Will of Rebecca Bacon - 1886

Original Will, on file in Raleigh, NC Archives CR 073.801

  I Rebecca Bacon of the County of 
Orange and State of North Carolina
being of sound Mind and Memory 
and knowing the certainty of Death
and the uncertainty of life, do Make 
and declare this My last will and 
testament in Manner and form 
as follows - that is to say-
Item - I give and bequeath to My son Wm 
H. Bacon all that parcel of land lying 
and being on the west side of the ridge road 
and bounded as follows, beginning at A.
L Holden's & Rebecca Bacons Corner on Wm 
H, Bacons line, thence East with A.L. Holdens
line to said Ridge Road, thence south, with 
the meanders of said Road to W.H. Bacons
line thence North said line to the beginning 
Containing five acres more or less.
Item, I give and bequeath to my daughters 
Johanna Bacon and Ellen L. Bacon 
the remainder of my home place, that is to 
say - after deducting the five acres already given
to my son Wm. H. Bacon.
Item, I give and bequeath to my Daughters Rebecca 
F. Wilson and Martha S.Dollar the sum of 
twenty-five dollars each.
Item, I give and bequeath to My son James W Bacon 
the sum of fifty cents.
                              (over)

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Item I give and bequeath to my Daughters Johanna 
Bacon and Ellen L. Bacon all of my 
personal property not otherwise devised.
Item I do hereby declare, appoint and impower
James W Bacon my Executor, to this My
last will and testament in testimony 
whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal 
this 10th day of June 1886      her
                          Rebecca Bacon (seal)
Witness                         mark              
A.L. Holden
O.K. Lockhart



Orange County, NC
Will Book H
Page 432, 433

North Carolina  )               Superior Court
Orange County   )               July 15, 1887

     Be it remembered that a paper writing purporting to be the last 
will & testament of Rebecca Bacon is exhibited in open court by James W. 
Bacon the Executor named therein and being proven by the oath and 
examination of A.L. Holden and O.K. Lockhart the subscribing witnesses 
thereto.
     It is now adjudged that said paper writing and every part thereof 
is the last will and testament of the said Rebecca Bacon and as such is 
ordered to be recorded
                                                  Pride Jones, C.S.C.



Transcription by Ben Franklin of Durham, NC <benz2@earthlink.net>
2 Dec 2009.    Please credit me if you use this. This information is in 
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