Will, NC, Cumberland, ARCHIBALD MCNEILL, 1801 In the name of God Amen. ARCHIBALD MCNEILL of Cumberland County and state of North Carolina now considering myself frail of body tho of perfect mind and memory and well knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, make this my last will and testament. I resign my soul to its creator in all humble hope of its future happiness as in the disposal of a being infinitely good. As to my body, my will is, that it be decently buried beside my spouse in our old burying place. I there by make and appoint my son-in-law JOHN MCNEILL and my son NEIL MCNEILL executors or whichever survives the other sole executor of this my last will and testament. As to my worldly a state I dispose thereof as follows: I give and bequeath to my son JOHN [MCNEILL] and his wife, during their lifetime, the Plantation now occupied by them; and after their decease, if no lawful heirs of JOHN's own body survive him or his wife, I order said Plantation to be the property of my son DONALD [MCNEILL] and his heirs. I also bequeath to said JOHN and his wife during their lifetime, two Negro wenches named TILLA and NELL and after their death if the said Negroes survive them, I order and devise said Negroes with their issue to be given up to my daughter MARGARET MCNEILL and her heirs. ITEM I give and devise to my son DONALD 323 acres of land, more or less, lying in Chatham County, near the mouth of New Hope; also a tract or parcel of land lying on MCTHAY’s Creek in this County. But in case my son DONALD, nor any of his heirs in Nova Scotia, should ever come to claim the said plantations, I order the set plantations to be equally divided betwixt my son HECTOR's son DONALD and my grandson JOHN MCNEILL's son also named DONALD. ITEM I give and bequeath to my son HECTOR [MCNEILL] 100 acres joining his land on Trantrum’s Creek; and 150 acres on said Creek known by the name of the Blacksmith's old field. I also bequeathed to him to Negro named WILL and BACCKUS Jr. ITEM I give and devise to my daughter MARGARET MCNEILL ate Negro wench named TEANAR are together with her children; Negro wench named BET. And I also two Negro fellows named VIRGIL and ANGUS; I likewise give and devise to her, during her lifetime 200 acres of land on the north east side of Cape Fear River known by the name of Thrower Ferry and after her decease I order said 200 acres of land to be the property of my son Neal and his lawful heirs. ITEM I bequeath to her son ARCHIBALD a plantation in more by the name of HERD’s old fields and in Cumberland County 100 acres survey known by the name of LOFTON's Island, also a parcel of land in the fork of ANDERSON's Creek known by the name of HODGES’ survey. ITEM I given defies on to my son NEILL [MCNEILL] the ferry lands containing 440 Acres; the lands bought from JAMES PATTERSON and all the lands belonging to me on the waters of Little River; also to Negro fellows named CHARLES and CUPID and the four Negro wenches named JUDITH, NAN, FANNY, and FLORA. ITEM I give and devise to his daughter JANET [MCNEILL] SHAW Little Negro wench named ABITH. Page 1 of 5 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, NC, Cumberland, ARCHIBALD MCNEILL, 1801 ITEM I give and devise to my granddaughter JANET SHAW the Negro girl named JUDITH. ITEM after said JANET's death I ordered the Negro girl JUDITH and her issue issue to be equally divided among the lawful heirs of said JANET's own body. Items I give and bequeath to my grandson JOHN MCNEILL, JOHN SKARIBLY’s son 100 acres of land more or less lying in the figure bear Branch commonly known by the name of PEGGY BLACK’s old field and likewise another piece of land close to it known by the name of Things Schoolhouse. ITEM I give and devise to my two grandchildren DONALD [MCNEILL], HECTOR's son, and to LACKLAND [MCNEILL], NEIL's son, to be equally divided betwixt a lot in the town of Fayetteville. ITEM I bequeath to my son HECTOR 250 Acres on the flat lands from the meadow to the old place; also 250 Acres joining see old survey that was the property of ROGER MCNEILL; also 150 acres on the Blue Branch and Trantrum’s Creek likewise 50 acres lying between the old lands of MCTHAY and MCNAIR. ITEM I give and devise to my son JOHN 200 Acres on Anderson's Creek joining the old place also 50 acres on the rooty ford, Carvers Creek, bequeathed to my son JOHN. ITEM I give and devise to my son NEIL the plantation I bought from ROBERT MACKAY and my lands adjoining. ITEM I give and devise to my granddaughters, MALCOLM's [MCNEILL] children, JANET [MCNEILL], FLORA [MCNEILL], and ISABEL [MCNEILL] five Shillings Sterling each. ITEM I bequeath to my son DONALD 20 milch cows out of my stock to be sold and to be put to interest for the benefit of DONALD and his heirs. ITEM I bequeath to my son NEIL's daughter, JANET [MCNEILL], my flock of sheep. I give and devise to my son NEIL the remainder of my stock of cattle and wild horses, on condition he will not interfere with my son HECTOR's stock and also my stock of hogs; also he's still to be equally divided between NEIL and my grandson ARCHIBALD [SKARIBLY], JOHN SKARIBLY’s son. The rest of my household furniture and worldly property I give and devise to my son NEIL, and hopes he will make good use of it. If my daughter MARGARET [MCNEILL] should in a short time after this, be taken away by death, I order that her children, while they keep together, be allowed by my son NEIL to live at SPRAWLS’ Cowpens on Thornton Creek. I also order that she, during her lifetime, remain on the place where she and her family now live. Page 2 of 5 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, NC, Cumberland, ARCHIBALD MCNEILL, 1801 This my last will and testament written this 17th of April, A. D. 1801 and signed in the presence of the Rev. AGNES MACDIARMID and HECTOR MCNEILL both living on Little River. ARCHIBALD MCNEILL {seal} ANGUS MACDIARMID HECTOR MCNEILL Page 3 of 5 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, NC, Cumberland, ARCHIBALD MCNEILL, 1801 March term 1822 ARCHIBALD MCNEILL Filed at March term 1822 and ordered to be recorded Recorded in book B Page 75 Whereas, the will of ARCHIBALD MCNEILL was offered for probate in this court many years since which was contested and an issue of “devisavit vel non” made up agreeably to law and whereas there was an appeal taken from the decision here to the Superior Court and whereas on the trial of the issue the said Superior Court it was legally established as the last will and testament of the said ARCHIBALD MCNEILL and ordered to be there recorded and then to be transmitted to this court for record it is therefore ordered that said will, being now produced, be recorded in this court and filed among the records of the same car agreeably to law. Entered Page 4 of 5 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, NC, Cumberland, ARCHIBALD MCNEILL, 1801 ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # 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 5 of 5 ** PAGE BREAK **