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June 6, 2014

Sixteen acres for $66.

This Indenture made and entered into this day between Hardy Laster Jr. and Green Laster both of the County of Edgecomb and State of North Carolina, witnesseth that I Hardy Laster, have bargained and sold unto Green Laster for sixty six dollars Sixteen acres of Land in the County and State aforesaid adjoining B. Simms, Lemon Ruffin and others beginning in Ruffin’s line thence across the Piny woods thence in a direct line with the Crop fence and then with said fence to the Mill Pond with said line out in the piney woods to the beginning a stake containing sixteen acres more or less together with all the appurtenances thereon and I Hardy Laster do forever warrant and defend the right and title unto Green Laster forever free ad clear from any and ever person or persons whomsoever claiming the Same in witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this day 16th September 1854. Hardy X Laster Jr. Witness J.W. Farmer, Josiah Farmer

Deed Book 1, page 56, Register of Deeds, Edgecombe County.

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June 22, 2013

From father to sons.

Waddle Cade to George W. Chesnut & Andrew J. Chesnut

This Indenture, made this Sixth day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty six between Waddle Cade of the County of Cumberland and town of Fayetteville in the State of North Carolina of the one part, and George Washington Chesnut and Andrew Jackson Chesnut of the County of Cumberland and State of aforesaid, of the other part: Witnesseth, that the said Waddle Cade for in consideration of the Sum of Twenty dollars to him in hand paid by the said George Washington & Andrew Jackson Chesnut at and before the sealing and delivering of these presents, the receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge, hath given, granted and bargained, sold, aliened, remised, released and confirmed, and doth by these presents, give, grant, bargain and sell, alien, remise, release and confirm unto the said George Washington Chesnut and Andrew Jackson Chesnut all that tract or parcel of Land Situate, lying and being in the County of Cumberland and town of Fayetteville. Beginning at a Stone on the Intersection of Morgan & Russell Streets [insert illegible] North Seventy degrees West along the North edge of Russell Street two chains to a Stone Mordica Cohens South East corner, Thence along said Cohens last line North twenty degrees East five chains more or less to a Stake half the distance from Russell to Person Street thence South seventy degrees East along the dividing line of Goodorum Davis’ Say that part of the two acres lot drawn by Thomas Davis Junr. Two chains to a Stone on the West side of Morgan Street half the distance as stated above then South twenty degrees West five chains more or less with said Street to the Beginning containing One acre more or less being the one half of a Lot containing two acres drawn by Thomas D. Burch at the division of Dolphin Davis Estate reference to the Records will more fully appear. – To have and to hold the said land, with appurtenances, to the only proper use, behoof and benefit of the said George Washington Chesnut and Andrew Jackson Chesnnut their heirs and assigns, and every of them shall have hold occupy, possess and enjoy the said land, with its appurtenances, without any let, suit, hindrance, molestation, or eviction from or by the lawful claim or claims of any person or persons whatsoever, to warrant and forever defend. – In Witness whereof, the said Waddle Cade has hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal the day and year first above written. – Waddle Cade {seal}

Sealed & delivered in presence of Archd. N. McLean, Neal Shaw

State of North Carolina, Cumberland County } Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions June Term 1836 – then was the Execution of this Deed acknowledged in Open Court by Waddle Cade & Ordered to be Registered. Test Arch’d McLean Jr. Clk.

Deed Book 41, Page 398, Register of Deeds Office, Cumberland County Courthouse, Fayetteville.

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June 13, 2013

140 acres on the waters of Island Creek.

