Wayne County, NC - Will of Benjamin Herring, 1844

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   I BENJAMIN HERRING of the county of Wayne in the State of North 
Carolina, Being of sound and perfect mind and memory do hereby make and 
ordain this to be my last will and testament in manner and form 
following. To wit:
   Item First I give and bequeath to my wife CEALY HERRING one bed, 
bedstead and furniture and all the crockery (things ?) and the knives 
and forks, one weeding hoe, all the chairs and tables in the dwelling 
house, all the cooking utensils and other things belonging to the 
kitchen. One trunk, one ox, one cow and calf, three goats and one sow, 
one chest, one beehive, one rug (two sentences that I can't read) the 
slay and harness, all the geese and chickens one stack of fodder. Also 
the following notes.
   One note on ETHELDRED HERRING for about seventy dollars 
   One note on ERASTUS HAM for about twenty five dollars
   One note on JOSEPH ENGRAM (INGRAM) for about ten dollars
   One note on COUNCIL BEST for about eleven dollars
   Item Second I give and bequeath to my son ETHELDRED HERRING his dark 
boy, HOOKS, one stack blade fodder, two plows and ________, one weeding 
hoe, one bull yearling,________, one shot gun, one set plow ____ and 
three gallon jugs.
   Item Third I give and bequeath to my son HENRY HERRING one bed and 
bedstead one cow and calf, two head hogs, five barrels of corn, one 
stack fodder, two plows, and one weeding hoe, one bull yearling, one 
grubbing hoe, _________, and one drawing knife.
   Item Fourth I give and bequeath to my daughter SMITHY GARRIS one bed
bedstead and furniture and one chest all of which she has now in 
possession.
   Item Fifth I give and bequeath to my daughter MORNING ANDERSON after 
the death of my wife, one bed, bedstead and furniture and two chests 
and I lend the same to my wife during her life.
    The balance of my hogs and cows and any other articles which I may 
have omitted  to mention in the above bequeaths, I wish sold and the 
money for the same appropriated to the payment of my just debts and if 
any surplus should be left of the same after paying my debts, I wish 
said surplus equally divided between my sons ETHELDRED and HENRY.
     And lastly I hereby constitute and appoint my son ETHELDRED 
HERRING, my Executor to this my last will fully and freely publishing 
and declaring this to be my only true and lawful Will and Testament, 
revoking and annulling all former wills by me made.
     In witness whereof and in confirmation of the same (several words 
I can't read) my name and affix my seal  ________  7th day of November 
1843.
   Signed Sealed Published
   and declared to be his
   only True Will and Testament         BENJAMIN (X) HERRING  Seal
   in presence of 
       JESSE (x) GRANT
       N. WASHINGTON
 
   Probate: November Term 1844
   
   Wills 1776-1927
   CR 103.801.7
   Folder - 1844
   NC State Archives, Raleigh, NC

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