PITT COUNTY, NC - WILLS - ABSTRACTS OF PITT COUNTY, NC WILLS: 1760­1858.

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             ABSTRACTS OF PITT COUNTY, NC WILLS: 1760­1858
                          by Elizabeth Ross

Typing and transcription conventions:

1.  The names of negroes/slaves are given in parentheses following the 
    devisee to whom they were given, or otherwise listed, in order to 
    facilitate Aftrican-American genealogical research.
2.  If a relationship was stated in the will, it is spelled out; 
    otherwise, the word "Devisee" may be inserted by the compiler for
    clarification.
3.  If the surname of a devisee was not given, it is not guessed herein.
4.  If other persons were mentioned, but not as devisees, their names 
    are flagged as "Mentioned."
5.  Unless a word or spelling is in question by the transcriber, no 
    indication will be made of strange spellings (no "sic" or 
    underlining). Spelling, prior to the 20th century, was phonetic -- 
    the clerks simply wrote what they heard or saw.
6.  The wills are presented in alphabetical order.

Abbreviations/short names for often used sources:

     ECU Manu. Coll.:  East Carolina University Manuscript Collection,
                       J. Y. Joyner Library, Greenville, North Carolina.

     NC Archives:      North Carolina Department of Archives and
                       History, Raleigh, North Carolina.

     SHC UNC-CH:       Southern Historical Collection, University of
                       North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina.


                              The Abstracts

ADAMS, David.
Pitt Co., July 29, 1846, no probate shown. Wife Argent Adams (negroes 
big Joe, Shade, little Joe, Amy, Lewey and her child Rose); dau. Polly 
Adams (negro big Simon); dau. Argent Adams (negro little Simon); dau. 
Esther Adams (negro Charles); son Bryant Adams; son Jesse Adams; son 
David Adams; son Churchel Adams. Remainder of property not named to be 
equally divided between "my nine children": Lovey Chapman, Sally Roach, 
Clarricy Smith, Lydia Gaskins, David Adams, Churchel Adams, Polly Adams, 
Argent Adams, Esther Adams. Execs.: Son-in-law Lewis Smith, son Churchel 
Adams. Wits.: Firnaford Chapman, Washington Venters. Signed David Adams 
{Seal}.  -- NC Archives, Series CR.079, Box 801.1.

AVERETT, David.
Pitt Co., June 30, 1807, probate Feb. Term 1808. Wife mentioned, but not 
by name; son Demcy Averitt; dau. Charity Averitt, dau. Nancy Averitt, 
dau. Sary. Remainder to be divided among "my other Six Children after 
their motherıs death." Later stated "My Eight Children after their 
motherıs death." Mentioned land adjoining Sterling Averitt. Execs. not 
named. Wits.: William Nichols, Whitney Nichols. Signed by mark, David 
Averitt {Seal}.  -- NC Archives, Series C.R.079. Box 801.1.

BARROW, Benjamin.
Pitt Co., Sept. 5, 1807, probate Aug. Term 1808. Wife Honer Barrow 
(negroes Rose and Lewis); grandson Benjamin Forbes; granddau. Polly 
Forbes (negro girl Fanny); granddau. Sally Forbes (negro girl Violet). 
Sole Exec.: loving grandson Ben Forbes. Wits.: Tobias Butler, Frederick 
Hardison. Signed by mark, Benjın (+) Barrow {Seal}. "true copy" dated 
Dec. 28, 1812, by Alexander Evans, Clk.  -- NC Archives, Superior Court 
Case #301.

BENTLEY, Taplie.
Pitt Co., Sept. 9, 1796, probate Oct. Term 1796. Wife Elesabeth Bentley, 
my whole estate for her lifetime, and then equally divided between my 
children (unnamed). Execs.: Benjamin Barrow, wife Elesabeth Bentley. 
Wit.: Richıd. Moye, Geo. (mark) Ward. Signed by mark, Taplie (X) Bentley 
{Seal}.  -- NC Archives, Superior Court Case #301.

