In the name of God amen I Joseph
Bateman planter of Tyrrel County & State of North Carolina being sick
and feeble of body but sound & proper disposing mind do make and ordain this
my last Will and Testament in manner & form following (Viz) I give and
bequeath to my beloved wife Martha Bateman one bed & furniture one
cow and calf one loom & harness one lining wheel one woolen wheel all my
sheep one folding table all my chairs except my rush bottom chairs one chest all
my knives & forks one hand mill and all my kitchen furniture one sow &
pigs seven hundred & fifty pounds of pork ten barrels of corn and all her
pottry and the use of negro woman Charity & negro girl Rose
during her natural life, my will is that after my Wife's death the above
property except negros Charity & Rose be equally divided between my
sons Seth & Benjamin Bateman and my daughter Martha Bateman
& my grandson William B. Bateman- I give and bequeath unto my son
Seth Bateman one clock one cow & calf one bed & furniture 4 young
hogs one cart and one half of all my working tools- I give and bequeath to my
son Benjamin Bateman one bed & furniture 4 young hogs one cow &
calf 6 rush bottom chairs one work steer and one cart one looking glass and the
other half of all my working tools - I give and bequeath unto my daughter
Martha Batheman one bed & furniture including the stead on beaufat
and furniture 4 young hogs one cow and calf and my large chest one trunk one
toilet looking glass one lining wheel - I give & bequeath to my grandson
William B. Bateman one bed and furniture one cow & calf 4 young hogs
one small chest and at the death of my wife I give one half of negros Charity
& Rose and there increase to be equally divided between my son
Benjamin Bateman my daughter Martha Bateman & my grand son
William B. Bateman and there heirs forever and the other half to my son
Seth Bateman and his heirs forever - I give to my son Danul
Bateman fifty cents and all the notes & accounts I hold against him- I
give & bequeath to my daughter Fanny Ansley fifty cents to be paid
out of my estate - I give and bequeath unto my daughter Hannah Craddock
one cow & calf 3 head of hogs - I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph
Bateman 50 cents to be paid out of my estate - After all my debts are paid
and my will is that the residue of my property be equally divided between my son
Seth Bateman my son Benjamin Bateman my daughter Martha
Bateman & my grandson William B. Bateman I constitute and appoint
my two sons Seth Bateman & Benjamin Bateman and my brother
Danul N. Bateman & my friend Nathan Alexander as execrt. To
this my last Will & Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
& seal this the 26th day of October in the year of our Lord 1839 - signed
sealed & delivered- Jos. Bateman (Seal)
in presence of us.
Thos. Lewis
G. W. Davenport
State of North Carolina
Tyrrell County
April Term 1844
The last Will & Testament of Jos. Bateman Dec'd was exhibited in
open court & proved by the oath of George W. Davenport a subscribing
thereunto who swore that Jos. Bateman the testator was of sound desposing
mind & memory at the time he signed this will he furthermore that he saw
Thos. Lewis sign said will as concoring testamony-
Jos. Alexander Clk.
Recorded 16 day of May- 1844
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