Zachariah Robinson to Tabitha May

This Indenture made this 21^st day of February in the year of our lord 1818, Between Zachariah Robinson of the State of North Carolina & county of Anson of the one part, and Tabitha May of the same county and State of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Zachariah Robinson hath for and in consideration of the sum of twenty four dollars to him in hand paid by the said Tabitha May, before the sealing and delivery of these presents the Receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath bargained sold & conveyed and doth by these presents bargain sell and convey unto the said Tabitha May a certain tract or parcel of land situate lying & being in the State of No Carolina and Anson County on the waters of Island Creek. Bounded as follows Beginning in Hamers line at a small pine one pine pointer and runs with Hamers line So 86 E 25 chains to Hamers second corner there So 15 chains to three pines & two black jacks pointers then East 10 chains to a stake one hickory & two pines pointers then So. 15 chains to a stake, two black jacks & one Spanish pointer then So 30 E. 2 chains and 50 links to a stake and two black jacks pointers then E. 19 chains to a large pine then So 24 chains to a hickory then East to the Miry Branch then down said Branch to a white oak in Phillips line then No. 30. W. 44 chains to a large pine one black jack and white oak pointers then No. 32 wt. 15 chains to a black jack one pine and post oak pointers then No. 87 W. 25 chains to a pine then North 5 East 20 chains to the first station with all and singular the appurtenances there unto belonging and I the Zachariah Robinson do for myself and my heairs disannul disclaim and disown any right or title to the said tract land, containing one hundred and forty acres more or less, and will warrant and defend the same unto the s’d Tabitha May against the lawful claim or claims of me and my heirs forever. But no others. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and date above written. Zach. Robinson {seal}

Signed Sealed and delivered In the presence of Wm. Davis, Benjamin Moorman }

Anson January Term 1819: — Then the within Deed was duly proved in open court by the oath of Benjamin Moorman and ordered to be Registered. Tod Robinson Clk.

Will Book 5, page 268, Register of Deeds Office, Anson County Courthouse, Wadesboro.

[Sidenote: Island Creek is a waterway between a large island in the Pee Dee River and the shoreline on the Anson County side. It is located south of present-day Interstate I-74 and between the towns of Morven in Anson County and East Rockingham in Richmond County. — LYH]

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June 4, 2013

Let Pig stay.

At the heart of Wayne County Superior Court proceedings stemming from the suit in J.F. Coley v. Tom Artis (1908) was a dispute over 30 acres of land. Thomas “Tom Pig” Artis began renting the property in 1881 from W.J. Exum. In 1892, Exum’s widow Mary sold it to Napoleon “Pole” Hagans. In 1896, after Napoleon’s death, the land passed to his sons Henry and William S. Hagans, and in 1899 Henry sold his interest to his brother. In 1908, William S. Hagans sold the 30 acres to J.F. Coley. Coley filed suit when Tom Artis laid claim to it, arguing that Napoleon had sold it to him. Tom claimed that the 800 lbs. of cotton he tendered to Napoleon Hagans (and later, his son William) was interest on a mortgage, but William Hagans and other witnesses maintained that the payment was rent. (Tom also testified that he rented the “Adam Artis place.”) William testified that his father was in feeble health in 1896 when he called him and his brother Henry together “under the cart shelter” to tell them he would not live long and did not know to whom the land would fall. William testified that Pole asked them to let “Pig” stay on as long as he paid rent, and they promised to do so. Tom Franks testified that “Pole was a first-rate business man.” Jonah Williams, Adam Artis’ brother, testified that he borrowed money from Napoleon to open a brickyard in the spring of 1893 and had preached his funeral. He also noted that “Tom married my sister [Loumiza Artis]. He is not a member of my church. I turned him out. He is a Primitive Baptist. I preached Napoleon Hagans’ funeral.”) Jesse Artis, another of Adam Artis’ brothers, testified that he had worked on Napoleon’s property as a carpenter for 18 years and noted, “I don’t know that Tom and I are any kin, just by marriage.” John Rountree testified that he was a tenant renting on thirds. Simon Exum, Delilah Artis‘ husband, testified: “I am no kin to Tom [Artis] as far as I know, except by Adam. His first wife was my wife’s sister.” H.S. Reid testified that he was Tom Artis’ son-in-law. The court found for Coley and against Artis.

[Sidenote: The Artises, Haganses and Reids were neighbors in the Eureka area of Wayne County for generations. Tom Artis’ mother Celia Artis and Henry S. Reid’s grandmother Rhoda Reid were the wealthiest free women of color in the county. Adam Artis married Napoleon Hagans’ half-sister Frances Seaberry. Adam’s sister Loumiza married Tom Artis. Henry S. Reid, son of Washington and Penninah Reid, married Tom Artis’ daughter. Henry’s first cousin Henry Reid, son of John and Mozana Hall Reid, married Adam Artis’ daughter Georgianna Artis. Adam Artis’ son William Marshall Artis and grandson Leslie Artis married Tom Artis’ neices, Etta and Minnie Diggs. And on and on. — LYH]

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May 28, 2013

Set off and divide.

State of North Carolina, Wayne County } In obedience to an order of Court to me Olin Coor Sheriff directed, Issued from Aug Term 1863. I have proceeded to Summon the following man as commissioners to Set-off and divide the land Deeded to Rody Reed and Isaac Reed by Jno. Hollowell as by reference to said and will more fully show. Viz – Said Rody Reed is to have one fourth of said land and Isaac Reed three fourths which division is in manner and form following to witt viz. –

Beginning for J.P. Rogers (who has become the purchaser of the interest of Said land belonging to Isaac Reed) at a stake on the main run of Aycocks Swamp H.B. Ballance corner and runs N 5 W 272 poles to two small pines Thomas F. Davis & H.B. Ballance’s corner then N 33 E 24 poles to a hickory Said Davis corner then with his line So 70 E 157 ¾ Poles to a Stake then with his line N 55 E 27 poles Stake then South 40 E a strate line to a Stake on the run of Aycocks Swamp then up the various courses of Said run as it meanders to the beginning containing one hundred and ninty five acres Also one other tract adjoining the lands of Said Ballance & others beginning at a maple in a small branch then up said branch 30 poles to a black Gum the dividing corner between Said Rogers and Rody Read then down the run of Said branch to a white Oak then N 86 E 72 poles to the beginning continuing twenty and one fourth acres.

Beginning for Rody Reed at a Stake on the run of Aycocks Swamp the corner of said J.P. Rogers and runs with his line N 40 W 59 poles to a State said Rogers corner in Thomas F. Davis’ line then N 55 E 18 poles to a Sassafras then N 27 ½ W 60 poles to a maple on the run of Newsums Branch then down the run of said Branch as it meanders to the run of Aycocks Swamp then up the run of said Swamp as it meanders to the beginning, containing Seventy two acres Also another tract adjoining the Lands of said Davis and others. Beginning at a black Gum said Rogers’s corner then with his line S 82 W 33 poles to a small sweet Gum in a small branch then up said to a pine said Davis’s corner then N 82 E 21 poles to a Small black Gum at the head of a Small drain then down the same as it meanders to the beginning, containing five and one fourth acres.

Al of which is respectfully submitted under our hands and Seals this the 24^th day of Aug 1863 /s/ Henry Martin, W.P. Peacock, H.B. Ballance, L.J. Sauls

Witness O. Coor Sheriff

Recording Docket Book 14, page 9. Office of Clerk of Superior Court, Wayne County Courthouse, Goldsboro.

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May 28, 2013

Jack & Fax.

CRUSOE JACK AND JUDGE FAX. There is a tradition that, when the treaty of Tellico in 1789 was made, Crusoe Jack, a mulatto, got a grant to the magnificent Harden farm and that John Harden traded him out of it. Harden worked about fifty slaves on this farm, among whom was Fax, a mulatto, who bought his freedom from John Harden, whose descendants still own this farm, and settled at Fairfax, where Daniel Lester afterwards lived for many years, and where Jeremiah Jenkins afterwards lived and died. Fax was called Judge Fax and kept a public house where he supplied wagoners and other travelers with such accommodations as he could.

From John Preston Arthur, History of Western North Carolina (1914).

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May 15, 2013

The partition of Robert Aldridge’s estate.

On 4 July 1902, dower laid off and partition made of Robert Aldridge‘s land as follows:

Dower — Eliza Aldridge received 53 acres on a run of Stoney Run Branch.

