ROWAN COUNTY, NC	WILL - BRITTAIN, JOSEPH - 1774


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Rowan Co, NC  Will Book A pg. 183
August Court 1774
  Will of JOSEPH BRITTAIN           
            		In the name of God Amen, I JOSEPH BRITTAIN of Rowan County, in
the province of North Carolina being sick and weak of body but of sound and
disposing mind and memory, Do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament
in manner following:As for my Estate where as it hath pleased God to bless me
with, I give and bequeath in manner following, First,  It is my desire that
 all my just Debts be duly satisfied and paid.
	Item: I give and bequeath unto my eldest Daughter, MARY ELROD, one cow and
calf and her increase and one feather bed to her and her heirs forever.
	Item: I give and bequeath unto my eldest son, JAMES BRITTAIN, one
improvement joining to the place I now live on. Also five pounds out of the
Estate to him and his heirs forever.
	Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter PHOEBE BRITTAIN one featherbead
and two cows and calves and one yearling steer also one pewter Dish and basin
and three plates to her and her heirs forever.
	Item: I give and bequeath unto my loving wife JEMIMA BRITTAIN my land and
Improvement that I now live on, also all my plantation Tools and House
furniture the children excepted one bay mare and side Saddle also one bay
horse called Jack, one young bay Stallion, six cows and calves to possess as
long a she continues her natural life or widow hood for her and her Childrens
use. My will and pleasure is that after my wife’s decease or marriage, that
the above mentioned articles be sold and equally divided between my six
youngest children.
	My will and desire is that my Tract of Land lying and being in Orange County
in North Carolina on halfway Creek of Little River, be sold and equally
divided between my six youngest children.
	Item: I give and bequeath unto PHILLIP, WILLIAM, JOSEPH, BENJAMIN, AARON,
and SAMUEL all the rest of my Estate to be Equally divided and each of them
to have their part as they come of age to them and their heirs forever.  My
desire is that my six youngest Boys have their Education out of their own
part of the Estate.  
I desire that GEORGE SMITH that crops with me now shall have his part of the
crop according to Bargain 
and I appoint my loving wife, JEMIMA BRITTAIN, ROBERT BRANK and JOHN HARDIN
my Executors of this my last will and Testament, hereby revoking all the
other Wills in Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
seal the twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord 1773.
Signed, sealed and delivered					His
In the presence of 					Joseph (X) Brittain
JOSEPH MORGAN						Mark
JAMES STRINGFIELD
THOMAS (X) WALKER			







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