0001 Received from Justine Jones 24 Jun 1996 0002 0003 0004 0005 0006 0007 Prince, Nathan Will Book c: 347-348 NC Archives 0008 date of will: 28 July, 1821 0009 date of probate: September, 1821 0010 0011 ================================================ 0012 0013 In the Name of GOD Amen. I Nathan 0014 Prince of the County of Cumberland & state 0015 of N.C. being weak in body but of sound 0016 mind & memory do make & ordain this 0017 to be my last will & Testament Revoking 0018 and annulling all other wills heretofore by 0019 me made & this only to be my last will & 0020 Testament in manner & form following viz 0021 0022 Item my will & desire is that my wife Rebecca 0023 Prince may have the use of my Land & plan- 0024 tation whereon I now live, and three Negroes 0025 to wit, Sarah, James & Dilcy, also two feather beds 0026 and furniture together with all the Rest of my 0027 household furniture except my beds, also two 0028 cows & calves, two head of horses, & all my stock 0029 of hogs & sheep, during her life or widowhood 0030 0031 Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter 0032 Elizabeth Windom one bed & furniture one 0033 cow & calf and the five negroes she has in her 0034 possession to her & her heirs forever 0035 0036 Item I give to my son Hambleton Prince one Negro 0037 boy named Moses which he has now in his pos- 0038 session & whatever else he has had of of my E- 0039 state to him & his heirs forever 0040 0041 [line X'd out] 0042 0043 Item my will & desire is that my son Daniel 0044 Prince may have the use of all my land to the 0045 north of a certain ??????? white oak that 0046 stands near the Road - my desire is that my Ex- 0047 ecutor may Run a line from (the) ??????? white 0048 oak east & west as far as my land extends and 0049 all that part to the north of (the) line I lend to my 0050 son Daniel Prince during his natural life and after 0051 his decease to the heirs of his body to them & their heirs forever 0052 Further my desire is that my executor here 0053 after named may furnish my son Danl Prince 0054 with fifty dollars per year for fourteen years for 0055 His support and family 0056 0057 Item my desire is that my Daughter Rebecca Dennis 0058 may have my Negro girl named Beck, and Dilcy 0059 & James after the decease of my wife, to her & her 0060 heirs forever 0061 0062 Item I give & bequeath to my son in law David 0063 Dennis that part of my land where he now lives 0064 that I purchased of Jas Burt to him & his heirs 0065 forever 0066 0067 Item I give & bequeath to my grandson Hen- 0068 derson Prince my two hundred acres of land 0069 joining David Holts heirs & others to him & his 0070 heirs forever 0071 0072 Item I give to my grandson Ruffin Prince 0073 two hundred acres of land called the Robinson 0074 Place including the place where Berry Scoging 0075 lived to him & his heirs forever 0076 0077 Item I give to my grandson Ruffin Prince one 0078 Negro boy named or called little Ned one horse 0079 & saddle one bed & furniture to him & his heirs 0080 forever 0081 0082 Item I give to my two Grand daughters Flora & 0083 Eliza Windham my fifty acres of land where 0084 on Lamuel Windham now lives equally between 0085 them to them & their heirs forever 0086 0087 Item I give to my son Joel Prince all that 0088 part of my land that may lie? south of (the) 0089 line to be Run from the afore (the) white oak 0090 together all the Rest of my Negroes to wit, Ned, 0091 Sam, Jenne, Jark, Ben, Stephen, Lucy also 0092 the ?????????????????????????????????? Dilcy, also 0093 together with their increase also all the balance 0094 of my estate not heretofore named of what nature 0095 soever including that parts lent my wife 0096 to him & his heirs forever 0097 0098 Item I appoint my son Joel Prince whole 0099 and sole Executor to this my last will & Tes 0100 tament in witness whereof I have hereunto 0101 set my hand & seal this 28th day of July 1821 0102 0103 Signed sealed Nathan Prince {seal} 0104 published & declared 0105 in presence of 0106 Wm Pegram 0107 Stephen Massey 0108 Frederick Burt