BRADDY, James.
Pitt Co., July 28, 1845, no probate shown. Wife Lowey Braddy (negros 
Ben, Starling, Tincy); son Robert H. W. Braddy; son Josephus Braddy; 
dau. Christchany E. Braddy; dau. Clemmy A. Braddy; son Edmond R. Braddy. 
Later states "my six children."* Execs.: sons Robert H. W., and Josephus 
Braddy. No witnesses shown. Signed James Braddy {Seal}. True Copy, H. 
Sheppard,Clk, by M. B. Cherry, Deputy Clk.  -- NC Archives, Series CR 
079, Box 801.2.
(*Note: Other records show the 6th child to be Emily Braddy, wife of 
Gaston J. Hathaway.)

BROOKS, James.
Pitt Co., July 12, 1806. Nov. Term 1806. Dau. Mary Wilson and William 
Wilson her husband (negro woman Pegg and her increase); granddau. 
Elizabeth Wilson (negro child Delinney, who is one of Peggıs children); 
other granddaus. (unnamed) by my dau. Mary Wilson (negro woman Pegg 
after their motherıs death); son John Brooks ($1); son James Brooks 
($1); dau. Sarah Tucker ($1); dau. Margaret Bond ($1); son William 
Brooks (negro man Roger); dau. Nancy Brooks (negroes Bette and her 
increase, and Ben); dau. Elizabeth Wilson* (land); grandsons (unnamed) 
by my dau. Sidney Adams. Execs.: sons John and William Brooks. Wits.: 
Jesse Randolph, Joseph Brooks. Signed by mark, Joseph Brooks Senr.  -- 
NC Archives, Superior Court, 1842.
(*Note: Other legal documents show that Elizabeth Wilson was granddau., 
not dau., of James Brooks.)

BURNEY, Simon, Sr.
Pitt Co., Jan. 29, 1829, probate May Court 1829. Dau. Sarah Wilson 
(negros.: girl Centhy, girl Sarah, woman Eady & Eadyıs youngest child); 
dau. Elizabeth Kilpatrick (negroes: girl Cherry, girl Betsy, woman 
Chainy & Chainyıs youngest child); Dau. Louisa Smith (negros: girl 
Phillis, girl _____ [?], woman Ertha & Erthaıs youngest child); dau. 
Rachel Burney (negroes: boy Tiny, girl Jermima, boy Jackson, girl 
Grissy); granddau. Eliza Wooten (negro girl Rhoda); grandson Counsel 
Wooten (negro boy William); son John H. Burney (land and remainder of 
negroes); son Bryan Burney (50 cents and a bed); son Lewis Burney (bed); 
son Simon Burney (50 cents and a bed). Lands mentioned on Clay Root, and 
Swift Creek. Execs.: friends William Pugh and John H. Burney. Wits.: 
William Burney, Henry Smith, Samuel Smith. Signed Simon Burney, Sr. 
{Seal}.  -- Harding Family Papers, ECU Manu Coll. #152.1.

CRANDELL, Christopher, Senır.
Pitt Co., Aug. 5, 1826, no probate shown. Wife Mary Ann; son Willis 
Crandell; dau. Achsa Hill; granddau. Polly Ann Hill; dau. Polly Ann 
Little, who has yet no children (negro girl Mahala); dau. Elizabeth 
Whitehouse and her children. Devisee Joel Crandell son of Samuel 
Crandell ($10). Exec.: friend William Clark. Wits.: Robert (mark) 
Wethersby, Redding (mark) Vick, James Bullock. Signed C Crancell {Seal}.  
-- SHC, UNC-CH, Grimes Family Papers #3357, folder #154.

