Wake County, NC - William Partin Will

                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Last Will and Testament  of William Partin
Wake County, 1822, Book 17, page 385
Signed November 24, 1821;  exhibited in open court for probate on May 1822

In the name of God, amen.  I WILLIAM PARTIN of the County of Wake, in the 
State of North Carolina do make and ordain this instrument to be my last 
will and testament in manner following this Premis.
I lend to my beloved wife CANDIS PARTIN during her life the plantation wheron 
I now live including two hundred and ten acres to be laid off where she 
should choose.  I also give my said wife all my negroes, namely Morning, 
David, (Heuesis or Housemen), Chucky, and Samuel to be disposed of at her 
discretion equally between all my daughters, namely, PENININA PARTIN, PATSY 
PARTIN, CANDIS PARTIN, CYNTHIA PARTIN, and MARY ANN PARTIN.  Except my wife 
should be of opinion that by the increase of said negroes or otherwise they 
should be of more real value than what my sons has had heretofore and now 
given them from me, then my wish is that my said wife may divide the surplus 
first of said negroes equally between all my sons, namely, JOHN, PINCKNEY, 
ELDRIDGE, ALFRED, WILLIAM and ALDRIDGE PARTIN, nevertheless she is at liberty 
finally to sell one or more of the said negroes as she may think proper.  I 
also give to my said wife all my livestock of every sort and all my household 
and kitchen furniture and all my crops of grain and provision of every sort 
that may be on hand at my decease and all the plantation utensils of every 
sort to be disposed of at her discretion.
Item 2.  I give to my son JOHN PARTIN and to my son ELDRIDGE PARTIN five 
hundred and twenty five acres of land known by the name of the Poo Land to be 
equally divided between them as they may agree and if they do not agree among 
themselves for each of them to choose a respectable man to divide the said 
land and if they cannot agree for them to choose a third and this decision to 
be final, to them, their heirs and assigns forever.
Item 3.  I give to my son PICKNEY PARTIN two hundred acres of land more or 
less bounded as follows, beginning at a White oak in the fork of the Red Buck 
Branch thence north to a heart oak, Ethelred Jones and my own corner thence 
east for compliment to him and his heirs and assigns forever.
Item 4.  I give all the remainders of my land that are not otherwise given or 
loaned in this will to be equally divided between my two sons, ALFRED PARTIN 
and WILLIAM PARTIN at the discretion of my wife to them their heirs and 
assigns forever.
Item 5.  After my wife decease I give the plantation and all the land I loaned 
to her to my son ALDRIDGE PARTIN to him his heirs and assigns forever.
Item 6.  All the rest of my estate wherever found I give to my said wife CANDIS 
to be disposed of at her own discretion and lastly I nominate and appoint my 
wife CANDIS PARTIN and my son JOHN PARTIN executrix and executor of this my 
last will and testament in witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand and 
affixed my seal the 24th day of November 1821.
                                                WILLIAM PARTIN   (Seal)
Witnesses:  Col. Turner
            John Fish

________________________________________________________________________

Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm

This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Sandy Mitchell - CdraMitch@aol.com
________________________________________________________________________