Lot No. 1 — Mathew W. Aldridge received 100 acres on Stoney Run and Hurricane Branches, excluding the Agustus Church and free school house lots. Interest Mathew bought from his father included in the described tract. Residue valued at $200.

Lot No. 2 — George W. Aldridge received 42 acres on Stoney Run and the county road, valued at $200.

Lot No. 3 — Joseph Aldridge received 53 acres on Stoney Run and the county road, valued at $200.

Lot No. 4 — David Aldridge received 80 acres on Stoney Run and the county road, valued at $200.

Lot No. 5 — Robert Aldridge received 41 acres on a prong of Stoney Run and the Spring Road, valued at $200.

Lot No. 6 — John W. Aldridge received 50 acres on Stoney Run Branch below the mineral spring and the Spring Road, valued at $285.

Lot No. 7 — Frances Locust received 33 acres on Stoney Run and the Spring Road, valued at $200.

Lot No. 8 — Talitha Brewington, Hattie Brewington, Elijah Brewington, Mattie Brewington, Lundy Brewington, and Toney Brewington jointly and subject to the life estate of Joshua Brewington, received 33 acres on W&W Railroad, valued at $193.

Lot No. 9 — Louetta Aldridge received 32 acres on Stoney Run Branch, valued at $193.

Lot No. 10 — Lizzie Aldridge received 32 acres on the W&W Railroad and Stoney Run Branch, valued at $193.

Lot No. 11 — Louetta Artis, Robert Artis, Columbus Artis, Josephine Artis, J. Scott Artis, J.B. Artis, Lillie Artis, Annie Artis and Elberta Artis, jointly and subject to the life estate of Adam Artis, received 32 acres at the mouth of a ditch on the run of Stoney Run and the railroad, valued at $193.

Submitted by Sam C. Casey, Walter C. O’Berry, Ira W. Hatch.

The margins of this document contain notations and signatures acknowledging receipt of moneys due to balance the lot values, including signatures of Lizzie Aldridge, Tilithia King, J.W. Aldridge, Joseph Aldridge, Hattie Brewington, Columbus Artis, Elijah Brewington, Tony C. Brewington, Robert Aldridge, Lundia Brewington, and June Scott Artis, and Eliza Artis’ mark.

John Aldridge, owner of Lot No. 6, paid $7 each to the owners of Lots 8-11, and $57 to the Clerk of Superior Court for costs of the division.

Louetta Aldridge’s share was divided among her siblings “the owner of said amount now being dead this day Aug 22=1904.”

Abstract from document in the file of Robert Aldridge, Estate Records, Wayne County Records, North Carolina State Archives. [Sidenote: Robert Aldridge, born circa 1819, was my great-great-great-grandfather. Bits of his land remain in family hands. The Brewingtons were children of Robert’s daughter Amelia, who died a few years before he did. The Artises were children of his daughter Amanda, who died about the same time. Frances Locust and her husband changed their surname to Randall. — LYH]

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May 11, 2013

She wanted to advance in life her nephews.

State of North Carolina, Robeson County } Court of Equity, Fall Term A.D. 1867

To the Honorable the Judge of said Court The Bill of Complaint of Lucy Sheridan of Robeson County Plaintiff against Noah Oxendine Sally Oxendine Mary Oxendine John Oxendine and Lucy Ann Oxendine Minor heirs of James Oxendine dec’d of the Same county defendants

