Wayne-Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Howell, Daniel November 30, 1799 ************************************************ 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 12, 2015, 5:17 am Source: Raleigh State Archives Will File Cr 103.801.9 Written: November 30, 1799 WILL of DANIEL HOWELL (1744-1800) In the name of God Amen, I Daniel Howell of Wayne County, State of North Carolina, Planter, being weak in body though of proper mind and memory thanks be given unto God for the same, therefore 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 my last Will and Testament, that is to say principally and first of all I recommend my soul into the hand of God. Wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise and dispose of the same in manner and form following, that is to say, in the first place I lend and bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife Alley Howell the lands and plantation whereon I now live, together with all the lands I own, likewise all my stock of every kind and likewise mare and all my working tools during her natural life or marriage and after her death or marriage, I give and bequeath unto my son James Howell 5 shillings, I give and bequath to my daughter Betsy Pope 5 shillings, I give unto my daughter, Polley Pope 5 shillings and I give unto my son Daniel Howell 5 shillings and I give unto my son, Henry Howell 5 shillings, I give unto my daughter Alley Howell one feather bed and I give unto my daughter Pattey Howell one feather bed and I give unto my daughter Nancy Howell one feather bed and I give unto my son Wright Howell one horse, colt to be deliver three years from this date if it lives, and I give unto my son Major Howell 100 acres of land where I now live and the rest of my land equally divided between Wright Howell and Arthur Howell and Burriel Howell and Culling (Cullen) Howell, the property that was lent to my wife Alley Howell at her death or marriage to be divided, what remains at her death, or marriage, between Wright Howell and Alley Howell and Arthur Howell and Burriel Howell, Culling Howell, Pattey Howell and Nancy Howell. One Negro woman named Ginea to be sold at public sail to pay my debts. I, Daniel Howell do by these presents appoint my son Henry Howell Executor of this my last Will and Testament and I do by these presents rattify and confirm this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament and that I do utterly revoke, disallow and make void all other wills or testaments by me made. In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and fix my seal the day and year above written. Signed, sealed and proved by the said Daniel Howell to be his Last Will and Testament in presence of us. Daniel (his mark) Howell (Seal) James Howell Hardy Pope Henry Howell Jany Co. 1800 Recorded Jan. Term 1800 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/wayne/wills/howell3347wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb