DOWNING, WILLIAM
April 1, 1739. April 6, 1739. Sons: WILLIAM ("my plantation, except sawmill, which is bequeathed to CULLEN POLLOCK and STEPHEN LEE, proceeds to be applied to debt due SAMUEL HERRING of London, woolen draper). Brothers-in-law: EBENEZER SLADE (450 acres of land on Moratock River), HENRY SLADE. Son-in-law: THOMAS LEE. Executors: CULLEN POLLOCK, JOHN MONTGOMERY, STEPHEN LEE, PETER PAYNE. Witnesses: WM. MAXWELL, SAM SCOLLAY, DAVID COLTRANE. Codicil bearing same date as will provides for working slaves in mill. Will proven before W. SMITH, C. J.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 102)

DOWNING, WILLIAM
February 24, 1748. March 7, 1748. Son: HENRY ("plantation whereon I now dwell"). Wife: ANN. Daughters: MARY, ELIZABETH. Friend: JOHN HUGHES. Executors: STEVENS LEE, JOHN BARROW. Witnesses: JACOB BLOUNT, JAMES JONES, MARY JONES. Clerk of the Court: EVAN JONES.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 102)

DUGGAN, THOMAS
May 9, 1754. June Court, 1754. Sons: THOMAS, JESSE. Apprentice: JOHN SEALS. Wife and Executrix: MARY. Executor: CAPT. JOHN HARDISON. Witnesses: JNO. BENNET, HIGASON KING, WILLIAM KING. Clerk of the Court: EVAN JONES.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 103)

DURRANCE, SAMUEL
November 21, 1756. December Court, 1756. Sons: WELLCOM, WILLIAM, FRANCIS ("all my land to be equally divided between them"). "Ungratefull wife, Late": ELIZABETH DURANT. Executors: WILLIAM SWINSON, FRANCIS WARD. Witnesses: ALEXANDER MACCLELEAN, MART COMBS, FR. WARD. Clerk of the Court: FR. WARD.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 106)

EVANS, THOMAS
March 14, 1744-1745. June Court, 1745. Mother: ELENER EVANS. Daughters: ELIZABETH, MARY, CATHERINE, ALCE and SARAH EVANS. Wife and Executrix: MARY. Executors: SAMUEL DURRANCE, MATHIAS ADAMS. Witnesses: JOHN NICHALLS, JOHN GARRETT, JOHN WALKER. Clerk of the Court: JAS. CONNER.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 116)

EVERETT, JOHN
March 16, 1754. June Court, 1754. Brother: JOSHUA (145 acres of land known as "the Stamping place"), THOMAS (Executor). Father and Executor: NATHANIEL EVEBETT. Cousins: JOHN and ELISABETH EVERETT. Witnesses: SAMUEL DURRANCE, DANIEL YARRETT, NATHANIEL EVERITT. Clerk of the Court: EVAN JONES.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 116)

EVERITT, NATHANIEL
November 2. 1749. December 5, 1749. Legatees and devisees: NATHANIELL EVERITT of New River, NATHANIEL EVERITT of Mereland, NATHANIEL EVERITT of the parish of St. Andrews ("my plantation"), MARY EVERITT,ELISABETH RAY, SARY FUGGIN. Executor: NATHANIEL EVERITT of St. Andrews. Witnesses: THOMAS EVERITT, JAMES RHOUDES, ANN BEESLBY. Clerk of the Court: EVAN JONES. Courthouse on Kindrecks Creek,
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 116 & 117)

FAGAN, ENOCH
January 16, 1777. April 29, 1777. Daughter: MARY FAGAN. Wife and Executrix: RUINA. Executor: BENJAMIN BLOUNT. Witnesses: SAMUEL BLACK, ISHAM WEBB, FR. WARD. Will proven before RD. CASWELL, Governor.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 117)

FOX, JAMES
August, 1754. June Court, 1755. Son and Executor: THOMAS. Daughters: ANN Fox (Executrix), SUSANNA ALEXANDER, MARY WISE. Witnesses: JOSHUA ALEXANDER, ABRAHAM JENNET, BENJAMIN CHAPMAN. Clerk of the Court: FR. WARD.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 127)

