THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
October 16, 1821
In the name of God Amen. I NOAH SPENCE of the County of Camden & State of North Carolina am week in body but of sound mind & memory thanks be to Almighty God for the same, I am a mind to dispose of these Worldly goods & c.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my beloved Son JOHN SPENCE Junr. My land & plantation to him & his heirs forever. Also, I give him one mare & colt & one mule & four head cattle hogs with all the rest of my moveable estate within doors & out doors, to him & his heirs for ever.
Item. I appoint my loving Son JOHN SPENCE whole & sole executor of this my Last Will & Testament. In witness my hand & seal this Sixteenth of October 1821.
NOAH SPENCE seal
His mark
Signed sealed above written
BETSY BEALS
Her x mark
JOHN WILKINS
Camden County Court
May Term 1822
The foregoing was exhibited in open Court & proved to be the Last Will & Testament of NOAH SPENCE dec’d by the oaths of BETSY BEAL & JNO WILKINS the subscribing witnesses thereto. No executor appearing to qualify. Ordered to be Recorded.
Test. M.S. LEWIS clk
Will Book C
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Contributed and transcribed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse