Wilkes County NcArchives Wills.....Howard, Benjamin April 8, 1828 ************************************************ 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: Joseph Howard jhhoward@comcast.net October 4, 2008, 3:34 pm Source: Wilkes County Nc Will Book 4, P.119 Written: April 8, 1828 Recorded: November 1828 Benjamin Howard (1742-1828) Will Written: 8 April 1828 Proved: November Term 1828 Wilkes County NC Will Book 4, p. 119 In the name of God, Amen. I Benjamin Howard of the County of Wilkes and State of North Carolina being of Sound mind and Memory, do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say, after all my just debts and funeral expenses are paid the Residue of my Estate I do give as follows. 1st. to my Daughter Descretion Isbell I do give my Negroe Woman Bets Valued at three Hundred & fifty Dollars. 2d. My Daughter Polly Howard I do give my Negroe man Burrel valued at Two Hundred Dollars. 3d. To my Son George Howard I do give my Negroe boy Abe valued at six Hundred Dollars. 4th. To Benjamin Howards Heirs I do give my Negroe boy Alexander Valued at Five Hundred Dollars. 5th. To my Daughter Sarah Counsil I do give my Negroe Girl Amanda and her Child John Thomas Valued at three Hundred & Twenty-five Dollars. 6th. To my Daughter Rebecca Dyer I do give my Negroe Girl Fanny valued at three Hundred and fifty Dollars, also my Negroe Girl Mead(?) Valued at three Hundred Dollars. 7th. To my Daughter Rachel Council I do give my Negroe Boy Joshua Valued at three Hundred and Twenty-five dollars also my boy Joseph Valued at six Hundred Dollars. 8th. To my Daughter Nancy Calloway I give my Negroe Woman Jenny & her Boy Austin valued at Seven Hundred and fifty Dollars. 9th. to my Son George Howard I give One Hundred Acres of Land in Ashe County North Carolina Valued at Two Hundred Dollars it being the upper part of my three Hundred Acre Tract on the main Road leading through it. 10th. To my son Cornelius Howard I give my Sugar Camp Tract of Land in Ashe County Containing fifty Acres for Extra Services, also Two Hundred Acres of Land of my Rich Mountain Tract in Ashe County, also a certain part of my home Plantation Beginning where the conditional line between him the said Cornelius Howard and myself crosses the fence, then with said fence till it joins my Cotten patch fence, then Nearly South East to a big White Oak Stump at the head of a gut(?) proceeding out of the Tobacco ground, then with the top or side of the Ridge to the creek at the point of Rocks, the [i.e., then] down said Creek to a Cross fence betwin Cornelius Howard and Polly Howard to the River, then up the River to the Mouth of the creek. Also one Hundred Acres of land that slaves(?) formally lived on lying on the South side of the Yadkin River. 11th. To my Daughter Polly Howard I give a part of my home Plantation Beginning at a cross fence on the bank of the River near where a Spring leaks out, then down the River to a black Walnut & White Oak it being my Corner, then North with James Browns line, then nearly West Including the Reedy Branch and where Abraham Beach now lives then Round with the lines to the Conditional line Between myself and Cornelius Howard Supposed to be Between three and five hundred Acres. Also I give my old Waggon and Gears to Polly for Extra Services. 12th. To my Grand Daughter Prudence Calloway, I give my Horse called Buck. 13th. To my Grand Son William Howard Son of Polly Howard my mule colt and the colt that my Mare Mercury is now in fold with if it lives. 14th. I give my Mare Mercury to Rachel Council. 15th. I give my Motherless Colt to my Daughter Rebecca Dyer. 16th. To my Daughter Descretion Isbell I give my Beads, Beadsteads and furnature. 17th. The Balance of my Estate both Real and Personal after all my just debts are paid out of it and my daughter Polly Howard takes good care of me as long as I live I do give and Bequeath the Residue to her to have and to hold unmolisted. 18th. I do nominate Constitute and Appoint Polly Howard, Joseph Calloway and Benjamin Howard, son George Howard my executors to this my last Will and Testament and I the said Benjamin Howard do revoke and disannull all, every other Will heretofore made by me and Publicky declare them to be void and of none effect, in Presence of Almighty God and the undersigned Witnesses this to be my last Will and Testament. Sealed with my seal and dated this 8th day of April 1828. his Benjamin X Howard mark (seal) Attest[ed to] Benj Beach Int(?) [illegible] Pennel(?) North Carolina, Wilkes County, November Term 1828 The foregoing Will was duly Proven in Open Court by the oath of Benj. Beach Test R. Martin Clk File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/wilkes/wills/howard680nwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 5.1 Kb