FRYLY, WILLIAM
August 28, 1737. March 7, 1737. Daughter and Executrix: MARY JONES. Grandsons: EVEN and FRYLY JONES. Wife and Executrix: GRACE. Witnesses: STEVENS LEE, ROBERT MCHRIE, THOMAS LEE. Clerk of the Court: ANDERSON LEGGET. Executor qualified before JAMES CRAVEN, Clerk of Court.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 128)

GAINER, SAMUEL
October 1, 1751. June Court, 1752. Sons: JAMES, SAMUEL, WILLIAM, THOMAS, ARTHER, JOSEPH, BENJAMIN. Daughters: MARY WHITTEY, ELIZABETH GRIFFEN, SARY GAINER. Executors: WIFE (not named), SAMUEL (son). Witnesses: WILLIAM GAINER, THOMAS GAINER, JOSEPH GAINER. Clerk of the Court: EVAN JONES.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 129)

GARDNER, JOHN
April 13, 1749. June 6, 1749. Son: JAMES SMEATHWICK GARDNER. Daughters: DUNSILA and ANN GARDNER, JEMIMAH WALLBUTON, ELISABETH MOY, ASHE MOY, REBECCAH WARD. Wife: ELISABETH. Executors: JOHN WALLBUTTON, JOHN WARD. Witnesses: WILLIAM GARDNER, WILLIAM GARDNER, JUN., EDWARD GRIFFEN. Clerk of the Court: EVAN JONES.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 130)

GARDNER, WILLIAM
February 11, 1754. June Court, 1754. Sons: WILLIAM, THOMAS, SAMUEL, ISAAC ("ye manner plantation"). Friend: MARY COOPER. Executors: WILLIAM and SAMUEL GARDNER. Witnesses: THOMAS and ISAAC GARDNER, CLOANAH SMITHWICK. Clerk of the Court: EVAN JONES. (Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 131)
GOMM, JOHN. Tyrrell County.
March 25, 1754. June Court, 1754. Godson: GODFREY GRAY, son of HENRY GRAY (tract of land known as Stults Hall). Wife and Executrix: MARY. Witnesses: JOHN PAGETT, SAMUEL NORMAN, JOSEPH NORMAN. Clerk of the Court: EVAN JONES.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 137)

GRIFFIN, EDWARD
April 27, 1753. March Court, 1754. Sons: EDWARD and WILLIAM (land in Bertie County on Crofoot Branch adjoining Mikell Hill's land). Daughters: MARY and SARAH GRIFFIN, ANN GRIFFIN, ELIZABETH COOPER. Wife: GRACE. Executors: JOHN GRIFFIN (brother), EDWARD COOPER. Witnesses: WILLIAM GARDNER, JOHN GRIFFIN, EDWARD COOPER. Clerk of the Court: EVAN JONES.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 143)

GRIFFEN, EPENETUS
July 30, 1755. December Court, 1756. Sons: ANDREW, EPENETUS, MATTHEW, JOHN (Executor). Daughters: SARAH COCKBERN, ELISABETH GRIFFEN, ANN GRIFFEN. Wife and Executrix: ANN. Witnesses: NATHL. COOPER, JOSEPH HILSON WORRIN. Clerk of the Court: FR. WARD.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 143)

HAMBLETON, JANE
March 20, 173 —. April 22, 1734. Son and daughter: JOHN GARRETT and MARY his wife (who are also appointed executors). Witnesses: SAMEL DURRANCE, MARY SKILES. Will proven before NATHANIEL RICE, President.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 148)

HASSELL, JOHN
March 25, 1754. June Court, 1754. Sons: JOHN (plantation on West side of Scuppernong river known by the name of Plains), JOSEPH (lands on East side of Scuppernong river), ISAAC (plantation on East side of Scuppernong River), BENJAMIN ("my manner plantation")- Daughters: MARY WYNNE, SARAH Fox, ESTHER HASSELL. Wife and Executrix: RACHELL. Negroes bequeathed to sons. Witnesses: THOS. WYNNE, JEREMIAH WYNNE, PETER WYNNE. Clerk of the Court: EVAN JONES.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 156)

