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WELLS, MATTHEW
June 23, 1834
Aug. Court 1836
Book F, page 194
Wife: Honor
Exr: Reddick Barnes
Wit: Coffied Ellis, Edwin Stokes, Elbert Amason.
Plantation where I now live, and remainder of estate for life or widowhood, then to my daughter: HONOR MORE(Moore) and Benjamin More, then to their children; wife's grandson: ELKANA BAILEY, cattle in his possession and my gun: residue to be divided between Honor More and Elkana Bailey.
WELLS, STEPHEN
Parish of St. Mary's Province of North Carolina
March 10, 1773
April Court, 1775
Wife and Extx: Priscilla
Wit: Duncan Lamon, Joseph Crowell, Rosamond Jackson.
200 A plantation for life only, use of personal estate, ? currency money of Va., which she is to make use of in bringing up my grandson, ELIJAH WELLS; sons: STEPHEN, land N side Tar River beginning in Co. of Edgecombe at the River, Edmond Sherrod's corner, down the river, 150 A etc; 1 heifer, after his mother's decease; REDMON, FREDERICK and JOSHUA, land on N side of Tar River in Edgecombe Co., mouth of Wild Cat Branch, original deed called for 300 A; SOLOMON, 200 A plantation I now live on, after his mother's death; DANIEL, cow and calf; daugshter's MARY ROBBINS, sow and pigs; BETTY STERLING, ewe and lambs; WINY POOVY, ewe and lamb after wife's death; PRISCILLA POPE, sow and pigs, etc.
WELLS, THOMAS
May 26, 1800
August Court, 1801
Exr. Matthew, son
Exr: Eli Amason
Wit: Edard Mayo, Nathan Sessums (Quakers).
Son: LEONARD, 300 A of land on S side of Goff Swamp, mouth of Gum Branch, and furniture; Daughters: MARY, 100 A plantation whereon William Daniel formerly lived between Goff Swamp and Gum Branch, 2 cows and calves; TEMPY WATSON, 100 A plantation whereon she now lives, on Buzzardnest Branch, and Little Branch, various courses, to Branch called Tar Kiln, during life; reversion to her 3 daughters, SARAH, ELIZABETH and ANN WATSON, furniture, etc;
son, MATHEW, 417 A land on N side of Goff Swamp, furniture; Daughters: ANN WELLS and RACHEL JOHNSTON(?), furniture each; SARAH DANIEL, 10 S; grandson, FRANCIS DANIEL, furniture; residue divided among all my children LEONARD, MATHEW, MARY, TEMPERANCE WATSON and ANN and RACHEL WELLS.
Pages 349,350
Abstracts of the wills of Edgecombe County, N.C.
1733-1856
By Ruth S. Williams and Margarette G. Griffin
Publ Dixie Letter Service, N.C.
1956
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