Pasquotank County NcArchives Wills.....Raper, Cornelius 1813 ************************************************ 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: Sloan S. Mason http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00016.html#0003873 October 22, 2018, 3:04 pm Source: Register Of Deeds Written: 1813 Will of Cornelius RAPER Bk. M1- p. 249 7 Feb 1813 Probated: March Term 1813 In the Name of God, Amen, I Cornelius RAPER of Pasquotank county being 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 that is to say peacefully and first of all, I give and commend my soul into the hands of God that gave it and my body i commend to the Earth to be buried in a decent Christian burial at the discretion of my Executor, nothing doubting? but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the nightly power of God, and as touching such worldly Estate where with it has pleased God to bless one in this life I give decrease and dispose of the same in the following manner and form. Imprimis, I give and bequeath unto my wife Ann, one third of the Tract of Land I now live on two cops but he name of — and Sprinkle, one bed and furniture, one chest, ——— and furniture, all the dishes, plates and spoons, 1 sifter, one bread tray, — and piggies, three hogs and all the flax I own and the horse by the name of Tes. Item: I give to my son David RAPER a piece of land lying in the savanah likewise the land I live on to him and his heirs forever. Item: I give my daughter Fanny, one bed and furniture and one large chest. Item: I give my daughter Betsy MACKEY Five Dollars. Item: I give my Grand daughter Betsy MASON Five Dollars. Item: I give my Swamp Entry and the land I bought of J. BELL to my three youngest boys. Item: I give my hand gun to my son Samuel. Item: I give my —— Oa to my son Robert. Item: I reserve two acres where my house stands to my son Cornelius. Item: I give to Mary PRENTICE? a two year old heifer. Item: I give my Desk to my son Robert. Item: I give unto my wife Ann one years provision. Item: And Lastly I constitute make and ordain my loving wife Ann, Executrix and my son David, Executor to this my Last Will and Testament and do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all and every other former Testament, Will, Legacies and bequest and Executors by me in any way before named, willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and not other be be my Last Willa and Testament in Witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this 7th day February in year of our Lord 1813. Signed, sealed published pronounced & declared by the said Cornelius RAPER, as his Last Will & Testament in the presence of other subscribers Lemuel CAMPBELL Edmund DAVIS Signed: Cornelius (his X mark) RAPER (seal) State of North Carolina Pasquotank County March Term 1813 The Last Will and Testament of Cornelius RAPER, Deceased was exhibited and proved in Open Court by the Oath of Edmund DAVIS, one of the subscribing Witnesses thereto, David RAPER one of the Executors therein named appeared and qualified agreeable to Law, ordered that the Will be recorded and Letters Testamentary Issue. Teste: Will. T. MUSE, Clk. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/pasquotank/wills/raper2686gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb