PITT COUNTY, NC - Will - Benjamin Browne, 1821. ========================================================================= 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, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Elizabeth Ross May 1999 ========================================================================== From originals in the NC Supreme Court Case #3834, NC Archives and History, Raleigh, NC. Contributed by Roger Kammerer and Elizabeth Ross. A Copy of the Will of Benjamin Browne decąd. In the name of God Amen. I Benjamin Browne of the County of Pitt in the State of North Carolina, being of sound mind & in good health, do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament, in manner & form following (to wit) First I commit my soul to God who gave it, & my body to the dust from whence it came, to be buried in a decent manner. ‹‹ Item. I Give to my beloved wife Chrissey Browne, during her widowhood, the North part of my dwelling House, where I now live, which is from the passage above & below out towards the north, the North room of my Kitchin, the small room of the barn, one dairy & mint House, & the part of the land & plantation continued in the following Bounding by Beginning with the West side of the dwelling house, & running a right north course to Eddie Brownes line, thence along Eddie Brownes line, to Ewells line, thence along Ewells line to my ditch, thence along my ditch, to my land fence thence along my fence up ____ [illegible] the center of said kitchen thence across or through, to the passage of said dwelling house & to the beginning, so as to afford a convenient enjoyment of the premises hereby given, & according to the reservation in my deed to my son William M. Browne, also my chair Horse called Dick, and my negro Anasehy [?]. I also give & gequeath to my said wife all the property I got by her in marriage to her & her heirs forever. Item. I give to my son Eddie Browne my negro man Cain, my horse called true blue, one cow & calf, one feather bed & furniture, half a dogzen sitting chairs, one chest, half a dogzen plates, one set cups & saucers, two dishes & one Iron pot, to him & his heirs forever. Item. I give to my son Benjamin Browne my negro Kinchen, one Mare called the Romulus mare, one Cow & calf, one cow & calf one feather bed & furniture, half a dozen sitting chairs, one chest, half a dozen plates, one set cups & saucers, two dishes & one Iron pot to him & his heirs forever. Item. I give to my son William M. Browne my negroes Bob & Major, one mare Colt, one cow & calf, on bed & furniture, half a dozen sitting chairs one chest, half a dozen plates one set cups & saucers, two dishes, one Iron pot & one walnut falling leaf table, to him & his heirs forever. Item. I give to my son Willie Browne my negro David, one horse called the Romulus Horse, one cow & calf, one feather bed & furniture half a dozen sitting chairs, one chest, half a dozen plates, one set cups & saucers two dishes one Iron pot to him & his heirs forever. Item. I Give to my grand children Elizabeth, Benjamin B., Martha, John F., & Elizabeth M. C. Stancill five dollars each. Item. I give to my Grand son Benjamin B. Williams ten dollars. Item. I give to my daughter Patsey Wallace living in Tennessee a negro woman named Chaney she & her increase to her & her heirs forever. Item. I give to my daughter Clary Reives a negro woman named Peggy she & her increase to her & her heirs forever. Item. I give to my Daughter Ritty Anderson a negro woman named Selah, she & her increase to her & her heirs forever. Item. I give to my daughter Elizabeth Browne two negroes viz Hannah & Little [?] Aggy, one cow & calf, two beds & furniture, one of which large & the other small, half a dozen sitting chairs, half a dozen plates, one set cups & saucers, two dishes, one Iron ot, & china ware & one falling leaf table, one Dursing Do. one chest, one tin Trunk, one bridle & Saddle & one Horse, to her & her heirs forever. Item. I have Martin & July to be sold in the family & the proceeds of the sale to be equally divided between my daughters, Patsey Wallace, Clary Rives, & Ritty Anderson or their heirs forever. Lastly I nominate & appoint my sons John S. Browne & Eddie Browne to be Executors of this my last Will & Testament hereby revoking all former Wills made by me. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal. this 20th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty one. Signed & sealed in } the presence of us.} Benjamin Brown {Seal} James Browne } John T. Mooring } Arcudy Brown }