Wayne County NcArchives Wills.....Wooten, John 1835 ************************************************ 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: Carrie Fleischer carriefleischer@hotmail.com January 16, 2021, 5:38 pm Source: Ancestry.com Written: 1835 Transcription of Last Will and Testament of John Wooten. Wayne County, NC. 1835. Transcribed by Carrie Fleischer, 5th-great-granddaughter. Note: Original spelling, capitalization and punctuation has been preserved. Transcriber comments appear in square brackets [ ]. In the Name of God Amen I John Wooten of the State of North Carolina and County of Wayne Being of sound disposing mind and memory do constitute and ordain this instrument to contain my last will and testament in manner and form following 1st I lend unto my beloved wife Sarah Wooten during her natural life the Following named Negroes (Viz) Simon, Song Wright, Jim Charlotte and Grace, Also, my Will is if my said wife should choose after my decease to live with my son Council, that he shall have the use of her Negroes during her continuance with him and he shall be bound to Support her well for the Service of her Negroes and again if she should see cause to remove else where that her negroes be hired out by my Exor [Executor] for her benefit also I give her one bed and furniture her choice 2nd I Give unto my son Thomas Wooten My Mill and two acres of land belonging unto said mill seat Also one Negro man named Sam besides what I have heretofore given him to him and his Heirs and assigns forever 3rd I Give unto my Grandchildren the children of my dec'd [deceased] Son Peter Bond Wooten Namely unto John Wooten, one negro man named Arthur als [also] [illegible] including one common Horse and bridle and saddle--I Give unto my Grandaughter Susan Wooten one negro Woman named Mychel and her son Rufus unto my Grandaughter Hariot Caldwell [Colwell] one Negro Woman named Tener unto my Grandson Peter Bond Wooten one Negro woman named Penny one horse bridle and saddle one Feather bed and furniture and unto my Great Grandson Wiley Cox one negro Girl named Narcissa to them and their Heirs and assigns forever 4th I Give unto my Son William Wooten one negro boy named Jesse beside what I have heretofore given him to him and his Heirs and assigns forever Turn over [written at bottom of first page] 5th I give unto my Son Shadrach Wooten one negro man named Jerry besides what I have heretofore given him to him and his Heirs and assigns forever 6th I Give and Devise unto my Son Council Wooten all my land on the East side of Bear Creek also the following named Negroes (Viz.) Baker and his wife Chloe and all her children except Jinny, Hardy and his wife Molly and all her Children, Waggoner Bob, Duplin Bob Willis, Handy, Stephen, Needham, Jack and his wife Jinny George and his wife Nanny Duplin Wright, and old Jinny als [also] after the decease of my wife all the Negroes loaned her and their increase the whole of my stock of all kinds and every description all my plantation utensils household and kitchen furniture not hereafter mentioned to him and his Heirs and assigns forever 7th I Give unto my daughter Polly Dawson one negro Girl named little Jinny besides what I have heretofore given her to her and her Heirs and assigns forever 8th I lend unto my daughter Nancy Bizzell during her natural life the following named negroes (Viz) Pat, Ben, Isaac, Bill Esther, Lucy Caleb Miles Bob Solomon and George and after her [illegible] decease to be Equally divided among all her children including all the increase of said negroes I also further lend unto her during her life my Daniel Jones Land, and afterward I Give said land to my Grandson John James Bizzell to him, and his Heirs and assigns forever 9th I Give and devise unto my Grandson John Pugh Williams Wooten my part of the land where I now live on the West side of Bear Creek all my stock I have on said plantation all my my household and kitchen furniture except my bed to him and his Heirs and assigns forever Turn over [written at bottom of second page] 10th My Will further is that if then is should be a surplus left it should be turned into money and such surplus money as may be due [illegible] be equally divided among my following Heirs (Viz) Polly Dawson Charity Wooten all the Heirs of Peter Bond Wooten (Except John Wooten) And Nancy Bizzell her part to be paid her at the discretion of my Executors, to them and their Heirs and assigns forever 11th I Give unto my Grandaughter Sally Ann Wooten one Negro Girl named Julia to her and her Heirs and assigns forever 12th I Give unto my Grandaughter Mary Jane Wooten one Negro Girl named Martha to her and her Heirs and assigns forever Before asigning this instrument I hereby appoint my two Sons Shadrach Wooten and Council Wooten Executors to this my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal this 16th day of September in the year of our Lord 1835 John Wooten (Seal) [Signature is to the right of the following witnessing statement:] Signed, Sealed and acknowledged by the Testator to be his last Will and Testament, in presence of Alexr [Alexander] Moseley Louis M. Moseley [The following additional page is annexed to the will] In my Last Will to which this codicil in annexed in the Special legacies I left out a certain Negro Girl named Hariot since assigning, that I have [illegible--possibly "seen"] cause to dispose of said Girl by Special legacy in the following manner and desire that it shall be as valid as if it was in my will to which this is annexed and in fact is a part My Will and desire is that My daughter Nancy Bizzell have the use of said Girl during her natural life then the Said Negro Girl Hariot and her increase be divided among all the children of my said daughter to her and her Heirs and assigns forever In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix my seal this 19th day of September in the year of our Lord 1835 John Wooten (Seal) [Signature is to the right of the following witnessing statement:] Signed Sealed and acknowledged by the testator as a codicil to the annexed Will in presence of AlexR [Alexander] Moseley Louis M. Moseley Source Citation Wills and estate papers (Wayne County), 1663-1978; Author: North Carolina. Division of Archives and History; Probate Place: Wayne, North Carolina Source Information Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/wayne/wills/wooten1068nwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 6.9 Kb