Will, NC, Tyrrell, Peter BARBREE 1770

In the name of God, Amen.

April ye 28th 1770

I PETER BARBREE of Tyrrell County and province of North Carolina being very sick
and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory and calling to mind ye mortality of
my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, I do make and
ordain this to be my Last Will and Testament and

Principally, first of all that is to say I recommend my soul into ye hand of
almighty God who gave it to me and my body I resign to ye earth to be buried at ye
discretion of my executors, to return to its dust from whence it came, nothing
doubting, but at the general resurrection I shall receive ye same with power.

And as touching such worldly estate as God hath been pleased to bless me with, I
give and dispose in ye manner and form as follows:

ITEM I give to my dearly beloved wife ELIZABETH BARBREE my gray mare and saddle. I
likewise lend to ye [..] my wife and small children [..] all my stock of cattle and
hogs and by my executors to be divided amongst my children as they shall think
proper.

ITEM I give to my son JESSE BARBREE on desk.

ITEM I give to my son PETER BARBREE one tract or parcel of land lying in ye islands
of C[…] containing one hundred and seventeen acres of land and after his mothers
death or widowhood I give to him my great Bible.

ITEM I give to my dearly beloved daughter MARY BARBREE one spinning wheel.

ITEM I give to my son JAMES BARBREE one hundred acres of land lying on ye east side
of ye road taken on by SAMUEL GAINER.

ITEM I give to my son STANSELL BARBREE my blacksmiths tools.

ITEM I give to my son JOHN BARBREE ye lower part of ye land whereon I now live and
ye manor plantation to my beloved son ISAAC BARBREE to be divided between them as
my executors shall think proper. I likewise lend to ye use of my children my
still.

ITEM I give to my beloved daughter RHODA BARBREE one cow and calf.

ITEM I give to my beloved daughter MARTHA BARBREE one cow and calf.

ITEM I give to my beloved daughter SUSANNAH BARBREE one cow and calf.

Likewise, I lend to my beloved wife, during her natural life or widowhood my negro
man KENT and after that to be divided at ye discretion of my executors between
JAMES BARBREE, STANSELL BARBREE, and JOHN BARBREE. I likewise leave all my
household goods to be divided as my executors shall think proper after ye death or
widowhood of wife.

I likewise constitute and appoint JESSE BARBREE and JOHN STANSELL as my executors
of this my Last Will and Testament.



                                    Page 1 of 4


**  PAGE BREAK **

                       Will, NC, Tyrrell, Peter BARBREE 1770

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this day and
year above written.

PETER BARBREE {his mark, seal}

Signed, sealed and delivered in presents of us ye subscribers.

JOHN STANSELL
JAMES BARBREE
SARAH STANSELL {her mark}




                                    Page 2 of 4


**  PAGE BREAK **

                       Will, NC, Tyrrell, Peter BARBREE 1770

Tyrrell County

In the term of November 1770

Personally appeared JOHN STANSELL, a subscribing witness hereunto & made oath on
the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God saw and heard PETER BARBREE sign, seal,
publish, pronounce and declare this writing to be and contain his Last Will and
Testament and further sayeth that at that time he was of sound, disposing mind and
memory and that he saw JAMES BARBREE sign.

F. R. WARD, Clerk




                                    Page 3 of 4


**  PAGE BREAK **

                            Will, NC, Tyrrell, Peter BARBREE 1770




   ######     #     #    #####     #######   #     #          #####     #######   #     #
   #      #   ##   ##   #      #   #         ##    #         #      #   #     #   ##   ##
   #      #   # # # #   #          #         # #   #         #          #     #   # # # #
   ######     # # #     #  ####    #####     # # #           #          #     #   # # #
   #      #   #     #   #      #   #         #   # #         #          #     #   #     #
   #      #   #     #   #      #   #         #    ##   ###   #      #   #     #   #     #
   ######     #     #    #####     #######   #     #   ###    #####     #######   #     #




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 4 of 4


**  PAGE BREAK **