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In the Name of
God Amen I Field Bradshaw of the
County of Lincoln and State of North Carolina being sick and
weak in body but of perfect and sound understanding do Make and Ordain this to be my Last will and Testament and as
touching my worldly Estate I Desire it to be Disposed of in Manner
and form following first I Desire my debts should be paid and
the Expense of my burial to be at the Discretion of my Executors and
the Remainder of my Estate to be as follows To Wit first I give and
bequeath unto my Wife Judith Bradshaw one Negro woman named
Jane aged forty years and one Negro fellow named Sandy aged Eighteen
years and one Negro Girl named moll aged Eighteen months and
two mares one feather bed and furniture and three Cows and
Calves and also the tools belonging to the plantation and to
have Possession of the house wherein I now Dwell During her
Life Then I give and bequeath unto my son Benjamin Bradshaw
one hundred acres of land including the place whereon
he now lives and one Negro woman named [?hannah] aged twenty two[?] years and one Negro Child Then I give and
bequeath unto my son John Bradshaw one Negro Girl named Amy
aged nine years Then I give and bequeath unto my daughter Rebekah Ratlif
one Negro boy named Jessee aged Eleven years Then
I give and bequeath unto my son Field Bradshaw one Negro woman named aga? aged twenty seven years Then I give
and bequeath unto my son Charles Bradshaw one hundred
and twenty five acres of Land including the place whereon
he now lives and one Negro woman named Sarah aged
thiry years Then I give and bequeath unto my Son Jonas
Bradshaw one Negro boy named Stephen aged three years
Then I give and bequeath unto my said Son Jonas Bradshaw one horse Colt three years old Then I give and bequeath unto my
Daughter Judith Rabb one Shilling Sterling Then I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Susanna Bradshaw one Negro girl named
Fan?aged four years and one [?bay pony?] aged two years and
one feather bed and Furniture and two Cows and Calves Then
I give and bequeath unto my son Josiah Bradshaw one hundred
and twenty five acres of Land including the place whereon
I now live and one Negro woman named Mary aged twenty years and one negro Child named Turner and one horse Colt
two years old and one Cow and Calf Then I give and bequeath
unto my Grandson William Rabb one Negro boy named Dave aged four years& I this Field Bradshaw Desire
that my Estate May not Come to an [Appraisement?] and I
Also utterly Disannul all other wills before Made and I do appoint William Bradshaw and my wife Judith Bradshaw and
Joseph Abernathy to be Executors of this my Last will and Testament
In witness whereof I have hereunto Sat my hand and affixed my seal This 16 Day of June 1788
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