DANIEL, Lanier.
Pitt Co., Oct. 15, 1840, probate Nov. Term 1841. Wife Elizabeth Daniel 
(negroes Chancy, Esther, Delia, Jennett, Celia?; 3 children: Arnold, 
Luce, and Marhala; old man Dave; and 3 young men: J. E. Jordan, Alfred, 
and Jim). Son Benjamin Daniel (negro man Daniel); dau. Marina Page 
(negro man Jim after my wifeıs death); daughterıs children except 
Susannah Andrews and John Page. Son John S. Daniel (negro woman Esther 
after my wifeıs death, and girl Gennette and her increase); children of 
son Nathaniel Daniel, decıd.: Lanier Daniel (negro man Tener), Elizabeth 
and Mary Eliza; granddau. Susannah Andrews (negro boy Homer). Other 
negroes not named to be hired out 2 years and then given to son Benjamin 
Daniel (negro man Washington, woman Clara), dau. Marina Page (negro man 
Jerry), and son John S. Daniel (negroes Luzane, Annicha, and Henry). 
Negro Esun to be sold and 1/4th of proceeds divided between: Laneir, 
Mary Eliza, and Katharina, children of Nathaniel Daniel. Residue equally 
divided between: wife Elizabeth, sons Benjamin, John S. Daniel, and 
Marina Page, and my 4 grandchildren: Lanier, Elizabeth, Mary Eliza, and 
Kenneth. Lands mentioned on Hunting Run, and the Burton Holliday tract. 
Exec.: Son Benjamin Daniel. Wits.: Benj. F. Eborn, George Daniel. Signed 
Lanier Daniel {Seal}. "True copy" dated May 7, 1856, H. Sheppard, Clk.  
-- NC Archives, Wm. Blount Rodman Papers #PC 76.12.

DIXON, Walter.
Pitt Co., Mar. 7, 1767, no probate date shown. Wife Elizabeth Dixon; 
heirs of son John Dixon, decıd.; son Walter Dixon; dau. Rachel Tindle; 
son William Dixon; dau. Sarah Mundine; son Edward Dixon; dau. Prissilla 
Dixon; dau. Elizabeth Baldwyn; son Rolen Dixon; dau. Susannah Dixon. 
Execs.: son Walter Dixon, son-in-law William Baldwyn Junr, friend John 
Simpson. Wits.: Thomas Dixson, John Simpson, Henry (mark) Moore, John 
Bowers. Signed Walter Dixon {Seal}. Ture Copy made Mar. 4, 1823 by 
George Evans, Clk.  -- ECU Manu. Coll., Boyd Family Papers, Coll. 
#253.1.

FILLINGHAM, John, Senır.
Pitt Co., Nov. 11, 1771, probate Dec. 22, 1773. Wife Margaret Fillingham 
(use of all negroes during her natural Life, and afterwards to go to 
children as named); son John Fillingham (negro woman Luce); son Robert 
Fillingham (negro boy Jim); son Samuel Fillingame (negro boy Naed [?]); 
son Jarvis Fillingham (negro boy Jeremy); son Benjamin Fillingham (negro 
girl Bess); dau. Mathew White; dau. Mary Hays. Execs.: sons John and 
Robert Fillingham. Wits.: Josiah Littel, Alexır. Stewart. Signed by mark 
John Fillingham Senr {Seal}. Original will. On fold is written: "The 
Last Will & Testament of John Fillingham Senr, aged 73 the 3 July 1771.  
-- NC Archives. Series SS/AR. Also appears in North Carolina Will 
Abstracts by John B. Grimes.

GORHAM, Thomas.
Pitt Co., Feb. 7, 1812, probate Aug. Term 1818. Brother Franklin Gorham 
bequeathed undivided interest in estate of "my deceased Father the late 
James Gorham;" also similar interest from "deceased brother William 
Gorham" in nine negroes: Betty, Philip, Nicey, Jess, Moses, Elizer, and 
Lovi, Pompey and Ben. Exec.: brother Franklin Gorham. Wits.: D. Duval 
Jr. [?], George Knox. Signed Thos. Gorham {Seal}. Proved on oath of 
Daniel Duval. Alexander Evans, Clk.  -- Grimes Papers, Coll. #3357, 
folder #149; SHC UNC-CH.

GRIMES, Demsie.
Note: This will is torn, but little information is lost; indicated by 
blank lines.
Pitt Co., Dec. 14, 1786, no probate shown. Dau. Mary (negroes wench 
Price, ____nnah, Shan); dau. Penelope (negro girl Jude, boy ______, girl 
Amy); dau. Elisabeth (negro girl Silvee, girl Ginne); dau. Anne (negro 
wench Rose, man Casteel). My 3 youngest daus.: Elisabeth, Penelope, 
Mary. Son William (remainder of property and all lands). Execs.: son 
William, and John C. Numan. Wits.: John Egleston, Rolin Dixon. Signed 
Demsie Grimes.  -- SHC, UNC CH, Grimes Family Papers #3357, folder #139.

GRIMES, William.
Pitt Co., Oct. 25, 1797, no probate shown. Wife Anna; son Bryan; dau. 
Sara; son Wyllie; child yet unborn. Execs.: friends Reading and 
Frederick Grist. Wits.: Wm. Magempsey, James Armstrong. Signed Wm. 
Grimes {Seal}. "True Copy" undated; Attest James Sheppard, Clk.  -- SHC, 
UNC CH, Grimes Family Papers #3357, folder #141.

HADDOCK, William.
Pitt Co., Sept. 11, 1821, no probate date shown. Wife Martha Haddock 
(negroes woman Chane, boy Moses); dau. Zilpha Harrington (negro woman 
Chane & her increase after wifeıs death); son Hardee Haddock; dau. Nancy 
Haddock; heirs of John Haddock; son Charles Haddock; son Wetherington 
Haddock; son Frederick Haddock. Remainder divided equally between 6 
children: son Luke Haddock, son William Haddock, son Zachariah Haddock, 
son Hardee Hardee, dau. Nancy Haddock, dau. Desiah* Sutton. Execs.: son 
Frederick Haddock and Jacob Harrington. Wits.: Jas. Ringgold, Jesse Cox. 
Signed by mark, William Haddock {Seal}. A true copy certified Mar. 5, 
1856, H. Sheppard, Clk.  -- NC Archives, Supreme Court Case, Box 3155. 
Case: Rhoderick Carroll, pltf., vs. John Hancock, Barnes J. Summerell, 
Amariah B. Cox, Allen Jackson, and Nancy Harrington, defts. Re: rights 
to negroes devised to Zilpha and Joab Harrington. [*Note: Other legal 
documents prove her name to be Keziah.]

HARRIS, Richard.
Note: Two copies of this will have been located and compared for 
accuracy.
Pitt Co., Apr. 5, 1836, no probate shown. Son Henry Harris. Devisee 
Richard Albert and heirs (mentioned in same item as Pheroby Albert). Son 
Thomas Harris, who is under age 21 (negro girls Amy and Minter); Sally 
(mentioned twice with no surname, in same items as son Thomas). Son 
Timothy Harris; son Kinion; 2 daus.: Nancy Flake, wife of Ruben/Reuben 
Flake, and Elizabeth Harris, wife of Author or Auston? Harris (to 
divided money from sale of negro woman Vina). Dau. Sally Alberson (negro 
girl Patience). Dau. Elizabeth (loan of negro girl Chany for her 
lifetime), and then to her 3 daus.: Susan Elander Harris, Sally Eliza 
and Sintha Rebecca Harris. Exec.: worthy nephew Spencer Harris. Wits.: 
Saml. Vines, James T. Williams. Signed by mark Richard (X) Harris.  -- 
Copy # one found in NC Archives, Civil Action Papers, Superior Court, 
Pitt Co., #13,059. In this record of Spring Term 1880, John and Margaret 
Hathaway (dau. of Henry Harris), sue Margaret Harris (widow of Spencer 
Harris) and her children Henry, John, and Wm. T. Harris. Copy # two is 
found in NC Archives, Series CR.079, Box 801.7.