HAWKINS, THOMAS
October 8, 1730. July 21, 1732. Sons: THOMAS. Daughters: MARY, ELIZABETH and SARAH. Wife's daughter: ELIZABETH. Wife and Executrix: ELIZABETH. Witnesses: RICHD. LEARY. JOHN BROWN, JOHN LONG. Will proven before GEO BURRINGTON.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 159)

HILL, ROBERT
January 16, 1735-1736. February 4, 1735-1736. Son: ROBERT ("my plantation"). Wife: ANN. Daughter: SARAH HILL. Executors: CULLEN POLLOCK and ROBERT WEST. Witnesses: SAMUELL DURRANCE, NATH'L CARRUTHERS, PAUL THORP. Proven before W. SMITH, C. J.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 165)

HOLLADAY, WILLIAM
April 23, 1754. June Court, 1754. Sons: THOMAS, SAMMUELL (appointed Executors). Wife: ELIZABETH. Daughters: mentioned, but not named. Witnesses: WILLIAM JONES and JOHN BENNET. Clerk of the Court: EVAN JONES.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 168)

HOLLIS, JAMES
May 20, 1735. March Court, 1735. Son: ARMIT. Wife and Executrix: ANN. Executor: THOS. HUBBS. Witnesses: MARY FEWAX, WILLIAM TYSAR. MARY HUBBS. Clerk of Court: JAMES CRAVEN.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 169)

JENNETT, JOHN
August 3, 1738. March Court, 1749. Sons: WILLIAM ("all my land"), JOHN and JABEZ. Daughters: ELIZABETH ALEXANDER, DOROTHY POPTE- WELL, JEAN. Wife: DOROTHY. Executor: WILLIAM JENNETT (son). Witnesses: HENRY NORMAN, Jos. SPRUILL, SAM'L SPRUILL. Clerk of the Court: EVAN JONES.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 185)

JENNETT, JOHN
April 9, 1748. June Court. 1749. Sons: ABRAHAM, JOHN. Daughters: ANN and ELIZABETH JENNETT. Grandson: ABRAHAM JENNETT. Wife and Executrix: ANN. Witnesses: GEORGE CARON, ANN JENNETT ("JABEZ'S Daughter"), DANLL. GRANDIN. Clerk of Court: EVAN JONES.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 185)

JONES, JAMES
August 3, 1750. No probate. Sons: JAMES (150 acres of land), TRALEY, EVAN, BENJAMIN (150 acres of land). Daughters: MARY DRAPIR, ANN and ELIZABETH JONES. To JOHN RAY is given "the liberty of dwelling on my land called the Folley." Wife and Executrix: MARY. Witnesses: JOHN RAY, WILLIAM HOWARD, ELIZABETH HOWARD.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 193)

JORDAN, SOLOMON
March 3, 1721-1722. April 11, 1722. Sons: ABRAHAM (200 acres of land on north side of Cashia River and other tracts described in will). Daughters: LUARRESIA, REBECCA. Wife: not named. Executor: MAJ. ROBERT WEST. Witnesses: REBECCA CORRY, RACHEL BUTTLOR, MARTIN CREMEN. Will proven before THOS. POLLOCK.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 199)

JORDAN, WILLIAM
July 4. 1732. November 2, 1732. Sons: JOHN ("my manner plantation"). Daughter: ESTER. Wife and Executrix: SARAH. Executor: NATHANIEL EVERETT. Witnesses: THOS. HOBBS, WILLIAM GARRETT. SAM'LL DURRANCE. Will proven before WM. LITTLE, Chief Justice.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 199)

LANIER, RORERT
September 20, 1744. March Court, 1744. Daughters: JEAN, ELIZABETH, SARAH, ANNANAZAH CRISTANAH, GRASE, SAMARIAH. Sons: WILLIAM and JOHN (1 bible each). Grandsons: ROBERT DANIELL, JOHN BRYAN. Granddaughters: SARAH and MARY GILBERT. Wife and Executrix: SARAH. Executors: JOHN and WILLIAM LANIER (sons). Witnesses: WILLIAM WILLIS, ROBERT LANIER DANIEL, JOHN LANIER. Clerk of the Court: THOS. LEE.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 207)