Humbly complaining Showeth unto your Honor Your Oratrix the Said Lucy Sheridan that about Sixteen years ago having sold a tract of land to which she had title She became possessed of about Two Hundred dollars in money at one time and to advance in life her nephews James Oxendine and Bryant Oxendine and aid them in the purchase of a tract of land upon which they could have a permanent home of their own and with this view she joined with them in the purchase of Two Hundred acres of Land from Arch’d S. McKay in Robeson County adjoining the lands Alex McIntyre Angus McGill arch’d Buie and others at the price of Three Hundred Dollars Your Oratrix further Showeth unto you Honor that she furnished One Hundred and ninety five dollars of the purchase money and James Oxendine and Bryant Oxendine furnished the balance to wit One Hundred and five dollars Your Oratrix further Showeth unto your Honor that the Said James Oxendine negotiated for the purchase of said Tract of land the money for that purpose was placed in his hands and he paid the same over to the vendor and took the title to the whole of the Two Hundred Acres in his own name and received a deed for the same from Arch’d S. McKay and that after the purchase it was distinctly agreed between your oratrix and James Oxendine and Bryant Oxendine that your oratrix should have half to wit One Hundred acres of said tract and James & Bryant Oxendine should have hold and possess the remaining One Hundred acres between them and in accordance with that agreement James Oxendine gave to your oratrix his note of hand or bond for forty five dollars being the excess over and above her share of the purchase money paid by her and the said James & Bryant Oxendine went into possession of the said remaining hundred acres of the two hundred acre tract and that for some time the title to the whole remained and rested in James under the deed to him from Arch’d S. McKay but that about three years thereafter it was agreed that he should convey to your oratrix by deed her Share of the land so as to vest the legal title in her and accordingly a deed was drawn and prepared by John C. Sinclair and duly signed and executed by the said James Oxendine conveying to your Oratrix one Hundred acres in fee simple being the upper end of a tract to two Hundred acres survey convey by deed from Arch’d S. McKay to James Oxendine lying on the south side of Mossey Neck adjoining the lands of Gilbert Locklear Arch’d Buie and Angus McGill & others the Said deed was executed at the House of James & Bryant Oxendine and the draftsman the said John C. Sinclair Subscribed the Said deed as witness and besides it was executed in the presence of Bryant Oxendine and Ann Oxendine who afterwards intermarried with David Strickland that the consideration was One Hundred and fifty dollars the amount of money advanced by your Oratrix in addition to the forty five dollars for which James Oxendine gave his note to your oratrix further showeth unto you Honor that the said deed from James Oxendine to her has never been registered and in Some way unaccounted to your Oratrix the Said deed has been lost or destroyed most probably in some way in removing her personal chattels from Bladen County after the death of her husband to her home on said One Hundred Acres of Land conveyed to her by James Oxendine upon which she now lives at all events she did not miss said deed until She had arrived and moved all her personal goods to Robeson County upon the discovery of the loss of said she informed James Oxendine of the fact who promised to execute to your Oratrix another deed similar to the one lost by your Oratrix and she fully believes he fully intended to do so having asked Alexander McIntyre and perhaps others to avow the deed for him expressing a purpose of reconveying said land to your Oratrix And your Oratrix verily believes he would have done so had he not come to a sudden death soon thereafter But your Orator showeth unto your Honor that said James Oxendine died about one and one half years ago without having executed to your Oratrix a deed as a substitute for the one lost as aforesaid leaving him surviving the defendants his children and only heirs at Law on whom his real estate descended upon his death he having died intestate To the end therefore that these defendants may be required by a decree of this Honorable Court to convey to your Oratrix a title in fee simple to the land conveyed by James Oxendine which deed of conveyance is lost described as the upper end of a tract of Two Hundred Acres conveyed by deed from Arch’d S. McKey to James Oxendine lying on the South side of Mossey Neck adjoining the lands of Gilbert Locklear Arch’d Buie Angues McGill and others And that your Orator may have such other and further relief in the premises as the nature and circumstances of this case may require and to you Honor shall same meet May it please your Honor to grant unto your Oratrix the State’s Writ of Subpoena to be directed to the Said Noah Oxendine Sally Oxendine Mary Oxendine John Oxendine and Lucy Ann Oxendine commanding each of them to appear before your Honor in this Honorable Court as the next term thereof then and there to answer the premises &c. And your Orator Shall ever pray /s/ Giles Leitch Solicitor for Plaintiff

Personally appeared before me Lucy Sheridan who swears that the matters and things contained in the foregoing bill as of her own knowledge are true and that on the information of others he believes to be true Sworn to & subscribed before me 20^th Sept 1867 Lucy X Sheridan

Lucy Sheridan vs Noah Oxendine Sally Oxendine Mary Oxendine John Oxendine Lucy Ann Oxendine – Original Bill to Fall Term A.D. 1867 Filed in my office 20^th Sep’r 1867.

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Lucy Sheridan v. Noah Oxendine et al } In Equity – Lucy Sheridan present —

Bryant Oxendine is sworn for complaint.

State all you know about the purchase of a Two hundred acre tract of land in Robeson County purchased & [illegible] Alex McIntyre and others to James Oxendine, and what interest and agency Lucy Sheridan had in the purchase?

Ans: All I know is that Lucy Sheridan paid one hundred and ninety five Dollars toward the purchase of the land the title to the whole land was made to James Oxendine, and James Oxendine made Lucy Sheridan a deed for one hundred acres of the said land. I saw the deed executed and delivered, this was about sixteen years ago. James Oxendine made the deed to Lucy Sheridan.

Cross Examined by Deft’s Counsel –

Interog – Did you see the money paid? Ans. I did not.

Interog – How do you know the money was paid by Lucy Sheridan

Ans. James Oxendine told me Lucy Sheridan had paid him & he the witness helped to work out the balance of the money that went to pay for the land. And furthermore this deponent saith not. Bryant X Oxendine

Sworn to & Subscribed before me the 25^th March 1868

In the 1850 census of Upper Division, Robeson County: Kizia Oxendine, 35, with Margaret, 22, James, 18, Bryant, 12, Anny, 11, Lias, 6, and Silas Oxendine, 35. In the 1860 census of North Division, Robeson County: Jams Oxendine, 27, farmer, wife V., 20, and children N., 1, and S., 1 month. In the 1860 census of Bladen County: Thos. Shearidan, 72, farmer, and wife Lucy, 55.

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May 10, 2013

A lot in Fayetteville to Joseph and Phillis Dennis.

John P. Leonard to Joseph & Philis Dennis.

This indenture made the twenty fourth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen between John P. Leonard of the Town of Fayetteville and State of North Carolina on the one part and Joseph Dennis & Fillis Dennis of the Town and State aforesaid of the other part. Witnesseth that the said John P. Leonard for and in consideration of Two hundred dollars to me in hand paid by the said Joseph Dennis and Fillis Dennis and before the signing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have bargained, sold conveyed and confirmed and by these presents do bargain sell convey and confirm unto the said Joseph Dennis & Fillis Dennis their heirs executors administrators and assigns the one half of a certain lot of land in the Town of Fayetteville bounded as follows Beginning at James McRackins So Et corner on the West side of North Street, thence along said Street to the centre of the Lot West to the back line being 5 chains it being the upper half of a lot which I bought of Samuel Pearce containing half an acre. To have and to hold the above granted and bargained premises with the appurtenances thereof unto them the said Joseph Dennis & Fillis Dennis their heirs and assigns forever to their own proper use and behoof and against the claim or claims of any person or persons whatsoever.

In witness whereof I have set my hand and affixed my seal the day and year first above written. /s/ John P. Leonard Test D. Smith, Samuel Brooks

Deed Book 32, Page 20, Register of Deeds Office, Cumberland County Courthouse, Fayetteville.

[Sidenote: The styling of their names suggests that Joseph Dennis and Fillis Dennis were not married, but were siblings or other kin. Though Phillis Dennis’ enslaved husband was named Joe, he could not have purchased property with her. — LYH]

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May 10, 2013

To Mary Ann Jones and her two children.

