Rowan County NcArchives Wills.....Bryan, Samuel August 15, 1798 ************************************************ 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: Harley Bryant archico@earthlink.net April 17, 2007, 8:00 am Source: Sampubco Written: August 15, 1798 In the name of God, Amen, I Samuel Bryan of Rowan County and State of N. Carolina being weak in body but in perfect mind and memory thanks be given to allmighty God for his great mercies and calling to 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 test: Principally and first of all I give and recomend my soul into the hands of allmighty God who gave it to me and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a christian like manner, by my friends and excutory nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God, and as to touching such worldly goods, as it has pleased god to bless me with; I give demise and dispose of in manner and form as followed. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Elizabeth Bryan my negro fellow named Richmond, my batd horse and also my stock and cattle, hogs and sheep except what is hereafter named one bed and furniture and farming utensils together with all my household goods furniture, to her freely to possesed and enjoyed. I will and bequeath unto my beloved son Samuel Bryan one bay mare beside what he had already got. I will and bequeath unto my son Morgan Bryan one tract of land adjoining the tract whereon I now live containing one hundred acres, one cow and calf and also the first colt that comes of the mare I will to my son Samuel as above. I will unto my daughter Bryan, One Cow and calf and one heifer, one bed and furniture. I will unto my daughter Martha Bryan one cow and calf. I will unto my daughter Elenor Bryan one cow and calf one bed and furniture. I will unto my daughter Kezia Bryan one cow and calf one bed and furniture. I will unto my daughter Ann Enochs five shillings. I will unto my daughter Margaret Ellis five shillings curancy. I will unto my daughter Susanne Bryan five shilling. I will unto my daughter Sarah Linville five shilling. I will unto my daughter Elizabeth Hampton five shillings. And I do hereby constitute and appoint my well beloved wife Elizabeth Bryan and my trusty friend John Ellis my executary of this my last will and testament. Disannulling and revoking all former wills and bequeaths, by me made, either in writing or any other way ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and test: In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 15 day of August 1798. Signed, sealed, published and Samuel Bryan seal pronounced in the presence of his William X Howard mark Jacob Houser Samuel Bryan Additional Comments: Transcribed from SAMPUCO photocopy by H.F. Bryant Rowan Co. NC Will Book Vol. #D page # 121 Surnames: Bryan, Enochs, Ellis, Linville, Hampton, Howard, Houser Transcribed exactly as written(including misspellings) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/rowan/wills/bryan239gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.5 Kb