Will, NC, Edgecombe, DREWRY BRYAN 1843

I DREWRY [DRURY] BRYAN of the county of Edgecombe and state of North Carolina being
of sound mind and memory but considering the uncertainty of my earthly existence do
make and declare this, my Last Will and Testament, in manner and form following,
that is to say:

ITEM 1st I lend unto my beloved wife SUSAN BRYAN the land whereon I now live,
containing about one hundred and twelve acres. I further lend unto her the BRADLEY
place on the was side of Fishing Creek containing one hundred & eleven acres. I
further lend unto her the field know by the name of the Mill field:

Beginning at a Cypress on said creek running along a ditch to two Persimmon trees,
then across the field to the road, then along the road to the BRADLEY place.

All the above land I lend to her, my wife SUSAN BRYAN during her natural life with
all the houses and appurtenances thereon belonging. I further lend unto her all my
household and kitchen furniture and all kind of farming utensils on the place
whereon I now live. I further lend unto her two horses, one bay mare Jennet & grey
horse, two cows & calves, six head of sheep, two sows and pigs & twenty shoats
[suckling pigs] all her choice. I further lend unto her my Borouch & harness. I
further lend unto my wife SUSAN BRYAN five Negroes, to viz: SAM, PHILLIS, BUSHLIA,
LITTLE SAM, and CHANY, all of the above property I lend unto her, my wife, during
her natural life.

ITEM 2nd I give to my son WILLIAM L. BRYAN five hundred dollars payable in two
years after my death.

ITEM 3rd I give unto my son JOSEPH BRYAN all my right, title & interest in the land
whereon he now lives in Halifax County as his part of my land. I further give unto
him five Negroes, to viz: GEORGE, AUSTIN, NANNY, TIB and WASHINGTON. I also give
unto him three horses, three feather beds & necessary furniture.

ITEM 4th I give unto my daughter PENELOPE [BRYAN] MABREY five Negroes, to viz:
CLEMMONS, BENNY, ELIZER, ARY and CALVIN. I further give unto her one BAROUCH, one
feather bed and furniture.

ITEM 5th I give all the land that I now own that is not lent to my wife to my four
sons, to viz: HARRY [BRYAN], BOULNT [BRYAN], GREY [BRYAN] and ETHELDRED BRYAN to
be equally divided between them. If either of them die before he arrive to twenty
one years old or has a lawful heir begotten of his body, his part to be divided
among the other three. I further give unto my four sons HARRY, BLOUNT, GREY and
ETHELDRED to be equally divided among them all the Negroes that I have in
possession at my death that I have not willed away to my wife and other children.

ITEM 6th It is my will and desire that all my land & Negroes, stock & household &
kitchen that I have lent to my wife, SUSAN BRYAN, during her life, at her death to
be equally divided among all my children (excepted WILLIAM L. BRYAN).

ITEM 7th It is my will and desire that all my stock crop, farming utensils of all
kinds after furnishing my wife SUSAN BRYAN & family one hear support to be sold and
all moneys due me in any way collected by my executors, hereafter named, and all my
just debts paid out of the same and the legatees paid off and the balance, if any,
to be divided between my four sons HARRY, BLOUNT, GREY & ETHELDRED BRYAN.




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                      Will, NC, Edgecombe, DREWRY BRYAN 1843

I do hereby constitute and appoint my son JOSEPH BRYAN & CHARLES MABREY my lawful
executors to all intents and purposes to execute this my Last Will and Testament
according to the true intent and meaning of the same and every part and clause
thereof, hereby revoking and declaring utterly void all other wills and testaments
by me heretofore made.

In witness whereof, I the said DREWRY BRYAN do hereunto set my hand and seal this
the 11th day January 1843.

DREW BRYAN {seal}

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said DREWRY BRYAN to be his last will
and testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence do
subscribe our names as witness thereto.

BENJAMIN BATTS
WILLIAM DICKEN




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                         Will, NC, Edgecombe, DREWRY BRYAN 1843

Edgecombe County Court

February Term 1843

The execution of the foregoing Last Will & Testament of DREW BRYAN, deceased, was
duly proven in open court by the oaths of BENJAMIN BATTS and WILLIAM DICKEN the
subscribing witnesses thereto, and was ordered to be recorded. At the same time
JOSEPH BRYAN, one of the executors therein named, qualified as such. CHARLES
MABRY, the other executor therein named, renounced the executorship in open court.

Test.

JOHN NORFLEET, clerk




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