Wayne County NcArchives Wills.....Barnes, John 1789
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Written: 1789

Will of John Barnes

Wayne County, North Carolina Original Wills, State Archives of North Carolina, 
Raleigh, NC; Recorded Copy, Wayne County, NC Wills, Inventories, and Settlements 
of Estates, Volume 1, 1782-1791, pp. 224-225.
Devised September 9, 1789,
Proven January Court, 1791.

In the Name of God Amen, I John Barnes of Waine County in the State of North 
Carolina Calling to mind the mortallity of my Body knowing that it is apointed 
for all men once to die do make and ordain this my Last Will and testament and 
first of all, I Commend my Sole into the hands of God that gave it and my Body to 
the Earth to be Buried in a Christian manner at the Discretion of  my Executors 
Nothing Doubling But at the general Resurection I Shall Receive the Same again by 
the mighty Power of God and as touching such worldly Estate as it hath Prased God 
to Bless me With in this Lief  I give and Dispose in manner and form as follows -
first of all I Lend to my Beloved Wife Christian Barnes five Negroes Jack, Gin, 
Zel, Ben and Isaac with fourteene hed of Cattle and twenty hed of Sheepe and four 
fether beds and furniture and the use of my Plantation and fifty hed of hoggs and 
all my houshold goods with two horses Bridels and Saddles and forty Pound in 
money During her Natral Lief or Widehood and after her Deceas to be Devided in 
manner and forme as follows -
I give and Bequeth to my Son Symon Barns one Negro Boy named Ben and also one 
third of my Still.
I give to my Son Samuel Barnes half my Still and ten Pound hard money.
I give to my Son Benjamin Barnes five Shiilings Sterling -
I give to my three Daughters Elizabeth Daniel, Christian Farmer, and Zilpha 
Farmer one Negro Woman named Gin to be Equally Devided Betwixt them.
I give to my Daughter Barsheba Homes one Negro boy by the name of  Isaac.
I give to my Son John Barnes my Plantation and one Negro fellow named Jack.
I also give to my gran Son Joseph Daniel son of Joseph and Mary Daniel one Negro 
Woman Named Zell.
also I give to my gran Son John Barns Son of Simon Barns one fether Bed and 
furniture and the Remainder Part of  my Estate after the Deceas of  my wife 
Christian Barns to be Equally Devided amongst all my childring
I allso Constitute and apint Simon Barnes and Samuel Barnes my Executors of this 
my Last will and testament Revoking all other wills by me made Before do 
acknoledg this and no other to be my Last will and testament in Witness whereof  
I have hereun[to] Set my hand and Seal in the Day and year above Riten
Declared in Presents of  us
John fulghum						John Barns
James (P) Parisho

Proved January Court, 1791

Transcribed by Mark Valsame, Raleigh, NC. 


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