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- Will of Ephraim Carrington - 8 Dec 1818
Original Will, on file in Raleigh, NC, USA Archives CR 073.801
In the name of God Amen - I Ephraim Carrington being of sound & perfect mind & memory do this the Eighth day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & Eighteen make & publish this my last will & Testament in manner following that is to say - First I Give and bequeath to my wife Prissilla (sic) one Third of my land including the plantation whereon I now live during her natural life & at her decease all my lands to be equally divided between my three sons Morgan, Sihon and John - I give to my wife One horse called Colonel - two cows & Calves - four head of sheep, five Killing hogs, one sow & pigs - all the Gesse (sic) two beds & furniture, six chairs, two tables, two pewter dishes six plates - four basons, one case knives & forks, one Plow & Gear - two hoes, one axe, the Loom & Gear - fifteen Barrels of corn, one blade stock & oat stock - also fifty Dollars out of the amount of the sale to be hereafter mentioned All the residue of my horses, Cattle, hogs, sheep Plantation tools & tools of all kinds, household furniture, waggon & Gear, and every thing of every description to be sold at twelve Months credit & the money arising of such sale after paying all my Just debts to be equally divided between my Children to wit Morgan, Sihon, John, Charlotte, Dicey & Polly they must all inventory & account for what they have had, except their horses - It is my will that at my wife's Dec'd that all the Property of every Description should be sold at twelve months credit and equally divided amongst the above named Morgan, Sihon, John, Charlotte, Dicey & Polly ---And I hereby make and ordain my friend[sic] Herbert Sims & John J. Carrington Executors to this my last will & Testament - In testimony whereof I the said Ephraim Carrington have to this my last will & testament set my hand & seal the day and date above written.
Signed sealed & acknowledged
in presence of us
S. Harris Jurat E. Carrington
Thos. Cottrell} (seal)
Jno J. Carrington qualified
Recorded in Orange County Will Book E, pages 17-18, May Term 1822 [2]
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