Wayne County, NC - Will of Simon Barnes, 1811

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                         State of North Carolina  Wayne County
In the name of God. I SIMON BARNES am in proper health thanks be to God 
and calling to mind the mortality of my body Knowing that it is 
appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my Last Will 
and Testament that is to say first of all I gave my Soul into the hand 
of God that gave it and my body to be Beriad (buried) in a Deasent 
(decent) maner (manner) at the descresion (discretion) of my Executors 
and as touching my worldly estate wherein God hath Blest me with in 
this life I gave and devise and Dispose of in manner and form as 
follows. I Lend to my beloved wife, MARY BARNES the plantation whereon 
I now live as long as she lives and fifty Dollars and Ten head of 
cattle and one feather bed and furniture and Three Negroes TOM, BEN and 
SAL and all the other Kind of stock all my crop working tools household 
goods that is not willed in Legesses (legacies) 
I gave my son WILLIAM BARNES one Negro named LIGE
I gave to my son SAMUEL BARNES Two Negroes named BEN and SARAH
I gave to my Grandaughter SILLER BARNES Daughter of SIMON BARNES Decest 
(deceased) one feather bed and furniture
I gave to my son JOHN BARNES one hundred acres of land lying on the 
south side of the Juniper Swamp and two Negroes named JOE and HANNER
I gave to my daughter BETEY NEWSOM one Negro named DICK
I gave to my daughter MARY BARNES one bed and furniture one table one 
sarl ?? and riggin ?? one cow and calf one Saddle one pot two wheels 
two Negroes named SAL and SEFER
I gave to my daughter CHRISTIAN NEWSOM one Negro named EDEY
I gave to my daughter SARAH DICKINSON one Negro named LUCE
I gave to my grandaughter LISILA BARNES the daughter of MARY BARNES one 
bed and furniture
I gave to my son DREWRY BARNES five hundred and sixty acres of land 
whereon I now live lying between the fork of the great Branch and the 
Great Swamp and on the south side of the said swamp one horse named 
Larry one saddle and bridle two beds and furniture two cows and calves 
one ____ (may be hog) one trunk one ax two hoes one ______ desk one 
_____ table and all my Sider Casts and three Negroes named TOM, JACK 
and ROSE one yoke of oxen and cart and half of my crops of all sorts 
housed or not housed one Still. 
The other part of my estate which is not given away in legacies I gave 
to be equally divided between WILLIAM BARNES, SAMUEL BARNES, JOHN 
BARNES, BETSEY NEWSOM, MARY BARNES, CHRISTIAN NEWSOM, SARAH DICKINSON 
AND DREWRYBARNES
Also I make and ordain my two sons WILLIAM BARNES and SAMUEL BARNES to 
be my only and soul Executors of this my Last Will and Testament and I 
do utterly and disannul all and every other will and testament or 
legacy by me bequeathed
Ratified and conformed this and no other to be my Last Will and 
Testament in witness whereof I have here unto set my Seal this 19th day 
of December 1811
Signed sealed and acknowledge in the presence of us and in the presence 
of each other 
MATHEW FULGHUM          WILLIAM BARNES            SIMOM BARNES  Seal
REDDICK BARNES          SAMUEL BARNES
STEPHEN BARNES


Wills, Inventories, Sales of Estates, etc.
1807-1816, Vols. 1,2 and 3
C. 103.80002  Film
NC State Archives, Raleigh, NC

SIMON BARNES is my ggggg-grandfather thru ELIZABETH BARNES NEWSOM, 
ARRINGTON NEWSOM  & JOHN ANN DANIEL NEWSOME.  Judy Ginn

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