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- North Carolina wills and inventories copied from original and recorded wills and inventories in the office of the secretary of state
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- Date
- 1912
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- Creator
- ["North Carolina. Secretary of State."]
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- Place
- ["North Carolina, United States"]
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North Carolina wills and inventories copied from original and recorded wills and inventories in the office of the secretary of state
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North Carolina Wills.
197
JOHN MARTIN FRANCK’S WILL.
In the Name or Goo Amion. I, John Martin Frank, of
Craven County, in the province of North Carolina, being in
good health of Body and of sound and perfect mind & memory,
praise be therefore Given to God, doe make and ordain this
my laste will and testament in manner and forme following:
that is to say, first and principally, I Commend my soule to
almighty God that Give it mo; and my Body 1 Commit to ye
Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors
hearc after Named, and as touching the Disposal of such tem¬
poral Estate as it hath pleased God to bestow me I Give and
dispose thereof as followeth:
First, I will that my Just Depts and funeral Charges be paid
and satisfied.
Item. I lend and bequarth to my loving wife, Sevil Frank,
one plantation called by ye name of Chinpin, with foure hun¬
dred Acors of Land, moore of less, for and Iniuren her Natural
Life, and after her discease to -My son, John Frank, to him
and his heairs for Ever; like wise, I lend and bequarth to my
loving wife three Negrous (to wit), teney, and Rachel his wife,
and filles, one feather Bead and pare of pillors, one pare of
sheets, one Rug, one Blancit and Boulster, and after her disease
to fall to her heairs lawfully begoting of her Body with me.
Further, I Give to my loving wife wife, one pare of Curtins, and
twelve Cowse and Calves, the fifth Parte of ye dry Cattle,
half of ye hogs, ye fifth parte of ye Sheep. Like wise, I Give to
my loving wife, one sorrel' horse Named brass, one white maire
branded with G K, apd Coltc, and an. Equal parte of ye Depts
that is Come in after my Lawful! Depts is paid, and one lite
Gray horse Called friday Branded M F ; like wise, I Give to
my loving wife, two small spinning wheales and one Grate spin¬
ning Wheale, and one sinale Bell mettle skillet one Large Cop¬
per Cittle I Bought from Celley, and one bell mettle Mortor,
and one potrack, one Silver peper box, and one Gray horse.
Item. I Give and bequarth to my Son, Edward Franck, Three
Negrows (to wet), Bungy, antoney, and tom; and twelve Coues
and Calves, an Equal parte of the dry Cattle after my beloved
wife, Sevil Franck, has her parte out, one feather Bead, one
Rug, one pare of Sheets, one Boulster. Like wise, I Give to
my Son, Edward Franck, thre youse and one Ram, and one
Silver Wach he has Rec’d alridy. Further, I Give to my son,
Edward Franck, one Maire Called plcsant, one Bay horse
Called frollik, and one horse Called Bay, and and an Equal
part of my Depts that is Due to me after my beloved wife,
Sevil Franck, has her share out, and all my lawful! Depts is
paid, and an Equal parte of ye moveable that is to bo sould
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