Will of Nemonia Jackson - 29 Jul 1861 Original Will, on file in Raleigh, NC Archives CR 073.801 I Nemonia Jackson of Orange County North Carolina being in feble health but of sound mind & being mindfull of the uncertainty of life do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament First I direct that my Executor herinafter named shall provide for my body a decent burial and after paying my funeral expenses and all my other just debts to whoomsoever they may be due; 2nd I give, devise & bequeath to my friend John Berry & to his survivor, & to the heires of such survivor as Trustee, on third of the Tract of Land on which I lived adjoining the Land of J.[T.?] Betty Mr Walker & my son William Jackson also one horse, one Cow, & one bed In Trust for the sole, seperate & exclusive use of my son Federick Jackson & to his heires and if he should Die without heires then the above named Devises & bequests to be Devided eaqually between his sister Amanda Cole & his Brother William Jackson 3rd I devise & bequeath all my other property reale & Personall to my Daughter Amanda COle & my son William Jackson [page 2] to be devided eaqually between them & the Devision to be made without sale if practicable Fourth I nominate & appoint my friend John Berry Executor of this my last will & Testament Herby revoking & annuling all other wills and establishing this only to be my last will & Testament, in testimony of all which I have herunto set my hand & seal this the 29th of July 1861 her sighned & published Nemonia (X) Jackson (seal) in presence of mark Jos. G. Bacon Jurat his William (+) Crabtree Jurat mark Transcription by Ben Franklin of Durham, NC 12 Dec 2009. Please credit me if you use this. This information is in the public domain.