JOHNSTON, James, Senır.
Pitt Co., Oct. 26, 1817, no probate shown. Son William Johnston; son 
Hardie Johnston; son James Johnston Junır; son Richard Johnston, son 
Stephen Johnston, son Jordon Johnston (negro boy Dick); son Cornelius 
Johnston (negro man Isaac); dau. Anna Spell (negro girl Sinah); dau. 
Polly Bland (negro boy Aaron); dau. Charity Johnston (negroes boy 
Redding, boy Stephen, woman Nan); dau. Susanna Walston (negro girl 
Maria); dau. Pheby Williams (negro girl Amy); son Randolph Johnston. 
Execs.: Sons James Junır. and Cornelius Johnston. No witnesses given. 
Unsigned copy.  -- NC Archives, Series C.R.079, Box 801.9.

JONES, James.
Pitt Co., Feb. 7, 1776, no probate shown. Wife Rachel Jones. All 
children are minors. Dau. Nancy Jones; dau. Elizabeth Jones; son James 
Jones; son Henry Jones; child my wife now bears. Mentions land on Chicod 
Neck, and land in the Horn Neck. Execs.: Friends John Watkins, Edward 
Salter. Wits.: William Jones, Anne Watkins, Edward Salter. Signed James 
Jones {Seal}.  -- Grimes Papters, Coll. #3357, folder #137; SHC UNC-CH.

JONES, William.
Pitt Co., Oct. 30, 1776, no probate shown. Wife Ufan Jones (negros Sam, 
Prince and Cain). Son Ambrose Jones; son William Jones; dau. Fanney, a 
minor (negroes Rash Moses and Rose); dau. Zelotis (negroes Aron and Ca__ 
[?]). Son Ambrose Jones, land "on Chocowinity that fell to me at the 
decease of my brother Ambrose Jones" (negroes Joe Boy and Jane); son 
William, the home plantation (negroes Boy Bob and Girl Amey). Execs.: 
friend Allen Sugg, Joel Sugg, George Sugg, Edward Salter. Wits.: James 
Armstrong, Henry Jones. Signed William Jones. "true copy," dated Mar. 
6th 1821, by Geo. Evans for Alexander Evans, Clk.  -- Grimes Papers, 
Coll. #3357, folder #151; SHC UNC-CH.

MCGLOHON, Jeremiah.
Pitt Co., Feb. 10, 1819, Feb. Term 1824. Wife Fanny McGlohon; dau. 
Priscilla Turnage, wife of Levin Turnage; dau. Rebecca McGlohon, dau. 
Salley McGlohon; son Jonathan McGlohon; son Jeremiah McGlohon. Residue 
divided between my 3 daus. Exec.: friend and son Jonathan McGlohon. 
Wits.: Jona Frizell, Josiah Turnage. Signed by mark Jeremiah (X) 
McGlohon {Seal}. "True Copy" dated Aug. 8, 1839, Arch. Parker, Clk.  -- 
NC Archives, John H. Bryan Papers, Coll. PC 6.19.

MOORE, Jacob.
Pitt Co., Oct. 21, 1820, no probate shown. Wife Rutha Moore (negroes: 
man Noah, boy Essick, woman Edy, girl Harriet, girl Lindy, girl Julian); 
Grandson Magilbra M. Sateon (later Stateon), my "whole land" on south 
side Grindell Creek (negro boy Aron); Granddau. Alavaney M. Stateon 
(negro girl Calaway); Devisee Sally An Eliza (negro girl Surliney). 
Residue equally divided among sons and daus. of my Dau. Betty Felps. 
Execs.: friends Benjamin Felps, James Perkins. No witnesses shown. 
Unsigned.  -- Francis M. Manning Coll. #488.21.b, ECU Manu.

