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PHELPS, SETH Senr.
State of
North Carolina
Tyrrell County
Book 2, page 93
Dated 22 June 1821
I Seth Phelps Senr. being in perfect health mind &
memory but knowing it is ordained for all men to die do make and ordain this to
be my last Will and Testament in the name of God amen: I leave my body to be
buried in a decent manner and recommend my soul in the hands of the Almighty God
that gave it and I leave my estate which has pleased God to bless me with in
manner & form as follows.
Item I give and bequeath demise & declare
unto my son Eby Phelps one lot of blacksmiths tools one lot of Carpenter
Coopers & Joiners tools and one dutch fann & brandy still unto him and
his heirs forever ---
Item 2- I lend unto my dear beloved wife Betsey Phelps
all the rest of my estate both real & personal during her natural life
---
Item 3 - I give and bequeath unto the heirs of my well beloved
daughter Mercy Davenport one shilling sterling ---
Item 4 - I give and bequeath unto the heirs of my son George
Phelps one shilling Sterling ---
Item 5 - I give and bequeath unto my grand son Seth Phelps
son of Eby one hundred and fifty acres of land it being the
plantation where George Phelps formerly lived at the death of his grand
mother then unto him and his heirs forever ---
Item 6 - I lend unto my daughter Nancy Sanders one negro
girl named Mourning during her natural life and then unto her daughter
Patsey Sanders unto her and her heirs forever, at the death of his
mother---
Item 7 - I give and bequeath unto the heirs of John Phelps
one shilling sterling ---
Item 8 - I lend unto my daughter Patsey Bateman one negro
girl named Chloe and at her death unto her daughter Betsey Bateman
& son Seth Bateman forever ---
Item 9 - I give & bequeath unto my daughter Betsey
Godwin one negro woman named Hagar unto her & her heirs forever
at the death of my wife and the that the negro Hagar is now pregnant with
unto Dorcas Gibson ---
Item 10 - I also give & bequeath unto my daughter Dorcas
Gibson one negro woman named Venus & one black walnut desk unto
her & her heirs forever at the death of her mother --
Item 11 - I also give unto my son Eby Phelps all the rest of my my
land both woodland and cleard land not given already in my will also one negro
man by named of Sam & one negro boy by the name of Jack also
one half of the remainding part of my estate not mentioned in my will and the
other to be equally divided between the heirs of my well beloved son Joseph
Phelps Nancy Sanders Betsey Godwin Patsey Bateman & Dorcas Gibson
after the death of their mother ---
And I do hereby nominate constitute & appoint my dear
beloved wife Betsey & my son Eby Phelps my executors &
executrix to this my last will and testament & I do hereby uterly disanull
revoke & disallow all and every other will or wills but this by me
heretofore made declareing this to be my last will and testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal this the twenty second day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred & twenty one Anno Dom 1821.
Seth Phelps (Seal)
Test
Edmund Alexander
John Alexander
State of North Carolina
Tyrrell County
September
Term 1823
This will was Exhibited & duly
proved in open court by the oath of Edmund Alexander who also swore that
saw John Alexander the other subscribing witness sign the same as
concuring evidence thereto which said will was ordered to be recorded --- Same
time Appeard Betsey Phelps one of the Execrds. Therein named and
qualified to said will in due form of law.
Test
James Wood Clerk
The above record delivered by the commissioners to Wilson B. Hodges the
present clerk this 6th of May 1824
Commissioners
Thos. Old
John Marriner
Henry
Alexander
Danl. N. Bateman
November 2nd 1827 we the commissioners delivered the foregoing record to
Joseph Hallsey the Clk. court.
W. F. Warren
J. Houghton
Silas Davenport
Henry
Alexander
E Pettigrew
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