LEARY, CORNELIUS
March 30, 1742. September Court, 1742. Brothers: JOHN and JAMES LEARY. Sisters: SARAH, MARY and REBECCA LEARY. Mother: SARY LEARY. Executor: JOHN LEARY (brother). Witness: RICH'D LEARY, JAMES SUTTEN. Clerk of the Court: WT. DOWNING.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 210)

LEARY, RICHARD
April 20, 1738. September 5, 1738. Sons: CORNELIUS and JAMES ("plantation whereon I now live to be equally divided between them"), JOHN (three hundred acres of land commonly known as the Chincquapine ridge), THOMAS, RICHARD. Daughters: SARAH, MARY and REBECKAR LEARY. Wife and Executrix: SARAH. Executor: CORNELIUS LEARY. Witnesses: JOHN LONG, ELIZABETH LONG. Deputy Clerk of the Court: ANDERSON SAGG.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 210)

LEE, STEVENS
February 2, 1746-1747. June Court, 1746-1747. Son: STEVENS (land on Kendricks Creek, $ of grist mill; plantation on White Oak called Cedar Point). Daughter: FRANCES LEE ("plantation where I now live called Cabbin Neck"). Wife: ELIZABETH. Executors: ROBERT WEST, CULLEN POLLOCK, THOMAS LEE and ROBERT WEST, JR. Witnesses: WM. MACKBT, JOHN GOMM, JOHN HUGHES. Clerk of Court: EVAN JONES.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 212)

LEE, THOMAS
November 1, 1750. April Court, 1753. Son: THOMAS (lands between Combee Creek and Morrattock River). Executors: FRANCIS BRICE, WILLIAM MACKEY, STEVENS LEE. Witnesses: JOHN NICHOLLS, WILLIAM BARRET, JAMES RHOADS. Clerk of the Court: EVAN JONES.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 213)

LONG, JOSHUA
January 7, 1750. June Court, 1754. Daughters: PRISCILLA, KEZIAH and ESTER LONG. Nephew: STEPHEN LONG ("my plantation"). Wife and Executrix: JEMIMA. Executor: JOSHUA SWAIN. Witnesses: ANDREW LONG, PRISCILLA LONG, GILES LONG. Clerk of the Court: EVAN JONES.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 220)

LUDFORD, JOHN
February 26, 1736. Sisters: SARAH and HANAH LUDFORD. Brother: THOMAS LUDFORD. Other legatees: ISACK FITZPATRICK. Witnesses: WILLIAM RAPHELL, WM. WILSON and SAMUEL HOPKINS. Deputy Clerk of the Court: ANDERSON SAGG.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 225)

MAN, JOHN
February 19, 1742-1743. March Court, 1744. Sons: JOHN, WILLIAM. THEOPHALOS ("land on ye South side of Mesus Creek known by ye name of Volls Island"), EDWARD ("ye southermost part of my plantation"), THOMAS ("land joining my son EDWARD'S"), JOSEPH ("ye other part of my maner plantation"). Daughters: DORRITY and ELIZABETH MAN. Wife: MARGIT. Executors: THEOPHALUS, JOSEPH and EDWARD MAN. Witnesses: BENJAMIN BIDGOOD, JAMES NAHALE. Clerk of the Court: THOS. L«E.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 236)

MATHEWS, CHARITY (wife of JAMES MATHEWS)
January 20, 1771. May 16, 1772. Daughters: PENELOPE SPEIR (plantation on Conetoe), ELIZABETH HARDY, MARY ANDREWS, SUSSANAH SHERRARD. Other legatees: J.MIES CONNER WILLIAMS, son of JOSEPH JOHN WILLIAMS, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, THOMAS CARNAL, ELIZABETH BLANCHET. Executors: JAMES SHERRARD, JOHN EVERET, PENELOPY SPEIR. Proven before Jo. MARTIN.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 242)

MIDDLETON, HENRY
March 6, 1738-1739. June Court, 1739. Sons: JAMES ("my manner plantation"), JOHN and HENRY. Daughter: MARY. Wife and Executrix: MARTHA. Executors: DANIEL GARRET and SAM'LLDURRANCE. Witnesses: THOS. LEE, BENJ. WALKER, ABIGAL WALKER. Clerk of the Court: JAMES CRAVEN.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 247)

OWENS, JOHN
September 16, 1748. March Court, 1750. Sons: ZACHARIAH, THOMAS, JOHN (to each is devised a plantation). Daughter: SARAH OWENS. Stock mark of daughter: "crop in ye right ear and over keel in ye left." Stock mark of son JOHN: "a slit in the right ear and a crop in the left"; of son THOMAS: "a crop and over keel on right ear"; of son ZACHARIAH: "a crop and underkeel the left ear." Wife: ANN. Executors: WIFE and son ZACHARIAH. Witnesses: NATHANEL SPEENCE WESTE. THOMAS and JAMES Fox. Clerk of the Court: EVAN JONES. Coat of arms on seal.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 275)

PHELPS, GODFREY
February 7, 1750. September Court, 1751. Sons: CUDBERD, GODFREY, JOHN (to each is given a plantation; to JOHN "the manner plantation"). Daughters: SARAH and ELIZABETH PHELPS. Wife and Executrix: ELIZABETH. Executor: JOSHUA PHELPS. Witnesses: JOHN PAGETT, JOSHUAY PHELPS, JOSEPH SPRUILL. Clerk of the Court: EVAN JONES.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 286)

Rhoads, William
August 29, 1753. September Court, 1753. Sons: William ("my manner plantation"), John. Daughter: Margaret Collings. Wife: Elizabeth. Executors: William and John Rhoads (sons). Witnesses: Thomas Bedford, John Browning, Christopher Buttery. Clerk of the Court: Evan Jones.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, page 311)

Schwanner, Mathias Tobias
September 21. 1743. March Court, 1744. Sons.- John, Samuel, WilLiam and Mathias (land on the "Right hand of the road as thou goest upward the said County on the westward side of Tuk Creek, and four negro slaves"). Grandson: William Bryan (son of Darby Bryan). Daughters: Sarah Bryan, Mary Schwanner. Wife and Executrix: Jane. Witnesses: William Barrett, Robert Lanier, Robert Lanier Daniel. Clerk of the Court: Thomas Lee.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 330)

Smith, William
February 12, 1741-1742. March 16, 1742. Sons: Thomas, Samuel and John (1 shilling to each). Wife and Executrix: Elizabeth. Witnesses: Wineford Combs, Mary Mackey, Ann Macke. Proven before W. Smith, C. J. Clerk of the Court: W. Downing.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 348)

Stansell, John
August 22, 1750. March Court, 1750. Sons: John and Godfrey. Daughters: Elizabeth Barbre, Rebeckah Stansell, Mary Bentely. Wife and Executrix: Sarah. Witnesses: Edmund Smithwick, Rebeckah Stansell, Samuel Smithwick. Clerk of the Court: Evan Jones.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 359)

Stubbs, Richard
February 25, 1754. March Court, 1754. Brothers: Everitt ("my manner plantation"), William, Thomas, John. Sister: Mary. Other legatee: Ann Jones. Executors: Thomas and Everett Stubbs. Witnesses: David Airs, Esther Walker, Mary Stubbs. Clerk of the Court: Evan Jones.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 364 & 365)

Swain, Jeremiah
June 28, 1746. September Court, 1746. Scuppernong. Wife and Executrix: Mary. Son: John ("my plantation"). Brother: James Swain (100 acres of land). Witnesses: John Swain, William Tarkington, Mary West. Clerk of the Court in 1746: James Connor; in 1747: Josiah Hart.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 367)

Swain, John
April 6, 1749. December Court, 1749. Sons: James: (land on Riders Creek), John (plantation on the Sound Side), William and Stephen ("the manor plantation".). Daughters: Elizabeth Mary Hooker, Rosanna and Martha Swain. Grandson: John Swain (son of JereMiah). Wife and Executrix: Mary. Witnesses: Joseph Spruill, Joanne Cheston, Margaret Genkkens. Clerk of the Court: Evan Jones.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 367)