PERKINS, James.
Pitt Co., Sept. 7, 1838, Nov. Term 1838. Wife Ann M. Perkins (negros 
Tabby, King and Squire). Following negroes to be hired out until James 
J. Perkins reaches age 21 negroes Ansley and her 5 children, Zuda [or 
Quda?], Eleaner, Minty, Absalum?, Almerine, Keger, Pierce, and all their 
increase. Negroes then equally divided between James J. Perkins, Anna 
McKinney Perkins, and Patience Elizabeth Perkins. Son William L. 
Perkins; grandson James J. Perkins (if no heirs, then to his sisters). 
Devisee Partheny Teel; devisee Harriet Lonegar Teel. Granddau. Patience 
Elizabeth Perkins; son Lawrence Perkins ($5, he shall have nothing else 
in any shape whatever from estate). Exec.: McGilbert M. Staton. Wits.: 
Ardin Moore, Jesse Moore, Ichabod (mark) Harris. Signed Jas. Perkins 
{Seal}. "true copy" undated, H. Sheppard, Clk.  -- NC Archives, Wm. 
Blount Rodman Papers #PC 76.12.

ROLLINGS, John.
Pitt Co., Apr. 1, 1840, no probate shown. Wife Aleph/Aliph Rollings, and 
after her death all property lent to her to be equally divided between 
Mary Gray, Sally James, Elizabeth Maning, July Ann Lydia Rollings, Eliza 
Briley. Son Reuben Rollings (negroes Ralston and Fanny); son Charles 
Rollings, left in care of son Reuben; dau. Julia; dau. Lydia Rollings 
(negroes Tebitha and Albert); dau. Elizabeth Maning (negroes Gatsey and 
child Harriet); dau. Sally James (negro girl Cherry); dau. Mary Gray 
(negro Elizabeth); Tebitha Barnhill; son John S. Rollings. Exec.: worthy 
son Reuben C. Rollings (to sell negroes Redding and Briny). Wits.: 
Thomas Gray, William Ross. Signed John Rollings {Seal}.  -- NCArchives, 
Series C.R.079, Box 801.14.

SCOTT, Matthew.
Pitt Co., Aug. 26, 1771, probate Dec. 6, 1771. Executors to deliver all 
notes, accounts, etc., from copartnership with Samuel Calhoun to Mr. 
Samuell Perviance, Jr., Merchant & Distiller in Baltimore, Md., and 
likewise the lots and houses, one of which is in Woodstock. Mr. 
Perviance to sell and collect debts to pay executors. Remainder to be 
divided between my sisters and their heirs. Father John Scott, if he 
should come to America (plantation and negro Harry and mulatto woman 
Rhoda); brothers James Scott and William Scott, fullers & clothiers in 
Pennsylvania to inherit after motherıs death or if she doesnıt come to 
Ameria; brother John Scott. Execs.: brother James Scott, friend Mrs. 
Elizabeth Speir. Wits.: Susanna Evans, Richıd. Evans. Signed Matthew 
Scott {Seal}. Probate note: Neither executor accepted appointment, and 
Samuel Calhoun was appointed administrator.  -- NC Archives, Series 
SS/AR. Also appears in North Carolina Will Abstracts by John B. Grimes.

SIMPSON, Elizabeth.
Pitt Co., Apr. 27, 1804, no probate shown. Devisees: Susanna OBryan, 
dau. of Lawrence OBryan & Elizabeth his wife; Lawrence OBryan Jr., son 
of Lawrnec OBryan & Elizabeth; James Easton; Joseph Brickell; Mary Nixon 
Simpson and Elizabeth Hardee Simpson, daus. of my son Samuel Simpson and 
Penelope his wife; Elizabeth Brooks, dau. of James Brooks and Mary his 
wife, when she is age 17; Ann Easton, wife of James Easton; Sarah 
Brickell, wife of Joseph Brickell; Elizabeth Hardee Simpson Easton and 
John Simpson Easton, children of James Easton and Ann. Execs.: James 
Easton, Joseph Brickell. Wits.: Joel Dickinson, Henry Jinkins. Signed 
Elizabeth Simpson {Seal}.  -- NC Archives. Supreme Court Case #5952.

