Warren County NcArchives Wills.....Harriss, Rachel 1823
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Source: Copy Of Originial
Written: 1823

State of North Carolina and County of Warren.  I Rachel Harriss of the County 
and State of for said Nowing that all persons have to die do make this my last 
will and testament with the help of God.

Item 1st   I give to my Daughter Sally Mealer one large Iron pot and one large 
puter Bason.

Item 2,,  I give to my daughter Elizabeth Bobbitt one folding Table and my side Saddle.

Item 3th ,,  I give to my Daughter Patience Bobbitt one painted chest one pare fire 
Tongs and one Gridiron.

Item 4th,,  I give to my Daughter Nancy Egerton one walnut chest and one looking glass.

Item 5th,,  I give to my Daughter Charity Cockly one spice mortar.

Item 6       I give to my Daughter Pressila Cimbul one pine chest and one small trunk 
and the right of which to be in her her life and to dispose of as she thinks proper.

Item 7       I give to my sun Simon Harrass one small jug.

Item 8       I give to my sun Wilmont E Harrass one feather bed and furniture.

Item 9th    I give to sun Bedford Harrass Ten shillings to him and his heirs forever.

Item 10th  I wish all the balance of my property sold by my Administrators and all 
the money culected by them and be equally divided between them all my children except 
my sun Bedford Harrass and his heirs where I have left ten shillings in full of their 
part of my estate forever.

Item 11th,, it is my will and desier that the money going to my daughter Pressila Cimbul 
be hers so that she may dispose of it as she may think proper and I wish my sun and law, 
John Bobbitt and John Mealer to Administer on my Estate and settle the same.

Item 12th,, I wish all my clothes to be equally divided between my six living daughters 
this 8th day of September 1818.  I acknowledge this to be my last will and Testament 
Presents of 
Benj Hill                         t      (Mark of Rachel Harris)                                                                       
C. H. Bobbitt

Warren County Feby Court 1823
The execution of this last will and testament of Rachel Harriss decsd’ was proved in 
open court by the oath of C. H. Bobbitt a subscribing witness thereto and on motion B R
                                                      Cas Drake cwcc

Additional information:

Rachel Harris was the daughter of John Egerton and Elizabeth Nicholson of Warren County.

She was the widow of Charles Harris who died intestate in Warren County North Carolina 
in 1786.

She was born on June 9, 1732 according to the Egerton Family Bible. 
 
The children mentioned in the will:

Sally Mealer – Sarah "Sally" Harris married James Mealer in Warren County NC on 
Jan 3, 1778, she died after 1840 in Warren Co. NC

Elizabeth Bobbitt – Elizabeth Harris married Randolph Bobbitt, she is said to have 
died in 1850 in Franklin Co. Tennessee

Patience Bobbitt – Patience Harris married John Bobbitt, she died in 1854 in Warren 
County, NC

Nancy Egerton – Nancy Harris married her first cousin, John Judkins Egerton in Warren 
Co. NC on Aug 21, 1798.

Charity Cockly – Charity "Cherry" Harris married William Colclough, she died in 1846 
in Taliaferro County, Georgia

Pressila Cimbul – Priscilla Harris married Leonard "Lenn" Kimball in Warren Co. 
North Carolina on July 22, 1780

Simon Harrass – Simon Harris married Martha Durden in Warren Co. NC, moved to 
Chesterfield Co. South Carolina where he died after 1830

Wilmont E. Harrass – Wilmot Egerton Harris married Catherine "Katie" Morris in 
Warren Co. North Carolina on Jan 1, 1799, moved to Greene County Georgia where he 
died after 1830

Bedford Harrass – Bedford Harris married Priscilla Lancaster in Warren Co. North 
Carolina on Dec 5, 1811.  Even though he is mentioned in his mothers' will, he 
appears to have died three years before it was written in Warren Co. North 
Carolina in 1815.

Rachel and Charles Harris also had a son named Frederick Harris.  Frederick never 
married and died intestate in Warren County North Carolina in 1813 and thus is not 
mentioned in the will.


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