Source:Onslow, North Carolina, United States. Will of Jacob Giddens Sr

ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - WILL BOOK A – Jacob Giddins., 19 Sept 1774

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Record of Wills, Book A 1729-1867 Onslow County, North Carolina

North Carolina } Jacob Giddens 74 Onslow county } In the name of Amen I Jacob Giddens planter in said county being weak In body but of perfect in mind thanks be Given to God pouit calling to mind the mortality of my body Knowing that it is appointed once for all men to die do make This my last will and testament that in to say principally I first of all my sole to God that gave it My body I Comment to the earth to be buried in a decent manner At the discretion of my EXrs nothing doubting but at The general resurrection I shall re the same by the Mighty powers of God to blofenis in his life I gave division And dispose of the same in the manner following Vig

First I leave to my beloved brother Abraham Giddins one negro girl named amal and one Gallon bridle and saddle one bay moon and also two large Pewter disllist two large pewter plats and hiroo tmaill Pewter plates one old pewter plan and my laclers tools and My saddle frooks and all my wouring close but my great Coat and gloveel shourt and also two sows and thirteen shorsa

Secondly I leave to my beloved brother Isaac Giddins Two hundred acres halfed be to the same more or less beginning at the Mouth of the branch that wm Butler made a bridge across Off the brange makes into hawes groat branch just above his plantation thence having the aforesaid branch to the patin line there owning the line to a dogwood landing in the hawses great branch to the first station it going to foart of a track of land granted of John Gefs by his exceloney Gabrial Folingstone Esq Goviner in Cheef Boaring dat this 18th say of sept 1737 Litigating laws and being in Onslow county and also these Power defelt and five power plats one that shart and one Prot coat and all my working tools excepting tadlors tools And one earlon rifle and four earthen plats one drinking clay One thift and loving whools and one young black moor And one rifle goon and one shot goon and also then shillings that Tosoa borrow is thusted to me and one kittle and one skillet and

Thereby I leave to my loving sister Nancy Giddens one large Chist one feather bed and furniture one linning whool and one Wooling wheels and also four earthen plats and one earthen Rifle and one glafs tumbler one locking flasfs and ton Chunck bottles and also thirty seven pounds that William Landrin is indebted to me

Fourthly I leave to my dear mother Twelve pounds that Wm Landin is indebted to me Finally and lastly I nominate and appoint my friend Johnathon Murray and my friend Daniel Shepherd My exes to this my last will and testament and Do utterly revoke and dismantle all and Every other former testaments and bequeaths Whatsoever ratifying and confirming this no other to be my last will and testament in witness whereof I have wer my hand and seal on this 19th day of sept one thousand seven hundred and seventy four

signed sealed justified pronounced } Entered into before as signed and delivered by me the said Jacob Giddins } for his last will and testament in the } his presence of us who in his presence } Jacob X Giddens in the presence of each other have } Mark hereunto transcribed our names }

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