her disposal. The Tract of Land lying on the South side of the middle plantation, I give unto my Son Robert, extending from James Warnocks line to Samuel Smiths line and from David Machlins line, to the line of the middle plantation, including two Hundred & Twenty Acres.- The Tract of Land Lying on the North Side of the middle plantation I give unto my Son Thomas, running from the line of the middle plantation to James Warnocks line to Cunningham Smiths line, containing two Hundred and Twenty Acres, excepting two poles in breadth which according to my promise leave for a Road, between the Plantation James Warnock live[s] on, and an entry he made on Fishing Creek, which Road is to run from the North Corner of the plantation James Warnock now lives on, to the entry he made on Fishing Creek along the orfants[?] line but all the Timber that grows on the Said piece of ground is to belong to my son Thomas, and he is to Work on the Old Plantation, till [Will Book Volume A, page 327] he is come of age for to support and maintain the Family, also I give unto my two Daughters, Rosannah, and Elizabeth, one Bed and furniture each, two Milch Cows and Calves each one horse or mare worth about twelve pounds each (as horses rates now at the date hereof in hard cash) and a Saddle and bridle each, and each of them one flax Wheel, and one chest, each when when[sic] come of age. Furthermore I give unto my son Robert Smith one Milch cow & Calf at my decease, also my sons William and Samuel, is to receive from the three oldest sons from each of them ten pounds in cash (valued at the same rate that it is at the date hereof) Viz from Robert, Hugh and Thomas) when they are come of age, also my Still and vessels and the young Roned[roan] Mare is to be equally divided between both of them viz between William, and Samuel according to the direction of the Executors, also the Executors is to See that these two, my son William & Samuel shall Have an equal Share of the profit of the Waggon and team untill they are seventeen years old, and then they shall be at their Liberty to go to a Trade, or elsewhere if they see proper, and if they see proper to stay and work, with my son Hugh and their Mother, untill they are twenty they shall each of them then receive one Horse or Mair, valued to twelve pounds each, and a good Saddle & bridle each, also my two Sons William an[d] Samuel is to be Sufficiently schooled for plantation business, & their schooling is to be paid of the whole Estate, also my three oldest sons Shall be all equal Shares, in all profits made by the Waggon an[d] Team and what g[r]ain can be spared from the maintenance of the Family and Stock so long as they stay and work on the old Plantation & my two Sons Robert & Thomas, if they see cause to go to their own plantations when they are come [Will Book Volume A, page 328] of age, they are then to have no more Eight to any profit or gain maid by either Waggon, Team, or Stock, or any other profits coming from the old Plantation, excepting their Horses, saddles & Bridles and their Cloaths, and all he Butter that my Wife Elizabeth can make of the whole Stock Shall be at her own disposal, so long as she remains a Widow: but all the principal Stock shall be for the support & maintenance of the Widow and the family untill they are all come of age and then they Shall be my Son Hugh's property. But if my two Sons Robert & Thomas go to work on their own plantation they are to have Iron & Steel enough to furnish them in one barshear plough and one Ax, and one mattock each, and they are to have them made at their own costs, and my sons Robert & Thomas, Shall have their quantity of Land assigned to them by me Laid of[f] by a common Surveyor, and they Shall pay for it themselves, also my son Hugh shall make them over a deed of conveyance according to Law. ~~ ~~ I do hereby constitute and ordain my Wife Elizabeth and my Son Robert Telford & my son Hugh Telford, to be my Executors and Executrix of this my Estate I do hereby testify this to be my last Will and Testament as Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal. Signed sealed in the presence of David Macklin } Thomas Telford (seal) } James Moore } } James Machlin } Orange County May Term 85. The Execution of This last Will and Testament was duly proved in open Court by the Oaths of David Macklin and James Moore two of the subscribing Witnesses and ordered to be recorded Test J. Benton C C Additional Comments: Will Book Volume A, pages 325-328 Recorded May 1785 No estate papers found.