PERQUIMANS COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Luke Stallings, 24 Dec 1798 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Russell L. Lawrence ruslaw@bellatlantic.net ==================================================================== Will of Luke stallings Written 1798 - Proved 1799 (Perquimans County, NC.) In The Name of God Amen I Luke Stallings of State of North Carolina and in the County Perq's. being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks Given to God, therefore calling to mind the mortallity of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all flesh once to die do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament that is to say Such worldly Estate wherewith it hath Pleased God to bless me with. Viz I give and bequeath to my Brother Jesse Stallings the plantation whareon I now Live and the Lands thereunto belonging and allso I give to Brother Jesse Stallings fifty one acres and one quarter of our old plantation Lying in the disert on turnpike Road and also fifty acres in the Juniper Swamp Lying in my fathers ____ pattent to him and his Heirs for ever. Viz I Give unto my Brother Rubens Son Mills the plantation that I bought of Seth Rountree containing one hundred acres to him and his Heirs for ever. Viz I give and bequeath unto my Sister Pricillahs Daughter Rhodah the plantation that I bought of my Brother Job to her and her heirs for ever, only Excepted ten years from the 24th day of December 1798 for James Hollowell Live on and Cultivate as we agreed. Viz I give unto my Brother John Stallings the sum of ten pounds specie to him and his Heirs for ever. Viz I give my Brother Jesse Stallings the four Acres of Land that I bought of Joshua White to him and his Heirs for ever. Viz I give to my Brother Solomon Stallings Sixty Acres of land Lying in the (illegible) it being part of a pattent containing one hundred and twenty two acres. The Land shall Ly and be in the Northwest End of the pattent to him and his Heirs for ever. Viz I give to my Brother Jesse Stallings and my Sister Pricillah my two Negro fellows Dick and Isaac to serve them as they have me before. Viz I give to Mary Boge one hundred acres of Land out of the tract or parcel of Land I and my Brother Jesse and Benjamin Perry Entered to her and her Heirs for ever. Viz I give Paltiah Stallings a coople of two year old steers to him and his Heirs for ever. Viz I give to James Hollowell two two year old steers to him and his Heirs for ever. Viz I give to my Brother Jesse three Cows and Calves out of my Stock to him and his Heirs for ever. And also to my Sister Pricillah Stallings three Cows and Calves to her and her Heirs for ever. After all of my just debts and Contracts is paid out of my Estate then I Will all the Remainder of my Estate to be Equally devided between Ruben and Job and Mary Colleys children and Pricillah Sarah Zilpahs children Jesse Peninah Solomon Stalling to them and their Heirs for ever. I do anominate and appoint my Brother Jesse Stallings to be my whole and Soul Executor for to See this my Last Will and Testament fulfil gratifying and Declareing this to be my Last Will and Testament in manner and form as above said in witness whereof this s'd. Luke Stallings have unto set my hand and Seal this 24 day of December 1798. Luke(marke)Stallings (Seal) Test Ar'd.White James(hismarke)Hollowell Elizabeth(hermarke)Hollowell Perquimans County} February Term at Hertford AD 1799. This Certifies that the within Will of Luke Stallings Dece'd. was then & there proved in open Court by the oath of Arnold White one of the subscribing witnesses thereto at the same time appeard Jesse Stallings & Qualified as Exor. agreeable to law. Test Jno.Harvey Clk. Recorded the 21st day of April 1799. Test Jno.Harvey Clk.