Wayne County, NC - Will & Estate Records File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Meredith Clapper There are two rips that go lengthwise down the entire will (both pages) and it is dark where it must have been scotch taped together down the rips. In the name of God amen. I John Peacock (lame) of the County of Wayne & state of North Carolina Planter being of perfect healthy & of a sound mind & memory calling to mind the mortallity of my body knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to die & for the ____ settling my worly estate do make & publish this my last will & testament in maner & form following as viz: 1. Item I lend my beloved wife Mary dureing her nateral life or widowhood my home plantation with the priveledge of wood & timber on the lands joyning. I lend her during her natural life three negroes Son Doll Ginney one horse her choice from my ____ utensils for farming one ___ wheels two cows & calves one bed & furniture & as much Kitching furniture as well __ strictly is nesesary for her use also one years provisions for her & her family. Item I give & bequeath to my son _____ one negroe named Daniel. Item I give & beqeath to my son ______ ________ ___________. Item I give & bequeath to my son Noah heires of __________. give & bequeath to my son Zadoc half of three hundred and seventy eight acres of land at the upper end and if I (just?) to make __ dividing line between him & son son Bearney ____ they are to divide for them selves also three negroes Condon Ben & _____ Item I give and bequeath to my son Bearney three negroes ___ ____Ginney and there increase after the death of my wife. ___________ Cather now in his possession also all the rest of ______ I have lent my wife after her decease. Item _______ my son Theophilus ____hundred & fifty acres of land _______bounded as follows begining at a hickory in _____ line or his corner then astreight line to the corner of the field fence where said Theophilus now lives then ____ the field and paster fence down the branch to the mouth of the ____ branch then up the said pond branch to the head then thereon course continued to Aycock's line then with Aycock's line the begining also all the property that I have lent him heretofore I give & bequeath to him. Item I _____________ Trancy/Treacy one dollar. Item I give my daughter Chris___ Woodard one dollar. Item I give & bequeath to my ____ Daughter Elizabeth Pearce one negro named M____l also one bed & firnature. Item I give & bequeath to my gran son Needham Pearce one negro girl named ______. Tis my will desire? that all my property which have not/now? heretofore named be sold & after all my just debts are paid the remainder of the money to be equally divided between Zadoc & Bearney Theophilus. _____ly I appoint & nominate my two sons ______ _______ney Peacock whole & sole executors to this my last will & testament ___ying & revoking all former will or wills or beque___ made or by me bequeathed only rattifying & publishing this and __ther last will & testament _____ are unto I John Peacock have hereunto set my hand & fixed my seal the 29th day of April 1828. _______________ published John Peacock cannot read witnesses names Wayne county February Term 1829 Then was the within will of John Peacock (lame) duly proved in open court __ this oaths of Benjamin Boswell and Shadrack Sasser subscribing witnesses thereto and at the same time Zadock & Barney Peacock appeared in open Court and was duly qualified as executors & let letters of ______ ______ P Hooks, Clk Record Feb Term 1829 ============================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==============================================================