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Will of Peter Watkins:
Source:
Microfilm copy of Will Book 2, page 264;
In
the name of God Amen. I Peter Watkins of
be
given to God. Calling to mind the Mortality of the body and knowing that
it
is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my Last
Will
and Testament. That is to say principally and first of all, I give and
recommend
my Soul in to the hands of the Almighty God that gave it. And my
body
I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a decent Christian like manner
buriel
at the discretion of my Executors. Nothing doubting but at the
general
resurrection I shall receive the same again by the Mighty power of
God.
And touching such worldly Estate as has pleased God to bless me with
in
this life I give and bequeath as followeth (to wit) First that all my
just
debts be paid. Secondly I give and bequeath to my Wife Delilah 200
acres
of land as bounded in the Deed made to me by William Wilkins. Also
fifty
dollars in Money, two cows and calves, one bead and furnature. The
land
above mentioned as Willed to my beloved Wife is at her death or
marriage
is to fall to my son James Watkins, which title shall be fully
vested
in him and his heirs forever. Farther I give and bequeath to my
beloved
son Stephen Watkins 400 acres of land. Being the tract of land he
now
lives on. Also my Negro boy Ceasor(?) and Negro girl Lucy(?) and fifty
dollars
in money. Farther I give and bequeath unto my beloved Son Lewis
Watkins
my Negro girl Rose and her increase, and appoint my Son Lewis my
Sole
Executor to Execute this Will. Farther I give and bequeath to my
beloved
daughter Elizabeth Watkins, my Negro girl Patience and her increase
and
my Negro boy Isaac(?), one horse(?) one bed and furnature, and one cow
and
Calf and fifty dollars in money. Farther I give and bequeath unto my
beloved
Son James Watkins three tracts of land adjoining the tract I now
live
on Entered in the name of Thomas Randolphe(??) and in One in the name
of
Samuel James(?). The other in my own name. The three tracts Containing as
is
supposed 445 acres more or less, to him and his heirs forever. Continued
to
James Watkins, one Negro girl named Phillis and her increase, one horse,
one
bed and furnature and one cow and Calf. And farther I give and bequeath
to
my beloved daughter Sally Watkins my Negro girl Jane and her increase.
Also
my Negro boy Andrew, one bed and furnature and one cow and calf and
fifty
dollars in money. And farther the remainder of my Estate including My
Negro
Woman Hanner and her increase if she should have any after this date
to
be sold and the Legacies left to be paid in Money. Paid out of it say
$200
and the ballance equally divided among my children, giving my beloved
Wife
Delilah Watkins an Equal share. Ratifying and confirming this My Last
Will
and Testament. In witness wareof I have
hereunto Set my hand and seal
this
9th day of June in the year of Lord one thousand Eight hundred and
Eighteen.
The
word dollars in the 17th line first page also and the legacies left to
be
paid out of it say $200 the ballance and divided on this page was all
interline(?)
before signed. After signed but before Witnesses interlined(?)
and
appoint my Son Lewis my sole Executor to Execute this Will.
Peter Watkins - his mark
Witnesses
present
Jesse
Reno
Hugh
Carter
Clerks
office,
The
foregoing Last Will and Testament of Peter Watkins decd. was produced to
me
in my office on the day and date aforesaid and proved to be the Act and
Deed
of the said Watkins, a party thereto, by the oaths of Jesse Reno, and
at
the
Carter,
two of the subscribing Witnesses thereto. Which is thereupon
admitted
to and fully recorded.
Att.
Ch. F. W i n g, Clk
Wilkins,
William
William
Wilkins, move from Duplin Co., NC to Muhlenberg Co., KY.
1800
Census of Duplin
of
Creek. Land granted to Thomas Randolph in 1800. Nancy Wilkins relinquished her
Right
of Dower. Wm. Wilkins & Hannah
Wilkins.
Source:
Brenda
Collier Doss.
1823-1842.
(Russellville, KY: A.B. Willhite, 1994), 4.
Additionally,
Peter Watkins was awarded various land grants, the nature or type of which is
unknown to this compiler:
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Record of Marriage - Peter Watkins, Delilah
Grice: In an email to the
WatkinsRev list, a contributor submitted the following information:
Delilah
Grice married Peter Watkins May 25,1789.As far as I know she had only 5
brothers.Lewis d.Abt.1810, Theophilus d.1823-1831 married Polley Harrison,
Jacob d.1818 married Liddy, Alexander married Martha,and #5 is Stephen.Info.
from Will Abstracts Of Johnston Co.,N.C. and Abstracts Of Will Book 1Nash
Bride:
Delilah Grice
Groom:
Peter Watkins
Bond
Date: 25 May 1789
County:
Record
#: 01 226
Bondsman:
Stephen Grice
Witness:
R Sanders
Bond
#: 000070260
North
Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
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