Will, NC, Orange, Cadwallader Jones, 1860 In the name of God Amen. I CADWALLADER JONES of the County of Orange and state of North Carolina to make an ordained this my last will and testament viz, 1st I give and bequeath the farm on which I live in the county of where said to my dear wife her heirs and assigns forever, together with all its appurtenances the furniture in the house of every description the plate included the farm tools the carriages and horses and every kind of stock together with crop on hand to her heirs and assigns forever. 2nd I give to my sons CADWALLADER and ROBIN all my land in South Carolina to be divided between them according to the line which has been or maybe here after agreed upon by them to them their heirs and assigns forever. 3rd I give to my daughter MARY R. RUFFIN the lot on which the lines in the Hillsboro containing about six acres and the lot opposite on which one of her servants lives to her, her heirs and assigns forever. 4th I give and bequeath to REBECCA my wife and my son PRIDE JONES and my daughters MARY R. RUFFIN and SALLY R. JONES all my lands in the state of Alabama to be equally divided between them, their heirs and assigns forever. 5th I give to my dear wife $30,000 in money to be raised on the bonds I now hold, as far as they will go towards it, the money due me from MCDOWELL and WILKES of Mobile and the balance from the crop now being made at the Alabama Plantation or the succeeding crop, should it be necessary, which I don't anticipate. It is my will and desire that the said sum of $30,000 shall be invested by my executors in some safe monied institution so that she may have no trouble in its management, my expectation being that the interest will be sufficient for her support in her usual style of living, this of course she will drawn at [her] pleasure, never the less, I give her the said sum of $30 to dispose of as she may think proper. 6th I give to my said wife the following Negroes, now living on my farm in Orange County North Carolina, or an equal number from my other negro to fill up the void by death, viz: ANTHONY, JANE, LUCRETIA, PETER, VIOLET, CHARLOTTE, JENNY, BETSY, HANNAH, JAMES, TOM, PATTY, VIRGIL, BETSEY, and RUFUS (HANNAH's children) HAMPTON, LANDONIA and her child MARGARET and JUNICES [sic] to her and her heirs and assigns forever. But in case she should prefer other servants to those above mentioned it is my will that she take any others from among my Negroes of equal value at her pleasure 7th Having heretofore conveyed to my son ALLEN forty two Negroes, named in the deed of gift to which reference can be had, I hereby confirm the same to him, his heirs and assigns forever. 8th I give and bequeath to my son CADWALLADER the following Negroes, heretofore allotted to him, viz: MOSES, CAROLINE, MARIAH, HARPER, FRANKIE, MINERVA, HERMAN, LUCRETIA, HERMAN JR., MILLY, ADAM, NATHAN, ALBERT (son of MARK), CHARLES (son of NED), MARTHA, SYPHOX, HARRIET, MARTHA, BYRON, ALFRED, PEGGY, FRED, SARAH, CHARLES, CUBA and TOYRIETHE [sic], to him and his heirs and assigns forever. 9th I give and bequeath to my son PRIDE JONES The following Negroes, now in his possession, viz: BARTLETT, HEADY, CAESAR, ALAN, ALBERT, RANDALL, PEGGY, BECKY, ANANIAS and RHETA, to him and his heirs and assigns forever. Page 1 of 3 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, NC, Orange, Cadwallader Jones, 1860 Page 2 of 3 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, NC, Orange, Cadwallader Jones, 1860 10th I give and bequeath to my son ROBIN JONES The following Negroes, heretofore allotted to him, viz: TOM, AGNES, ALBERT, MARY ANN, MARIAH, GODFREY, BOB, GAMBA, ALBERT (of GAMNEY), JENNY, CHENEY, ISAAC, WASHINGTON, FRANK, ELLEN, ROSEANNE, ROBIN, ALTAMONTE, JANET, FANNY, SOPHIA, POLLY, WILL, BOATSWAIN, JANET, HERCULES, EMELINE and HILLIARD to him and his heirs forever. 11th I give and bequeath to my daughter MARY R. RUFFIN the following Negroes heretofore alloted to her, viz: LUCY, JANE, VIRGINIA, DIANE, (and child PRINCESS), HENRY, HOWERTON, HENRY, DUBERRY, and FRED to her and her heirs and assigns forever. 12th I give and bequeath to my daughter SALLY her maid servants KATE and LOUISA and her children to her and her assigns forever. Having always told SALLY that she would have HANNAH and her family and thinking that her mother can't conveniently do without the services of said HANNAH and her family, I have provided, in the ninth clause of this, my will, that any of the bequeathed in it on may be exchanged for Negroes of equal value. It is my will and earnest desire that HANNAH's family shall, whenever my wife consents to exchange, the exchange for a portion of the Negroes to be allotted to SALLY in the final distribution of my property and that if she should not consent at all then we'll take care to make my promise to SALLY good when she distributes her own estate. 13th It is my will that the Negroes not otherwise disposed of shall be divided among my children in such a way as to make their respective shares of that kind of property as nearly equal as maybe for which purpose, the Negroes heretofore given to ALLEN and now specifically devised to my other children together with their increase as to be enumerated and valued in like manner as the undivided must be for a division and each child except ALLEN is to take a portion which added to the portion specifically devised to each as above shall make it equal to the ALLEN's, which is the largest, and the remainder to be equally divided among all of them, ALLEN included. 14th I did promise to MARY, the wife of my son PRIDE, on her deathbed, that I would take care of her children, and, have so far endeavored to do so. Now in order to carry out the promise fully, it is my will and desire that one half of the Negroes, which by the foregoing clause of this, my last will and testament, have been given to my said son PRIDE are to be held by him in trust and confidence for the children of the said MARY, him having the full use and benefit of the Negroes during his life and at his death and decease to the said children or the survivors of them to whom I give and bequeath them, the said Negroes to them and their descendants forever. 15th It is my will further that all property not otherwise disposed of should be divided between my son's CADWALLADER, PRIDE, ROBIN and my daughters MARY and SALLY. I appoint my sons Alan CADWALLADER, PRIDE, and ROBIN executors this my last will and testament. CADWALLADER JONES {seal} Witness PAUL C. CAMERON E. STRAWICK, JURAT JAMES F. CANE Page 3 of 3 ** PAGE BREAK **