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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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- 1912
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- ["North Carolina. Secretary of State."]
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- ["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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336
North Carolina Wjt.i.s.
Beaufort County, ss.
At a Court held for the sd. County, at Bath Town, on the second tuesday
in March, 1754.
Present his Majesty’s Justices.
The last will & testament of Seth Pilkinpton was exhibited into Court
& proved by the Oath of John Fry, who swore on the holy Evanpelists,
that the sd. Seth Pilkingion was of sound & disposing mind & memory
when he executed the same; & that he also saw Wm. Stubbs & Mich1.
Coutanche, Junb, the other subscribing Evidences, set their hands thereto
at the same time: And Mich!. Coutanche & Winifred Pilkington qualified
as Exfor. & Extrix. to the same.
Ordered that the Secretary have notice hereof that Letters Testament
may issue. Test. Walley Chauncy, cl. cu.
Copied from Original Will, filed in the Office of the Secretary of State.
CULLEN POLLOCK'S WILL.
North Caroi.ina. ss,
In the Name of God Amen. I, Cullen Pollock, of Tyrrel
County, Gen., calling to mind the uncertainty of ye mortal
life & yt all Flesh must dye, Do make & Ordain this to be
my last Will & Testament hereby Revoking, disanuling, &
makeing void all former Wills & Testaments by me heretofore
made.
Imprimis, 1 Bequeath my soul unto almighty God; And my
Body to be decently Buried at ye disci etion of my Excrs. here¬
after named; And as to what worldly Estate it hath pleased
God to bless me with, I Give & dispose of as followcth:
Item, I Give & Bequeath unto my dear it lovcing Wife,
Frances Pollock, one Plantation & Tract of Land at Matcha-
pungo River, in Hide County; And also, one Lott, of Land in
Bath Town in Beaufort County, And also, ye Negroes follow¬
ing, (Viz.) Bess & her Seven Children, Harry, Morca, Prince,
Caesar, Bristoll, Betty, <fc Edenbourg, boath the Lands &
Negroes, to her Heirs for Ever; with one Sixth part of all my
Houshold-Goods, Stocks of Horses, Cattle, Sheep & Iloggs, to
her & her Heirs for Ever.
Item, 1 Give & Bequeath unto my lovcing Wife, Frances
Pollock, ye use & Occupation of any one of my Plantations, yt
she shall chusc, wth ye use of the Negroes following, (viz.)
Pappa Secsar & great Rose, Cajo & his Wife pegg, Will & his
wife Sarah w ith their Daughter Moll & Son Pomp, (the Land
(Interlin'd in t In* original |
& Negroes durcing her life), And after my Wifes death it
is my Will & desire yt ye Land & negroes herein left to Her
dureing Life (& not to her & her Heirs for Ever.), go to my
Children as hereafter directed, yt is to say, to be equally di¬
vided betwen my Sons, George & Cullen, wth ye oyr Land &
Negroes hereafter given them.
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