WAKE COUNTY, NC - WILLS - John Nutt, 9 April 1819 USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Compiled by Tracy Hancock jhancock@bigplanet.com ********************************************************************** Will of John Nutt dated 4/9/1819, probated May 1819, Wake Co., N.C. North Carolina Archives, Rec 15, pages 161-164 In the name of God Amen I John Nutt of the County of Wake and State of North Carolina being in a low state of health and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God Calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, I do hereby make and Ordain this my last will and Testament in Manner and form as followeth to left; first of All I wish all my Just debts and all my funeral Expenses to be paid out of my Personal Estate out of such perishable property as my Executors think can best be Spared. Secondly, I give and bequeath unto my Son John Nutt our piece of Land and bounded as follows beginning at a Sweet Gum in the long branch running west along the Old line One Hundred poles to a Corner Stake thence North to Henry Seawells line thence East along said Seawells line to the Corner Ash in said long branch and its various courses to the beginning, Supposed to be Sixty Six Acres be the same more or less within these bounds to be a right Vested in him and his heirs forever. Thirdly I lend unto my beloved wife Susanna Nutt one piece of land including all that appertances to it as Houses & Orchards beginning at a Corner Stake in or at John Nutts Jr. line or corner running west along the said Old line to Henry Seawells line thence north along said Seawells line to the Corner thence East to when Said John Nutts Corner will Join Seawells line thence along said Jno Nutts Jr line to the Beginning including all the Same bounds, Supposed to be fifty Acres to be the same more or less during her life to be disposed after her death as I Shall hereafter mention. Also Our other Tract-of land I give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife Susanna Nutt and bounded as follows beginning at the place where this long Branch empties into Crab Tree Creek running South across the said Creek to Wm Atkins line thence East along Atkins line across said Creek to John Hentons Old line to a post Oak Corner thence North along Said Hentons line to John Nutts Jr. Corner thence West with his line across the long branch until it Will run a Straight line South to the Mouth of the long Branch to the beginning including all the land within these bounds to be a right Vested in her forever to dispose of as she pleases. I also give to my Wife all my household and Kitchen furniture and all my Plantation tools of every Kind and all the meat or Bacon and All my Stock of Cattle except two work Steers, and All Stock of Hop & fowls of every kind and Our mule and Our work Horse and two negroes by name of Dick and Goliah to be a right Vested in her forever to dispose of as she pleases except such things as I Shall hereafter Will away-- Fourthly I lend unto my daughter Polly Riley after the death of my Wife Susanna Nutt the Same piece of Land I have lent unto my Wife during her life including all my Houses whereon I now live and after the decease of my daughter Polly Riley I give and bequeath unto the heirs of said Polly Rileys body the same piece of land. Land to be right Vested in them forever and the Same Negro Goliah I have lent to my Wife after her death I lend the said Negro Goliah to Polly Riley during her life and after her death I give and bequeath the slave Goliah to the heirs of Polly Rileys body to be a right Vested in them & their heirs forever also the same Work Horse after the death of my wife I lend him to Polley Rilay during her life and after her death to the Heirs of her body forever-- And after the death of my Wife Susanna Nutt the same Mule I lend to her during her life I then Give & bequeath it unto my Son John Nutt also the Negro fellow Dick after the death of my Said Wife I give and bequeath him to my Son John Nutt to be a right Vested in him and his heirs forever-- Also the bed & furniture that I now lie on I have lent to my Wife during her life and after her decease I give and bequeath unto my Grand Daughter daughter of Polly Riley by name of Isabella Riley to a right Vested in her & her heirs forever-- Also it is my desire and my will that my Wife Susanna Shall take Polly help her maintain her self & Children out of the property I have left her as long as her husband James D. Riley Shall return to her and no longer. Fifthly I give unto my Daughter Gelly the Wife of Gillis Brown & Elizabeth Ruth my Daughter the wife of James B. Ruth a certain piece of Land bounded as follows & lying both sides of Crabtree Creek beginning at the mouth of the long Branch running north to John Nutts line which runs which runs along the Old line west to Seawells line thence along said Seawells line South to Wm Atkins line thence east along said line to where the piece I gave to my wife Joins Atkins line thence north to the mouth of the long Branch to be equally divided between them to be a right Vested in them & their heirs forever except the piece that runs from the mill path round on same land to the long & John Nutts Corner this 9 day of Apl 1819. And I hereby make and ordain my Worthy friend & Son John Nutt Jr and Moses Hutchens Executors of this my last Will and testament. In Witness I the said John Nutt have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand and seal the day and year above written (_____ before assigned) Signed Sealed & published John Nutt Seal and declared by the Said John Nutt Sr the testator as his last will & testament in the presence of us who were present at the time of signing and Sealing thereof William Andrews Moses Hutchens Wake County May Term 1819 the foregoing last Will of John Nutt, Sr. held in Open Court proven by the Oath of Moses Hutchens and Ordered to be Recorded. B. L. King Clk