Wayne County NcArchives Wills.....Jernigan, Josiah May 7, 1805 ************************************************ 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: Dorothy Lou Tate Walker skywalk1@cox.net September 13, 2006, 3:29 pm Source: Nc Archives C.r. 103.801.1-18 Original Will Written: May 7, 1805 Recorded: August 1805 Josiah Jernigan Will 1805 Wayne County, NC NC Archives C.R. 103.801.1-18 1776-1927 Typed as closely as possible to original wills’ spelling, format and punctuation. --------------------------------------------------- In the Name of God Amen, Be it known to all to whome these presentes Shall come that I Josiah Jernigan of the State of No. Carolina & County of Wayne being weak of body but of a perfe ct mind and memorey do hereby make ordain and Constitute this to be my last will and testament hereby Utterly Revoking and making Void all & every other [torn] Will or wills of any other kind or nature whatever and First I give my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God who gave it and my body to the durst from whence it Came to be Buried in a desent manner at the discretion Of my Executors, ~~ Secondly I give and bequeath to My Beloved Son Ase Jernigan his Heirs & assigns For ever all my Lands plantations & Appurtenances on the west side of Jumping Run agreeable to the line Herein described to wit, Beginning at the mouth of saide Jumping Run where it empties in to News River thence Up said Run to the fork thence up the Est. prong Cald. Nomans island branch to a purevsen to a stake in the [torn] Back line of Coles patent Granted to david Jernigan The original patentee thence SE along the old patent [torn very short word if any] Line to astake on News River bank thence down the River the Various Corses to the Beginning also one Negroe Woman Cald. pol, one feather Bed & furniture two cows and Calves that is now in his possession~~~ Thirdly I give to my Beloved son David Jernigan his Heirs and assigns for ever (turn over ) [next page] All my lands plantations and appurtenances on the Est side of Jumping Run agreeable to the lines Herein Described Begining at the mouth of sd. Run where it empties into News River thence up sd. Run the Various Corsses To the fork, thence up the Est prong Cald. nomans Island Branch to white Oak on the side of sd. Branch a corner Tree of a dividing line Between myself and now Joseph [torn]ritt Thence a long a marked line agreed upon between Myself & David Jernigan the original pattenetee unto a stake in now James Rhodes line thence SE. along sd. Rhodes line To the mouth of little River thence up News River to the Beginning also one Negroe man Namd. Arch one Horse Cald. Buck & one feather Bead an furniture to be deliverd Item at the age of twenty years old by my Executors Forthly I give to my Beloved Son Barney Jernigan his His heirs & assigns for ever all the lands plantations & Appurtenances Including the mansion house wherein I now Live on the No. side of panther Branch Begining at a Stake in the Run of saide branch where the lower line of My land crosses the saide branch thence up saide branch to [torn] Fork thence up the No. prong to the upper line of my land including all the land I now possess on the No. side Of saide Branch also one Negroe woman namd. Merica an Child by the name of dunken One Horse Cald. Sheweaver Two feather beads & furniture one walnut desk one Mehagney folding table Two Cows & Calves & four Siting Chears~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5thly I give to my Beloved son Blake Jernigan his heirs And assigns for ever [torn] (look up) [next page] All the lands plantations and appurtenances on this Side of panther Branch Begining at astake in the turn Of saide branch where the lower line of my land crosses It thence up saide branch the Various corses to the fork Thence up the No. prong to the upper line of my lands where It Crosses the saide prong Including all and singular The Land I now possess on the South side of said Branch also on Negroe woman namd Harriet, and one feather Bead and furniture to be kept by my Executors until he arrives to the age of Twenty years Old unles they see proper to let him have it before 6thly I give to my Beloved Son Bright Jernigan his Heirs and assigns forever one negroe Girl namd Ann.~~~~~~~~ 7ly I give to my Beloved Son Lovatt Jernigan his Heirs And assigns forever one negroe Boy by the name Of daniel~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8ly I give to my Beloved son Furney Jernigan his Heirs and assigns forever one Negroe boy by the Name of persey~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9ly I give to my beloved dughter Elizabeth Musgrave five Shillings to be paid her by my Executors~~~~~ 10ly I give to my beloved daughter Sarah Cole five Shillings to be paid her by my Executors~~~~~~~~ 11ly and that is that all the Rest of my Estate of every Kind both in doors and outed be Sold at Six month Credit by my Executors Saving twenty Barrels of Corn if made out of the Crops now planted be measured To my beloved son David Jernigan and the [water stain] arising From the Sale after all my Just debts are paided (turn over) [next page] Be Equally divided Between my three youngest sons That is Bright Jernigan Lovatt Jernigan & Furney Jernigan, and further it is my will & desire that Barney Jernigan & blake Jernigan Receive into their Possesson their Legaceys at the age of Twenty years Old from the Hands of my faithful Executors or their guardian Twelvthly & lastly I do hereby nominate constitute And Appoint as my Executors to this my last will And Testament my beloved Son Ase Jernigan Benjm. Howell James Rhodes & Barney Jernigan To execute & Compleate this my last will and Testament this Seventh of May in the year of Our Lord Onethousand Eight hundred and five Assignd Seald and pronunced } to be my last will & testament } In presence of us.~~~~~~~~~} Josiah Jernigan /signature/ (Seal) Asa Jernigan David Jernigan Barney Jernigan The whole of this will proved by Stephen Sasser esquire to be the hand writing of the testator all the Exrsd ofd. aug -- 1805 Josiah Jernigan decd. Will Rd.. Aug term 1805 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/wayne/wills/jernigan185gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 6.6 Kb