Wayne-Greene County NcArchives Wills.....Edmundson, Burrell April 27, 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Harmon trekkergen@gmail.com July 16, 2015, 10:11 am Source: Raleigh State Archives Written: April 27, 1893 STATE OF NC COUNTY OF WAYNE WILL OF BURWELL EDMUNDSON In the name of God Amen! I Burwell Edmundson being in sound mind and memory and knowing the certainty of death and the uncertainty of life do make and declare this my last Will and Testament. I give my soul to God and my body to earth from whence it came. I desire that my executor bury my body in a manner suitable to my wife and children and pay my burial and funeral expenses out of the first money coming in his hands from my estate. Item 1: I give and bequeath to my son James B. Edmundson my residence also one hundred and ten (110) acres of land on which the residence stands, the said land lying and being the Southern portion of my land to have and to hold to his only use and behalf forever. Item 2: I give and bequeath to my daughters, Mary Susan Edmundson and Sarah A. Daniel the remainder of my land it lying and being the Northern part lying next to Nahunta Swamp to have and to hold to their only use and behalf forever. Item 3: The above gifts are made conditionally that the said heirs named above are to pay over in consideration of the above gifts of land the sum of Three Hundred ($300.00) dollars or $100.00 each to my grandson Theopilus Edmundson to have and to hold his only use and behoof forever. Item 4: I hereby appoint my son James B. Edmundson my executor to settle my estate, sell my personal property and pay my just debts. In testimony whereof I have affixed my hand and seal this April 27 in A.D. 1893 Burwell (X – his mark) Edmundson (Seal) Nancy (X – her mark) Edmundson (Seal) Test. M. W. Albertson Josiah Hill I give and bequeath my right and interest in the above land to my three children as stated in the above Will. Nancy (X – her mark) Edmundson (Seal) Test. M. W. Albertson Josiah Hill Will filed in Superior Court, Wayne County on 16 June 1894. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/wayne/wills/edmundso3354wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb