Tyrrell County NcArchives Wills.....Blount, Edmund 1794 ************************************************ 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: Mary Maarbjerg http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006256 November 6, 2008, 4:04 pm Source: Nc Archives Written: 1794 Will of Edmund Blount, Tyrrell County 1 December 1793; probated April 1794 Located in the NC State Archives Tyrrell County Wills C.R. 096.801.1 Transcribed by M. Maarbjerg In the Name of God Amen, I Edmund Blount Sen'r of The State of North Carolina & County of Tyrrill, being weak of Body but of sound disposing mind & Memory Thanks be to God do this first day of December one thousand Seven hundred & Ninety three Make & Ordain this as my last Will & Testament in Manner & form following. Imprimis. I will that all my Just Debts & funeral Expences be all Satisfied & paid. Item I lend unto my beloved Wife Hannah Blount the use & Occupation of all my Lands during her Natural life of Widowhood & at her decease or Marriage I give said land unto my son Joseph & if my son Joseph should die Without Lawfull heir begotten of his Body I will said Lands shall descend unto my son Martin & if my son Martin should die without Lawfull heirs of his Body, I will said Lands shall descend unto my son Luke to them & their heirs for ever. Item. I lend unto my Beloved Wife Hannah Blount during her Natural life or Widowhood all the rest of my Property of every kind Whatsoever for to raise my Young Children & at her decease I will all said property may be Equally divided amongst my Children then living the them & their heirs for ever. Item I will that fifty pounds in Money be given unto my four Youngest sons to give them Education at the Discretion of my Executors hereafter Named. And I hereby Nominate Constitute & Appoint my Beloved Wife Hannah Blount Executrix & my son Levi Blount & William Fagan Executors of this my last Will & Testament disanuling all other Wills by me before Made. Ratifying & Confirming this & No other as my last Will & Testament In Witness Whereof I Edmund Blount Sen'r the Testator have hereunto set my hand and Affixed my Seal this day ......1793. Edmund 'X' Blount (Seal) Signed, Sealed Published & pronounced by the said Testator as his last Will William Fagans name Interlined & Testament in the pre- by the direction of the Testator sence of as Executor in the presence of the Witnesses. E'd Blount Jun'r Benjamin Walker Tyrrell County Apl Term 1794 The last Will and Testament of Edmund Blount Deceased Was produced in open Court by the Oath of Col Edmund Blount one of the Subscribing Witnesses And ordered to be Recorded. Test. L. Chesson Clke. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/tyrrell/wills/blount530wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb