Person:Thomas Erwin (7)

Will Transcript

[Written] #6

In the name of God Amen, Iredell County Known ye that I Thomas Erwin being of perfect mind & memory & calling to mind the mortality of all men do Constitute & appoint this my last Will & testament & dispose of my estate in the following manner Viz.

first I give & bequeath to my Son Wm. Erwin five Shillings

Second I leave & bequeath to my son-in-law Walber Gaith Bell five shillings

also I give & bequeath to my well beloved Wife Elizabeth Erwin the use & prophets [profits] of my plantation during her natural life her bead [bed] & furniture & all the houshold [household] furniture except as hereafter disposed of & my hors [horse] Prince & old mare & all the Plantaton Implements tro? of the best of the cows & all the sheep & hogs.

also I leave & bequeath & Devise to my son[s] Thos. & Jas. Erwin my plantation to be eaquaually [equally] divided eaqually divided between them provided Thomas Erwin pay to Henry Erwin my son twenty Pounds & James pay to George Erwin my son twenty pounds which I give & bequeath to each of them in full of their share of my estate provided also that my sons Thomas & James pay & discharge any debts I owe again

I give & bequeath to my son-In-law Arthur Walker my buck horse also I give & bequeath to Elizabeth Erwin my daughter my gray hors[e] colt

also I give & bequeath to my daughters Jean & Agnes the remainder of the cattle to be eaqually [equally] Divided between them & I hereby appoint my beloved Wife Elizabeth Erwin Executrix & my son Thomas Erwin Executor of this my last will & testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 23d. of Octo^br 1792.

N.B. I give to Mary Torrenton five shillings

[Signed] Thos. Erwin [Seal]

Witnesses Present:

Mussn.? Mathens

Arthur Walker, Jurat

Thos Erwin.

1.   North Carolina, United States. North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records , 1665-1998: [database on-line]. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015).

   Name: Thomas Erwin
   Residence Place: Iredell County, North Carolina
   Will Date: 29 Mar 1792
   Probate Date: 1792
   Probate Place: Iredell, North Carolina, USA
   Inferred Death Year: 1792
   Inferred Death Place: North Carolina, USA
   Item Description: Original Wills, Beaver, Moses - Kilpatrick, Andrew
   Others Listed (Name) Relationship
   Thomas Erwin Testator
   William Erwin Son
   Walks Erwin [s/b Arthur Walker] Son-in-law
   Elizabeth Erwin Wife
   Thomas Erwin Son
   James Erwin Son

2.   United States. 1790 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M637).

   Name: Thomas Erwin
   Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Iredell, North Carolina
   Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 4
   Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 1
   Free White Persons - Females: 4
   Number of Household Members: 9
   
   Nearby: John Erwin, William Erwin, Abraham Erwin, John Erwin Senr.

3.   Wikitree.com.

   Thomas Erwin was born before 1753, based on his adult membership in the Fourth Creek Congregation in 1773 and listing in the 1790 Census in Iredell County. He lived in the southeast section of the Fourth Creek Congregation. He died before 1793 in Iredell County, North Carolina. Based on his estate record, he probably had a son Thomas Erwin, Jr., who was still in Iredell County in 1800.
   
   https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Erwin-1987

4.   FamilySearch Family Tree.

   https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K883-F95