Wayne County, NC - Will of Elijah Hinson, 1801 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This day of the 9th month comonly called September in the year of our Lord 1801 - I Elijah Hinson of Wayne County being sick and very weak of boddy but of sound mind and memory and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this instrument to contain my last will and testament that is to say principally and first of all I commend my soul into the hands of my Creator that gave it and my boddy to the earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner at the discresion of my executors and for what wourldly estate it hath been my creators will to bless me with in this life I give devise and dispose of in manner and form following to wit Item I lend to my beloved wife Susanna Hinson all the lands and plantations whereon I now live with all my stock and horses cattle hogs and sheep and all and singular the house hold and plantation utentials and all the usefull articles of every kind nothing excepted to be at her own liberty to do and us as she thinks most advantage to the rasing and maintaining the (fold in paper) children during her life or widowhood for them not to be parted or put away from her during her life and it is my will and desire that the children __ to their mother and help and assist each other whilst __ but if they will not and proves disobediant I leave it in __ power to sel of the living such as she can best spair for her support and the small children and it is my desire that if their mother should die and leave either of the children under age that the rest all go an equal part for taking care and supporting them until they come of age and that the living remain uninteruped and if their __ any one of them that refuses assistance those that take it upon them to be alloud out of the living for their __ but if all go their equal part and their mother be dead and the youngest child of age it is my will wish and desire that what of the living be left be equally divided amongst sons and daughters all that is living remain uninterupted but with this previson that the executor see that they take prudent steps so as not to destroy the living __ they should see and find that it will not do for the living to stand so and their should be either one that is not able to __ and close that the executor take as much of the living __ will support them whilst they are and the rest of the living to be equally divided the executor taking charge of those in their non age and their part and lastly I desire that my executors pay all my just debts and gather in all that is due to me and now nominate and appoint Susana Hinson my beloved wife and Nathan Pike and Jesse Dawson executors of this my last will and testament revoking disannulling and making voide all other wills and testaments be me made confirming this and know other to contain my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and afixed my seal the day and date first within written signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us Elijah Hinson {Seal} Nathan Lanice Sarah (her mark) Hutlet Patience (her mark) Hutlet Nathaniel (his mark) Daniel proved Feby term 1802 ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Stacey Jones ___________________________________________________________________