| I, Jacob Langston,
of the state of North Carolina and county of Wayne being in a tolerably
state of health and of a sound perfect mind and memory thanks be given
to Almighty God for perfect mind and memory thanks be given to the same
but calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing it is appointed
for all men once to die do constitute make and ordain this my last will
and testament in manner and form following.
Principally and first
of all I commend my soul into the hands of the Lord that gave it
me and my body I recommend to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion
of my executors hereafter named nothing doubting but at the general resurrection
I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching
such worldly estate as God of his mercy hath blessed me within this life
I do give and dispose of the same in the following manner viz~~~~~~~~~~~
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first my will and desire
is that all my just debts and funeral charges be cleared and discharged~~~~~
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Item I give and bequeath
to my son George Langston five shilling spacy and all the lands
where dwell belonging to me to him and the heirs lawfully begotten of his
body forever~~~~
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Item I give and bequeath
to my son Absalom Langston one featherbed and furniture and
my (?Working clothes)~~~~~
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Item I give and bequeath
to my daughter Martha (Daughtrey)five shillings spacie~~~~
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Item I give and
bequeath to my daughter Lydda Ginn five shillings spacie~~~~
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Item I do give and bequeath
to my daughter Mary Langston five shillings spacie~~~~
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Item I do give and bequeath
to my grandson Levi Langston 50 acres of land lying between John
Thompson and John Herrings on Stoney Creek~~~~
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Item I also lend to
my son Masey Langston the labour of my two negroes ten years if
kept as they have been and then to his two children and all the rest
of my estate as I have not given away befour to my son a man.
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Item I do appoint my
friend David Jernigan & my son Masey Langston executors of this
my last will and testament and do hereby utterly revoke disannul and make
void all and every other former will or wills heretofore by me made ratifying
and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament in witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and fixt my seal this 25th day of December
in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty four~~~~~
Signed Sealed ? ?
by the testator
as his last will and testament in presence of us who in
his presence of
each other hath hereuntofore subscribed our names
his
Jacob X Langston
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Thomas Thompson
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Thomas X
Boyle
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Isack X
Hutson
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