Will, NC, Cumberland, Ebenezer Folsom 1788

In the name of God, Amen.

I, EBENEZER FOLSOM of Cumberland county and state of North Carolina being weak of
body but if perfect mind and memory do make an ordained this my last will and
testament here by revoking and utterly disannulling all and every other Testament
and will by me made ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will
and testament.

After payment of all my just debts and funeral charges:

I will and bequeath unto my beloved wife EDITH [FOLSOM] one negro fellow FAULDOOR
and also one wench FILLIS at her own disposal but the first child that FILLIS has I
give to “ANNY BRYAN”. And also I give to my wife one third of all my pewter, and
one chest, and two pots, and 5 cows and calves, and two beds and furniture, and
likewise four hundred weight of meat, and twenty barrels of corn and twenty bushels
of wheat, and likewise one bay mare Janus, and I lend to her during her natural
life three hundred acres of land in Johnston County, joining WILLIAM BRYAN, and
after her death I give it to NEEDHAM BRYAN, his son, and I lend her one negro boy
called will during her natural life and after her death to be equally divided as my
other estate. And my executor is to build a house on said land 20 x 16 framed and
plank floor and clear ten acres of land on the said estate and build a smokehouse
and milk house and is not to move from The Manor Plantation until it is completed.

And I give and bequeath unto my son ISRAEL [FOLSOM] one negro fellow Simon and 40
lb

And I give to my son NATHANIEL [FOLSOM] one negro fellow SIMON and £50.

I give to my son EBENEZER [FOLSOM] £40.

To my sons GEORGE [FOLSOM] and THOMAS [FOLSOM] I give £50 each for their schooling.

And the remaining part of my real and personal estate I leave and give to my seven
children to be equally divided by my executors according to their discretion.

And lastly I hereby constitute make an appoint an ordained my three sons ISRAEL,
NATHANIEL and WILLIAM my executors of this my last will and testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day of August in
the year of Our Lord 1788.

EBENEZER FOLSOM {seal}

Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of

JOHN BOHANNON
HENRY STEPHENSON
STEPHEN SMITH




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                    Will, NC, Cumberland, Ebenezer Folsom 1788

17th of August 1788 I hereby certify that I am satisfied and contented with the
contents of the within will.

EDITH FOLSOM {her x mark}

Test
JOHN BOHANNON
HENRY STEPHENSON




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