In the name of God Amen. The
Twentieth Day of February in the Year of our Lord 1723.
I John Powell of Albemarle
County in No. Carolina Marchant being verry Sick & Weak in body but of perfect
mind & memory, Thanks be given unto God therefore Calling unto mind the
mortality of my Body, & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do
make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament: That is to Say; principally, &
first of all I give & Ascommond it to the Earth to be Buried in a Christian
like, & decent manner, at the Discretion of my Excecutors, nothing Doubting but
at the General Resurrection, I shall revive the same again by the mighty Power
of God. And as touching such wordly Estate, wherewith it hath pleased God to
bless me in this Life, I give, Devise, & Dispose of this in the following manner
& form.
Imprimis: I constitute, make, &
ordain Captain William Dowing & Joshua Turner my Trustees of this my Last
Will & Testament to Dispose of it in manner following that is to Say to Ship my
Goods & Effects to Boston in New England Configuring to Henry Hill testafior
wherefor on thence to London in Old England configuring it to my wife Anne
Powell whom with my Two sons John Powell and Brook Powell I do
constitute make & ordain my only & sole Executrix & Executors of this my Last
Will and Testament all & singular my Lands, mortgages, & Conoments by them
freely to be possessed & conveyed, And I do here by utterly disallow & revoke &
disarm all & every other former Testaments , Wills, & Legacies, Bequests &
Executors, by me in any way before this time named, Willed & Bequeathed.
Ratifiying & Conforming this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament. In
Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my Hand & Seal, this Day & Year above
written.
John Powell
Signed, Sealed, Published & Declared
by the Said John Powell as his Last Will & Testament in the Presence of us the
Subscribers
Mary Downing
John Freeman
Jos: Freeman
Letters granted adjudged April the
22 1724
Request
John Cormick Clerk
Transcribed by Marla Walker Beasley. No part of these records may be used for any commercial
purposes. However, please feel free to copy any of this material for your own
personal use and family research. If you find anything in these records that
pertains to your families, I would strongly suggest that you look at the
original will found at the North Carolina Archives on your own to check for
errors or possibly other additional and helpful information. Thank you!