Swain. William
December 15, 1752. March Court, 1753. Brothers: John and James Swain. Wife and Executrix: Marey. Witnesses: Joseph Spruill, William Rhoads, Martha Swain. Clerk of the Court: Evan Jones.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 367)

Tarkington, William
February 21, 1747. September Court, 1748. Sons: John (land on Sheep Neck Branch), Joshua, Benjamin and Joseph, William and Zebu- Lon (to each is given land). Daughters: Ann, Sarah and Joanna. Wife and Executrix: mentioned, but not named. Witnesses: Matthew C As- Well, Edward Phelps, Elizabeth Caswell. Clerk of the Court: Evan Jones
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 370)

Turnbull, James
September 26, 1753. June Court, 1754. Legatees: Yreot Ormond, Thomas Barker, Mary Pantry (niece), Robert and James Pantry (land at Scuppernong called the Brak Oake, and the Rich Levills), Mary Turnbull Butcher, Bell Butcher (lands called Bell's gift, Cards Island and land in Edenton), Henry Jordan, Elizabeth Hanmore, Daniel Hanmore. Periauger and canoes ordered sold for debts. Executors: Mary Butcher and William Gardner. Witnesses: Ann Denem, John Mathews, Charles Denem, James Tatterton. Clerk of the Court: Evan Jones.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 382)

Ward, John
March o, 1748-1749. September Court, 1750. Sons: Michael, John (1 negro and "all cattle running on Little Cantanknee"), David. Daughters: Elizabeth Noble (100 acres of land), Dorcas Overstreet (land lying on Little Cantanknee). Executors: Michael and John (sons). Witnesses: Griffith Howell, John Butler, Elizabeth Butler. Clerk of the Court: Evan Jones.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 393)

Wheatley, Samuel
January 21, 1739-1740. June Court, 1740. Wife and children: mentioned, but not named. Executors: Samuel Wheatley and William Kennedy. Witnesses: Wm. Kennedy, Sary Pell, Mary Wentham. Clerk of the Court: Thomas Leary.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 399)

Whidbe, Richard
March 29. 1736. June Court, 1740. Cousin and Executor: George Philps. Other legatee: Cudbath Philps. Witnesses: John Woodland, Thomas and Jane Best. Clerk of the Court: Thomas Leary.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 401)

Whitley, Samuel
January 21, 1739-1740. March 4, 1739. Lands and property bequeathed to wife and children, who are not named. Son-in-law: William ArchDecon. Executors: Samll. Whitley and William Kennedy. Clerk of the Court: Thomas Leary.  The original of this will missing. Abstract made from recorded copy No. 117, in Grant Book No. 4.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 405)

Willson, William
June 19, 1740. June Court, 1741. Sons: Patteson (land called Aoses), William and Thomas (land bought of Cornelious Fitchpatrick), Benjamin (land bought of Benjamin Alexander). Daughters: Rebecka, Sarah and Rosaman (land called Pope land), Mary Scarborough, Elizabeth Barclifte. Wife and Executrix: Sarah (use of all negroes). Witnesses: Benjamin Bidgood, William Rapyuld, Benjamin Alexander. Clerk of the Court: W. Downing.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 415)

Worley, John
February 8, 1740-1741. March 3, 1740. Son: Joshua ("my maner plantation"). Daughters: Elizabeth Lurry (three negroes), Penelope Weight (cattle, "crop in ye right Bare and over Caele in left"). Grandson: John Norcomb (or Norkom). Executors: Joshua Worley, Thomas Lurrey and William Weight. Witnesses: Ebenezer Slad, John and Jane Rogers. Proven before W. Smith, C. J.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 423)

Worley, Lovick
January 24, 1754. March Court, 1754. Daughter: Ann Gray Worley. Wife and Executrix: Ann Worley. Brother: John Worley. Brother-in-law: William Gray. Sisters-in-law: Lucretia, Amelia and Louisa Gray. Executors: James Blount (uncle), Thomas Whitmell. Witnesses: David Jernigan, Thomas Kinsy, David Canaday. Clerk of the Court: Evan Jones.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 423 & 424)