Be it remembered that I Henry S. Lloyd of Tarboro North Carolina being of sound mind and memory, but of infirm health do make and publish this my last will and Testament, hereby revoking all other Wills by me at any time heretofore made

I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid and I nominate and appoint Whitmel P. Lloyd and William Norfleet of the County of Edgecombe in the State of North Carolina, Executors and Trustees under this my last will and Testament

I authorize and empower my Said executors to carry on my farms for the term of two years after my decease, and to adopt all measures necessary for that purpose, if the same be necessary to pay my debts, and to apply the income thereon as the same may be received to the payment of my Said debts. I further authorize and empower my said Executors to sell and convey at public or private sale, all my real estate in the Town of Tarboro not Specially devised or otherwise disposed of in this my last Will and to apply the proceeds of the Said Sale to the payment of my debts and legacies

I give and bequeath to my Aunt Helen B. Slade, all my right title and interest in the farm on which she lives

I also give and bequeath to my said Aunt Helen B. Slade all my negroes on my Roanoke plantation, also all my negroes on my Edgecombe farms which I got from Martin County whether I inherited or purchased them

After the payment of my debts I give and bequeath to the two children of Mary Ann Jones, free colored woman, twenty five hundred dollars each, and I direct that the said money shall be received and held by William Norfleet in trust to apply so much of the income of the said Legacies, as he may deem necessary for the support of the Said children during their minorities; and to pay the principal, and the accumulation of interest to them, as they shall respectively, arrive at the age of twenty one years. Should either of the children die during her minority without issue, then to pay the same to the survivor, and if both of the said children should die under the age of twenty one years, and without issue, then to pay the said principal and the accumulation of interest to their mother, but should either of the said children die leaving issue, the said issue shall take his, her or their mothers share

I give and devise to Mary Ann Jones, free colored woman of the said Town of Tarboro, and to her heirs and assigns forever the lot of ground and the house thereon erected in the Town of Tarboro in which she now lives. I also give and bequeath to her the sum of one hundred Dollars a year, for and during the term of Ten years

I give and devise to the daughter of Elizabeth Bland of the County of Martin, in the State of North Carolina (the said daughter being her first child and the one the paternity of which she imputed to me) and to her heirs and assigns forever, certain tracts of Land in the said county, containing about four hundred and sixty acres more or less, being the premises which I purchased of Amileach C. Williams, as by his deed to me will more fully appear, but should the said child die during her minority without issue, then I give and bequeath the said tracts of land to her mother, the said Elizabeth Bland, and to her heirs and assigns forever.

I give and bequeath to Elizabeth Bell the sum of five hundred Dollars absolutely, and I give to her in trust the sum of one hundred Dollars to be expended by her, from time to time in the purchase of clothing for James Adams as he may need them

I give and bequeath to my friend William Norfleet my negro woman Nancy, and her two youngest children I also give and bequeath to him my buggy and two black mares

I give and bequeath to my friend Joel Lewis, my gold watch, and my bay Horse which I bought of Tom Cook

All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, both real and personal, I give, devise and bequeath, one third thereof to my sister Mary Louise Caldwell, and to her heirs and assigns forever, one third thereof to my brother Whitmel P. Lloyd and to his heirs and assigns forever, and the remaining one third to David Barlow in trust to receive the rents, issues, profits and income thereof, and to pay the same to my brother, Joseph W. Lloyd for and during the term of his natural life, and after the death of my said brother, I give, devise and bequeath the said one third, to the Children of my said brother, who may be then alive, and to the issue of such as may be then dead leaving issue, and should all of the children of my brother Joseph be dead, at the time of his decease, without leaving issue, then I give, devise and bequeath the said one third of my estate to my said brother Whitmel and sister Mary Louisa, their heirs and assigns, and should they or either of them be then dead, the child or children of my said deceased brother or sister shall take his or her or their parents share absolutely and in fee

In testimony whereof, I the said Henry S. Lloyd the testator above named, have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand and seal, this 13^th day of February Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty /s/ Henry S. Lloyd

Witnessed by E. Barnes and Jno. Norfleet, proved at February Term 1860. Edgecombe County Will Book G, p. 181.

In the 1860 census of Tarboro, Edgecombe County: Mary Jones, 23, her daughters George A., 3, and Mary, 1, and mother Charity Jones, 42, plus Jackey Thomson, 49.

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