Will, NC, Rowan, Stephen Noland 1791 In the name of God, Amen. I STEPHEN NOLAND of the state of North Carolina & in the county of Rowan, being weak & low of body but of sound mind and memory & disposing [mind], thanks be to Almighty GOD for his mercies, I calling to mind the mortality of the body, knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die & after doing so to come to judgment, I do, on this first day of November in the year of our Lord 1791 publish this, my last will and testament. FIRST of all I give my soul to God through our Lord Jesus Christ & my body to be decently buried up in the earth in a Christian like manner at the discretion of my executors, hoping to have them again united together at the great & general resurrection by the mighty power of God & as touching my worldly goods as it hath pleased almighty God to bless me with in this life, I give, devise and dispose of in this manner, that is to say: FIRST I give unto my beloved wife MARY NOLAND 74 acres of land to be laid off where I know live in including this dwelling & plantation as far as the main branch between this & the old place, to her & her heirs & assigns forever, and also I give to her my sorrel mare Zenos & a black mare & eight head of sheep & all my hogs & all my crops & beds & furniture to her & her heirs forever. 2ND I give and bequeath to my son STEPHEN NOLAND my sorrel colt & my youngest brindle heifer, to him & is heirs forever. 3RD I give and bequeath to my son LEDSTONE NOLAND my saddle and the black colt, he paying to my son JAMES NOLAND one half the value of the said colt, which colt to be valued by two men at three years old. 4TH I give and bequeath to my grand daughter ANN HOLDERFIELD one Pied Cow to be delivered my daughter HANNA HOLDERFIELD for the use of the child and immediately after my decease. 5TH I give and bequeath to my wife MARY NOLAND all the rest of my stock of cattle to her use, she giving to my son LEDSTONE NOLAND, JAMES [NOLAND], ALIDIA [NOLAND], MARY [NOLAND] & ELEANOR [NOLAND] one heifer as they, my children, grow up. [carried over] and I also give to my wife, as aforesaid, all the rest of my household furniture of every kind & plantation tools not herein disposed of. 6TH I give and bequeath to my daughter ANN [NOLAND] TURLEY my dresser. And lastly my big bay mare, to be sold at vendue with nine months credit given in order to discharge my just debts. And I do hereby constitute and appoint my trusty friend BASIL GAITHER my whole & sole executor to this my last will and testament, revoking and making void all other wills by me made & ratifying this and no other to be my last will and testament. Page 1 of 3 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, NC, Rowan, Stephen Noland 1791 In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the day and year first above written. STEPHEN NOLAND {seal, his + mark} Signed, sealed, published, pronounced & acknowledged to be my last will in presents of OLIVER HENDERSON NATHANIEL SAMUEL COLLETT Lastly And all the rest of my land not herein devised I give and bequeath to my three sons STEPHEN [NOLAND], LEDSTONE [NOLAND] & JAMES [NOLAND] to be equally divided between then in quality so as seach share shall be equal in value, which division & valuation shall be ascertained by three men chosen by my executor, that I give them and their heirs forever. Registered Book B Page 2 of 3 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, NC, Rowan, Stephen Noland 1791 ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # Transcribed from original documents by Brent R. Brian & Martha M. Brian. This document and others can be found on our website: BMGEN We claim COPYLEFT on the documents that we publish that are our original work. COPYLEFT “rules” can be reviewed on the web site: GNU Free Documentation License In short, use what you like. But if you use our stuff, mention us as the source. Brent R. Brian Martha M. Brian BrianMitchellGenealogy@gmail.com Page 3 of 3 ** PAGE BREAK **