Will of John Copley Senior - 13 June 1820

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

In the Name of God Amen, I John Copley Senr 
of Orange County & State of North Carolina being
Sick & weak of body but of sound mind & memory thanks
be to god for the same do on this thirteenth day of
June in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight 
Hundred & twenty Make & publish this my Last Will & 
testament in Manner following, Viz. first I give & 
Bequeath to my beloved wife Sarah Copley my track[sic] of
Land wheare I Now Live Containing two hundred & sixty acres
With six acres agoinning there to which I bot of Redmons
track of Land I all so will to my beloved wife sarah Copley
all my pearsonel property after all the Just dets are
pead  all so will to my son Iley Copley all my
Real Estate at this Mothers Decest & I all so will
to my daughter Jiney Copley fifty Dollars to Be pead
to her out of the Land By Iley Copley at thear
Mothers Death

I hereby meak & ordain my Dear & Loving wife sarah
Copley & Moses McCown Executors to this my last will & testament in witnes 
where of I the said John Copley Senr have to this my last will 
& testament set my hand & seal the day & year above
Riten
Sined sealed ["&" overwritten] Published and declared by the said John Copley
the testator as his last will & testament in the presence
of us who weare present at the time of signing & sealing
there of 
Teste                                        his
John Redman Junior                      John (X) Copley (seal)
Aquilla Jones    Jurat                       mark



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

Note:

This surname is not one that I intended to copy.  I assume that the 
wrong folder was copied, and thus I'm probably missing a will for the
one of the Crabtrees or Carringtons.

Jiney Copley is sometimes referred to as Jincey.  Possibly "Jincy" in this 
record.