Does anyone have a copy of the will of William Carawan (d. 1804) that
they could send me as an email attachment for use on the Hyde Co.,
NCGenWeb Pages?
John
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Will of JOHN CAROWON, SR. (d.c. 1770) Hyde County, North Carolina
LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF JOHN CAROWON, SENR.
In the name of God, Amen. The fourteenth Day of December One Thousand
Seven Hundred and Seventy. I JOHN CARAWOM SENR of the County of Hyde
Provence of North Carolina Being sick and weak in body but of perfect
Mind and memory thanks be given to almighty God for the same and Calling
unto Mind the Mortality of my Body and Knowing that it is appointed for
all Men once to Die, I Doe make and Ordain this my Last Will and
Testament that is to say,
Princenply and first of all I give and Recamend my Soul into the hands
of God that gave it& my body I Recamend to the Ground to be Burried in a
Decent and Christian Buriel at the Discression of my Executor, herein
after Mentioned.
Nothing Doubting but at the General Resurection I shall Receive the same
again by the Mighty power of God and as Touching such Worldly Estate
where
with it hath pleased God to Blefs me with in this World I Give and
Dismiss
in the Following forme and forme Following---
Item Give and Bequeath unto my son JOSEPH CARAWON half of all my land
which I now live on which half is to be the Est end of my plantation to
him and his Heirs Lawfully Begotten of His Body forever and my will is
that my son JOSEPH CARAWAN pay to my son WILLIAM CARAWAN six pounds
Prov.
Money for his part of the Land---
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my son JOHN CARAWAN the Other half of all
my Land which is the Westard end to him and his heirs Lawfully Begotten
of His Body forever and my will is that my son JOHN CARAWAN shall pay to
my son PATRICK CARAWAN five Pounds Proclamation Money for his part---
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my son PATRICK CARAWAN won mair, won
heffer, won Buckennear gun to him and his heirs forever---
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Son WILLIAM CARAWAN won feather Bed
and furniture, won horse, won Bridle ans One Saddle, won Plough and
Plough harness, all my axes and all my hoes and Iron Widges and Ditching
Spade and all my crop of Corn and Tobacco and my wheat and won Jacket
(Pattern?) And all my wearing appearels and all my Ready Money to him
and his Heirs forever---
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter ELIZABETH GIBBS won feather
Bed and furniture---
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter RACHAL CARAWAN won cow & calf
and won cow earling, won breading Mair, all the Increafe that shall come
form the said Breading Creators to her and her heirs Lawfully Begotten
of her Body forever, also two Ews and Lambs, won feather Bed and
furniture,
won New Linnen Wheel, won Lume and all the Lume harness---
Item I give unto my two Grand Sons JOSEPH and EFROM CARAWAN Each of
them won Ew lamb a (peace?) At the next (Shering?) And to be Marked in
thair own proper mark---
Item I give My Hand mill Between my Two sons JOSEPH CARAWAN and JOHN
CARAWAN---
Item I give and Bequeath unto my son WILLIAM CARAWAN all my stack of
Loggs.
Item I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter RACHAL CARAWAN won Wooling
Wheel and won par of wool Cords---
Item I give and Bequeath unto my Son WILLIAM CARAWAN my Other gun.
Item I give and Leave all the rest of my whole Estate both within and
without to be Equally Divided among and between my four youngest
children, that is ELIZABETH GIBBS, RACHAL CARAWAN, PATRICK CARAWAN and
WILLIAM CARAWAN after all my Debts is paid. And Last of all, I Do
Constitute and appoint my son WILLIAM CARAWAN to be my Sole and Whole
Executor to this My Last Will and Testament In Writing.
HIS
Sealed, Signed, Published JOHN (x) CARAWAN
Pronounced in Presents of Us: MARK
JOHN LOCKHARTT Hyde County March Court 1771
SAML SELBY Present his Magestys Justices this
WILLIAM SELBY Will was Proved in said Court &
Ordered to be Recorded.
Recorded pr GEORGE BARROW, Clk Test GEORGE BARROW, Clk
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Source: Hyde County Court House Will Book 1-3, pp. 19-20.
(Transcribed by Ellen A. Williams)
Printed in "High Tides" (Hyde County Historical Society),
Vol. 1, No. 2, Fall 1980, pages 5-6.
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