SPEIR, Elizabeth.
Pitt Co., Oct. 29, 1773, probate Mar. 23, 1774. Nephew Joseph Warren, 
Jr., son of brother Joseph Warren (negros old Tom and young Tom); nephew 
Mary Meesel and her mother (negroes Toney, David, Patt [?]); nephew 
William Smydick, son of Mry Smydick; devisee John Smydick, son of Edmond 
Smydick; devisee Famalar Smydick, dau. of David Smydick; devisee Leza 
Warren, dau. of Edward Warren; devisee Mary Meesel, dau. of Mark Meesel; 
nephew Elizabeth Warren, dau. of Joseph Warren; devisee Samuel Smydick, 
son of Mary Smydick; devisee Edward Smydick, brother of Samuel; devisee 
James Scott, brother of Mathew Scott; nephew Mary Meesel and her son 
William Meesel; devisee Elizabeth Warren, dau. of Joseph Warren, Jr.; 
nephew William Smydick; devisee negro young Tom to have horse and gun; 
devisee negro David to have horse and gun. Remainder divided between: 
Mark Meesels children, Joseph Warren, Jrıs. children, William Smydick, 
Famalar Smydick. Execs.: nephew Mark Meesel, nephew Joseph Warren, Jr. 
Wits.: Geo. Evans, John Hardee, Major Harris. Signed Elizabeth Sper.  -- 
NC Archives, Series SS/AR. Also appears in North Carolina Will Abstracts 
by John B. Grimes. [Note: The archaic spellings refer to the Smithwick 
and Mizelle families, seated largely in Martin Co., NC.]

TISON, Elizabeth W.
Pitt Co., Mar. 23, 1846, no probate shown. Son Sherrod Tison (negro boy 
Windom); dau. Emily Tison (negro Girl Charity); dau. Margaret Ann 
Sheppard and her dau. little Elizabeth Sheppard; son Richard Larence 
Tison (negor girl Hagan, boy Noah); "four daughters": Eliza, Mary, 
Margaret Ann, Emily. My "married daughters": Eliza, Mary, Margaret Ann. 
My "three youngest children": Sherrod, Richard L., Emily Tison. Exec.: 
son Sherrod Tison. Wits.: Alfred Moye, W. D. Moye. Signed Elizabeth W. 
Tison {Seal}.  -- NC Archives, Series C.R.079. Box 801.16.

WALLACE, George S.
Pitt Co., Apr. 12, 1836, probate Nov. Term 1838. Wife Jane Wallace 
(negroes boy Joshua and woman Hetty); son Warren Wallace; son George W. 
Wallace; dau. Wealthy Harrell & her children; son Willie Wallace; 
granddau. Lucinda Mooring; grandchildren Martha Jane Patrick and 
Churchill Patrick. Execs.: 2 sons Warren and G. W. Wallace. Wits.: John 
King, Cornelius Tison, John Smith. Signed by mark George (X) S. Wallace 
{Seal}. "True Copy" dated Mar. 13, 1856, H. Sheppard Clk, by Jas. A. 
Brown, D.C. -- National Archives, Washington, DC; Rev. War Pension 
#W11741.

WARREN, Samuel.
Pitt Co., Mar. 16, 1805, no probate shown. Devisee Samuel Warren, son of 
Ethedred Warren; mother Amy Bonner; wife Rhoda Warren (her and her 
heirs). Exec.: wife Rhoda, friend Isaac Brown. Wits.: Allen Atkinson, 
Etheldred Warren, Mary Ann Atkinson. Signed by mark, Samuel Warren 
{Seal}.  -- NC Archives, PC 145.1.

WATKINS, William.
Pitt Co., Nov. 9, 1771, probate Oct. 14, 1773. Wife Christian Watkins; 
son John Watkins; son William Watkins; four sons-in-law: Francis Buck, 
James Cason, William Ormond, James Jones. Daus.: Sarah Buck, Elizabeth, 
Ann, Rachel.* Execs.: wife and son-in-law James Cason. Wits.: Catherine 
(mark) Crofton, John Salter, Randel McDaniel. Signed Wm. Watkins {Seal}. 
Original will.  -- NC Archives. Series SS/AR. Also appears in North 
Carolina Will Abstracts by John B. Grimes.
(*Note: Other primary sources show that Elizabeth m. Cason, Ann m. 
Ormond, and Rachel m. Jones.)

