Will of Alexander Mebane, Sr

Date: 30 Apr 1789 [unknown]
Location: Orange County, North Carolina
Surname/tag: Mebane

Transcribed Will of Alexander Mebane, Sr

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In the name of God - amen I, Alexander Mebane of the County of Orange and State of North Carolina, being Weak of Body but of Sound and perfect Mind and Memory blessed be God for it, and calling to mind the mortality of my body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die, Therefore make and Ordain this my Last Will and Testament, to wit I first and principally Give and Recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it, and my body I Recommend to the Earth, to be buried in a Deacent and Christian manner (at the Discretion of my Executors), 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 Wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this Life, I give Demise and Dispose of following manner, to wit, I Give and bequeath to my Loving Wife a horse known by the name of Sharp, a mear and Colt, four Cows all the sheep on in the plantation, Two Feather beds and furniture, & all my house hold furniture Except what will be hereafter mentioned, the Dwelling house, kitchen and barn, the Negroes or Slaves Tamer, Ben, Jane, Caleb Joe Patience her son Joe Nell Tom (two names crossed out) & all the profits arrising from things of the plantation, that is all the clear land that I have Cleared as yet on said plantation During her Life ... I give and bequeath to my Loving Children besides What I have already Given them in manner following, to wit I give to my Son William Five Pounds ??? ... I give to my Son Alexander Mulatta Tom, Item I Give to my son James a Negroe buoy nam ed Clark and fifty acres of more Land to be Laid off adjoinging the Line I had Surveyed to him before ... Item, I give to my Son John, a Mulatto buoy named Frank ... I give to my Daughter Janet Anderson after my Wife's Death a Mulatto Wench named Nell ... Item, I Give to my Daughter Ann Morrow Twenty Pounds ?? to be paid out of my Estate within two years after my Deceas ... & after my Wife's Deceas the Mulatta Wench named Patience ... Item I Give to my Daughter Margret Murdock a Mulatto Wench named Milley ... Item, I Give to by Grand Daughter Margret Anderson a young Negoe named Densey, a horse named Snip a Saddle & bridle a Feather bed and furniture & Two Cows ... Item I Give to my Grandson Alex Anderson a young Negoe named Joe at my Wife's Decease ... Item, I Leave to my Loving Wife all my household Furniture, at her disposal, only my Desk I leave to my Son James ... the books that is in Copartnership between John Hodge & myself (Viz) Mathew Henrys Annotations on the Bible & Testament I leave to my Son Alexander ... Item I Leave to my Son David after he pays all my just Debts, and all the above Legatees Paid the Plantation I now Live on only that part above Reserved to my Son James With all its appurtanances, The Residue of my Negroes & all the Remaining part of my Estate - only one of my Stilts to my Son James ... and Lastly my Will is that my Two Sons Alexander & James Mebane be whole and sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereinto Set to my hand and affixed my Seal the Thirtyeth Day of April in this year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & Eightynine and in the twenty year of Americas Independence Signed Sealed & Acknowlled Alex'dr Mebane in presence of - Thomas. Mulhollan Edward Willson William Wilson

Sources

• Probate: "North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998"; Wills (Orange County, North Carolina), 1753-1865; Author: North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Orange County); Probate Place: Orange, North Carolina; Ancestry ca Record 9061 #2406546 (accessed 17 September 2023); Alexander Mebane probate on 13 Apr 1791 in Orange, North Carolina, USA. Residence Orange County, North Carolina.