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Subject: [NCJOHNST-L] Abner NASH of New Burn (sic) NC
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 15:53:41 -0400

Abstracts of Wills, Vol XIV, 1786-1796

>From The New York Historical Society Collections, this 1905 volume features
abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogates Office, City of New York, from
6/12/1786 to 2/13/1796.
Bibliographic Information: Abstracts of Wills Volume XIV 1786-1796, The New
York Historical Society, 1905.

Page 372.--ABNER NASH, of North Carolina, to Thomas Haslin and my daughter
Margaret, his wife, seventeen negroes, and I confirm the 200 which I gave
him; to my son Abner, thirteen negroes, and a sum of money not exceeding
1,000 to purchase a tract of land on Tar River; Also one half of the lands
I hold on the western waters, which lay on west side of Appalachian
Mountains; to my daughter Margaret, her heirs forever, the other half of
said lands; if my son Abner should die before he arrives at the age of
twenty-one, all I have given him to be divided--one third to his sister
Margaret, one third to his sister Justina, and the other third to the
children of my present wife; his plantation to be stocked, and I appoint the
Hon. William Blount, Esq., his guardian until he arrives at lawful age; to
my daughter Justina, six young negroes, and all the houses, lots of land I
possess in the Town of Newburn; the new house opposite Oliver's tavern shall
be furnished for her; to my wife, all my negroes which I obtained by
marriage with her, and one third of my plantation stock and household
furniture; the residue to the children of my present wife to be equally
divided among them. I appoint Jacob Blount, Sr., Alfred Moore, Thomas
Pearson, and William Blount, Esquires, executors.

Dated November 22, 1786. Witnesses, John Cochran, Charles McKnight, Willie
Blount, of North Carolina, at present a student in the College of New York.

Codicil. The money arising from the sales of the Indigo in the hands of
David and Matthew Duncan, and the hands of Gardner and Wilson, be paid into
the hands of Mrs. John Ramsay, that my son be continued at school at this
place and supported out of the said money. Mr. Ramsay to pay my Doctor's
bill, Mrs. Sebring's account for board and lodging, and all my just debts.
He to lay out such goods as he shall judge best for the New Burn Market, and
ship the same to Mr. Thomas Pearson, one of my executors.

Dated November 25, 1786. Witnesses, Elizabeth Sebring, Willie Blount.
Proved, December 12, 1786.

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