"In the name of God Amen I Elizabeth Culpepper of Nash County and State of North Carolina being in good Health of Boddy (sic) and of Sound and perfect mind and memory Praise be given to Almighty God for it I do hereby make and ordain this my present last Will and Testament in Manner and form following that is to say First and principally I commend by Soul to the hand of the Almighty God hoping through the merrets Manner and form following that is to say First and principally I comment my Soul to the hand of the Almighty God hoping through the merrets death and passion of my Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ have fully and free parden and forgiveness of all my Sins and inherit everlasting Life and My Boddy I commit to the earth to decided burial And the decision of Executiors hereafter names and as ? the disposition of all such ? Estates as it Hath pleased Almighty God has vested upon me I give and dispose, thereof as followeth:- First I will that my debts and funeral charges should be paid and discharged; Item I give and bequeath unto my Grandchild John Culpepper one bay horse colt and also one Negroe Girl name Pegg. She and her ? to him and his heirs & also forever; also one cow & calf to S.J. Culpepper. His heirs & also forever; Item, I give and bequeath unto my Grandchild Henry Whitehead one cow and calf to him his heirs and ? Then unto my grandchild Nathan Whitehead one cow and calf to him his heirs and ? forever I give and bequeath unto my grandchild Mary Daniel one cow and calf to her heirs and ? forever. I give and bequeth to my grandchild Abia Whitehead one chest to her and her heirs forever. I give and bequeth unto my grandchild Martha Manning one Side Saddle to her and her heirs forever. I also give and bequeth unto Natus Culpepper on bed and furniture to him and his heirs and ? forever. My will and desire is that all the rest of my estate ungiven shall be sold and equally divided between my three daughters - Rahab Whitehead, Elizabeth Whitehead and Martha Manning and all of them to share equally and sharing alike I also appoint my beloved friends Rahab Whitehead executrix and Sion Daniel Executor of this my last will and Testament and I do hereby utterly disallow and revoke ? all and every other former Testament's and Wills by me in anyway before named and bequethed? and confirming the and no other to be my last will and Testament on witness. Whereof I Have here set my hand and seal this Twelfth Day of February in year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Eight. Signed in the presence of Us:
X (Elizabeth Culpepper, her mark)
Wit: John Smedley Martha Smedley Cherry Powell Nash County Court"
More About Elizabeth ? and Benjamin Culpepper: Marriage: Abt. 174016
Children of Elizabeth ? and Benjamin Culpepper are:
+Erasmus Culpepper, b. Abt. 1745, Edgecombe Co., North Carolina, USA16, d. February 06, 1783, Nash Co., North Carolina, USA16.
Elizabeth ? (b. Abt. 1715, d. Abt. 1789)
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