Will, NC, Granville, Nathan Bass, 1835

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Granville County    ]
North Carolina      ]   Will BOOK 14 PAGE 20
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In the name of God amen I NATHAN BASS of the county of Granville and state of North
Carolina being of sound mind and disposing memory do ordain this to be my last will
and testament revoking all former will buy me made.

I want all my just debts paid by my executor hereafter named for him to sell such
property as I shall not hereafter will for the payment of my debts.

I give and bequeath unto my wife, MARTHA BASS, one desk, one bed and necessary
furniture, one spinning wheel, one flax wheel, one cow and calf, sow and hogs, the
choice of my horses, one side saddle, one pot and oven, one set of knives and
forks, half dozen pewter plates, two decanters, one tub and pail. I Also loan unto
my wife, MARTHA BASS, during her life ten acres of land to include the dwelling
house that I now live in and also the outhouses to be laid off as she may think
proper reserving one acre of land around the graveyard for a family burying ground
and I loan her my still during her life and at her death I give the above still and
ten acres of land to WARNER TANNER, better known by the name of WARNER BASS, to him
and his heirs forever.

I give and bequeath unto the aforesaid WARNER TANNER all of that part of my land
line south of the big path running from WILLIAM BRADFORD to Mrs. ANN L. TAYLOR's in
the tract I now live on to the line of LEWIS PETIFORD, one black horse which he has
now in his possession, one cart and one half dozen pewter plates to him his heirs
forever.

I give bequeath unto LEWIS PEDIFORD, who married my daughter ELIZA [BASS], fifty
acres of land be the same more or less being the land on which the said PEDIFORD
now lives bounded by the land of JOSHUA HUTCHINSON, deceased, and others and one
pot to him and his heirs forever.

I give and bequeath unto my daughter HONOR [BASS] JONES that part of my land not
already divided that is all on the east side of the path way from my house to
WILLIAM DEMENT to her and her heirs forever.

I give and bequeath to my son JESSE BASS five shillings to him and his heirs
forever.

I give and bequeath to my grandson SAMUEL VALENTINE five shillings to him and his
heirs forever.

I give and bequeath to my daughter SALLY [BASS] PEDIFORD five shillings to her and
her heirs forever.

All the property that I have not named in the above will I want my executor to sell
and if then should be more then will pay my debts I wanted equally divided between
my wife MARTHA and WARNER TANNER.




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                      Will, NC, Granville, Nathan Bass, 1835

I the said NATHAN BASS do hereby appoint WILLIAM BRADFORD executor to this my last
will and testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 2nd day of January A.
D. 1835.

NATHAN BASS {seal, his + mark}

Signed and acknowledged in presence of us

D. A. PARSHALL
BENJAMIN KITTRELL
A. H. WALKER




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                        Will, NC, Granville, Nathan Bass, 1835

                    ]
Granville County    ]
North Carolina      ]   August court ad 1837
                    ]

The execution of the foregoing last will and testament of NATHAN BASS, deceased,
was duly proven in an oath in open court by DANIEL A. PARSHALL and ANDERSON H.
WALKER two of the subscribing witnesses hereto and BENJAMIN KITTRELL the other
subscribing witness being dead. DANIEL A. PARSHALL made oath that the signature
“BENJAMIN KITTRELL” is in the proper handwriting of BENJAMIN KITTRELL and that he
witnessed the same in the presence of the other witnesses.

On motion it is ordered to be recorded.

Witness
JAMES M. WIGGINS, Clerk of Court




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