WHITEHURST, Dinah.
Pitt Co., Oct. 21, 1820, no probate shown. Land and following negroes to 
be equally divided: negroes Susan, Elizabeth, Hary Mahaly [1 or 2 
people?], Esther, Charity, Jom [or Jam?], Sarah, Orrange, Areny, Winsor, 
and Peny. Son Reuben Whitehurst; son William Whitehurst; son James 
Whitehurst; son John Whitehurst; dau. Elizabeth Barnhill; dau. Dicy 
Hathaway (note from Samuel Hathaway) and her heirs; grandchild Jesse 
Barnhill; grandchildren Mary Jane Whitehurst and John H. Whitehurst; 
grandchildren Bery A. House and James W. J. House. Execs.: sons William 
and John Whitehurst. Wits.: Lanier Ward, Wm. P. Bryan. Signed by mark 
Dinah (X) Whitehurst {Seal}.  -- Original in possession of Sue W. Cannon 
of Bethel, NC, 1995.

WILLIAMS, Robert.
Pitt Co., Aug. 24, 1836, Codicil Nov. 20, 1838, no probate date shown. 
Dau. Harriett Joiner and her 2 youngest daus.: Adeline and Martha 
(negroes Nan, Mary, Sabra and man William); dau. Marietta Delia Ann 
Eliza Singletary (negroes she has, and man Joshua); son Robert Franklin 
John Haywood Williams; dau. Elizabeth Freeman [later Foreman] and her 
children: John Ivey Foreman and Robert Richard Foreman (negroes Lewis, 
Sillar and her 7 children, Maria and her 3 children); granddau. Polly 
Ann Haughton, dau. of John Haughton, Jr. (negro man Ben, his wife Ellen 
and her 4 children, and young woman Uginia); son Richard Williams. 
Devisee Tabitha Williams, $40, and at her death equally divided between 
my 3 younger children: Richard, Emily A., and Adeline E. Williams. 
Codicil: Residue equally divided between son Richard Williams, Emily A. 
Williams, and Adeline E. Williams. Execs.: sons Robert F. J. H. Williams 
and Richard Williams. No witnesses shown.  -- NC Archives, Series CRX 
Pitt, Box 222.

WILLIAMSON, Henry.
Pitt Co., Nov. 6, 1830, no probate date shown. Wife Charlotte 
Williamson. Devisees Williamson Peal; Henry Williamson Martin, son of 
Mary Martin of Richmond, Va.; Elizabeth Jefferson McCoy of Portsmouth, 
Va.; Winifred Price, wife of Thomas Price of Alabama; Lydia Gualtneey of 
Pitt Co.; Children of Nancy Johnson, viz: Lydia, Salley, Elsy, Susan 
Elizebeth Stancil, Moses Cobb, Sampson Cobb, Charley Cobb, Allen 
Moblely, Christian Harrod, Elizabeth Wooton, Salley Cobb wife of Amos 
Cobb. [Note: unclear if all the persons in the last list were children 
of Nancy Johnson]; Devisees Betsey Mobly, Matilda Gay, Susan Gay, 
Lucinda Utley, Willey Mobly, Sally Lewis. Relatives of my former wife: 
Stephen Cobb, Gray Cobb Senr, Jonas Cobb, Edward Cobb, James [Janey?] 
Lewis, Elizabeth Smith. Education for the child Henry Williamson Martin. 
Exec.: Collel Samuel Vines, or if he dies, John Joiner, Esq. Wits.: 
James Parker, John. Signed Henry Williamson. "A true copy."  -- NC 
Archives, Wm. Blount Rodman Papers, PC 76, Box 12.