In the name of God Amen I Thomas Mead of the County of Carterite being  in 
Bodily health And Sound Mind And Memory But Calling to mind that it is 
Appointed Once for all Men to die do Make this My last will in Maner & form as 
followeth first I Resign My Soul to  - to god who gave it And My Body I Comit 
to the dust of which it was Made to be buried In a decent Christian like  
Maner And As for those worldly goods which it hath bin Please god to Bestow On 
Me I leave in Maner And form As followeth

1  My will And desire is that My wife Hanah Mead should have One third Part of 
all my land during her Natural life likewise I give And Bequeath to my wife 
Hanah Mead Six head of Cattle allso two horses Named Duncirk And Rosling And 
two feather beds & Furniture with all my Stock of hogs to her And her heirs 
And Asigns forever.

2d  I lend My wife Hannah Mead all the Rest of my Perishable Estate Except 
those things hereafter mentioned willed to my Children during her Natural life 

3d  I give And Bequeath to My son Thomas Mead all My land in Carterite County 
by Estimate Two hundred And forty nine Acres allo One feather bed And 
firniture two horses Named Ruffin and Brandy with the Rest of the Stock And 
Other Articles with he Rcd of Me At his to them his heirs & Asigns forever 

4th I give And Bequeath to my Daughter Tryphena West One feather bed And 
furniture One Mair Called fancy two head Sheep with Other Articles which she 
Rcd At her Mariage to her her heirs And Asigns forever

5th I give and Bequeath to My daughter Hanah Collins One feather bed And 
firniture two head of Cattle One Mair two head of Sheep with Other Articles 
She Recd at her Mariage to her and her heirs & Assigns forever

6th I give And Bequeath to My Daughter Barbarah Mead three head of Cattle One 
Mair One Feather Bed And firniture two head Sheep And all the hogs Marked in 
her Mark to her her heirs And Asigns forever

7th I give And Bequeath to My Daughter Rachel Mead One feather Bed And 
firniture One Mair One Cow And Calf And One two year Old heifer And two head 
of Sheep

8th My will And Desire is that those things Before Mentioned which is lent to 
my wife Hanah Mead that she should Dispose of As she May think propper to Each 
Or Either of my Children At her Own Discretion

9th And lastly I Nominate And Appoint My Son Thomas Mead And My Neighbor James 
Watson Executors of this My last will And testament Revoking all Other wills 
Before Made by Me Acknowledging this And this Only to be My last will And 
testament As A Witness I have Signed And Sealed And Acknowledged the Same - 
This tenth of January 1789

In the Presents of					Thomas MeeD {seal}
A Dudley						[original signature]
         his
William  x   Hatchell
        Mark
Fanney Dudley

[The following is written on the back of the original will]

State of North Carolina
Jones County Court february term 1794
Then was the within last will and testament of Thomas Mead decd duly proved in 
open Court by the Oath of William Hatchell one of the subscribing witnesses 
agreeable to Law and ordered to be recorded at the same time Thomas Mead the 
Executor therein named Qualified as such agreeable to Law.  Ordered that 
Letters testamentary issue accordingly - Attest

	L__Bryan, CC
Recorded in Book A page 117
One hundred seventeen
	Attest
		W Bryan CC





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