Transcribed Will of Henry Lee Jr

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Bertie County, North Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: Lee Slavery USBH

Will of Henry Lee Jr

Source

• Probate: "North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998"
  Bertie County Wills, 1761-1942; Index, 1761-1961; Author: North Carolina. Superior Court (Bertie County); Probate Place: Bertie, North Carolina
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9061 #2161059 (accessed 23 December 2021)
  Henry Lee will signed on 13 Nov 1855, probate May Term 1856.

Transcribed Text

Henry Lee Will

I Henry Lee of Bertie County and state of North Carolina being of sound mind and disposing(?) memory do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form as follows.

Item 1 I wish my Executors herein after named to provide for my body a decent burial suitable to the wishes of my friends & pay all funeral expenses together with my just debts however and to whomsoever arising out of my monies that may first come into their hands as a part or parcel of my estate.

Item 2 I give to my sister Elizabeth Powell fifty dollars to be paid her as soon as my executors can get that amt in Cash or within three months after the probate of this my last will and testament

Item 3 I give to my niece Ann Taylor, four hundred & fifty dollars to be paid for as soon as my Executors can get that amt in cash or within three months after the probate of this my last will and testament.

Item 4 I give to my brother Joseph B Lee one negro woman Mary Eliza and her child Martha Ann to him and his heirs forever

Item 5 I give to my brother Joseph B Lee my plantation upon which I know live known as the Green Pond tract of land to him and his heirs forever

Item 6 I give to my brother William H Lee the amount of four thousand dollars in negro property him & his heirs forever

Item 7 I give to my negro woman Mary Eliza, two hundred & fifty dollars and to her child Martha Ann I give five hundred dollars and to my negro man Joshua I give two hundred dollars and to my negro man Jack I give two hundred dollars and to my negro woman Patience I give one hundred & fifty dollars and to my negro woman Patsy I give forty dollars and to my negro woman Caroline I give fifty dollars and I give twenty five dollars to each grown negro that I may heir from my mothers estate

Item 8 It is my will and desire and I hereby give and bequeath all the residue of my estate of any kind and description both real and personal that I may own at the time of my death or may have any lawful or (?) title to be equally divided between my brother Joseph B Lee and William H Lee in equal and portion share and share alike each of them their executors administrators and assigns absolutely forever

Item 9 I do hereby constitute and appoint my beloved brothers Joseph B Lee and William H Lee Executors to this my last will and testament hereby marking and declaring entirely void all other wills and testaments by me heretofore made. In witness whereof I the said Henry Lee do hereinto set my hand and affix my seal this the 13 day of November AD 1855

Signed, sealed published and delivered by the said Henry Lee to be his last will and testament in presence of us who at his request and in his presence do subscribe our names

(signed) John M Jinkins

(signed) Reddick M Bunch

(signed) Henry Lee (seal)

Viz my negros & that Martha Ann shall have a small bed & some clothing

(signed) John M Jinkins

(signed) Reddick M Bunch

(signed) Henry Lee (seal)

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State of North Carolina Bertie County Court May Term 1856

The foregoing paper writing purporting to be the last will & testament of Henry Lee was exhibited in open Court for Probate and the Execution of the same being signed by the oaths of John M Jenkins and Reddick M Bunch the subscribing witnesses thereinto, A Jury was sworn and empowered who say that the foregoing paper writing is the last will and testament of Henry Lee, Ordered that the same be recorded. At the same time Joseph B Lee and William H Lee, the Executors herein named qualified as such by taking the signed oath

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Transcribed by Thompson-40998 21:34, 23 December 2021 (UTC)