Contributed by: Bill Golladay golladay@mindspring.com

In the Name of God Amen, I John Drew of the State of North Carolina and   County of Anson being old and infirm but of perfect mind and memery and calling   to mind the mortality of the body and that it is appointed once for all   men to die I do Constitute this my Last Will and Testament I give my Soul to   God that gave it me and my, body to the dust from whence it Came and I dispose   of my Worldly property and Estate as follows to wit;
       I give and bequeath unto Mary my beloved wife all that tract or parcel of   Land whereon I now live Containing one hundred and fifty acres also one negro   Man by the name of Cary also three Cows and Calves also the gray Mare and one   feather bed and furniture also the household and Kitchen furniture and three   Sows and Pigs also half the plantation utensals all which I give unto her during   her natural Life or Widowhood and then to go to my Son Redick    all my Lands   to be Equally divided between my two Sons Thomas and Redick    I also give and bequeath   unto my daughter Ruth Hargood two Negroes which she is in possession of   by the name of Isham and Chain     I also give unto my daughter Elizabeth Boggan   one negro man by the name of Frank    I also give unto my daughter Absila Briant   one Cow and Calf     I also give unto my Son Thomas two negroe men by the name of   Charles and I___   also one feather bed and furniture and three Cows and Calves   also one year old Gray Colt     I give unto my Son Redick one bay two year old filly   and all the other parts and parcels of my Estate I will to be sold and all my   Debts to be paid and the balance to be Equally divided between my two Sons Thomas   and Redick    I also appoint George Briant and my Son Thomas B Drew my Executors   to this my Last Will and Testament in Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my   hand seal this Eighth day of June 1814       Witness Jesse Beverly
             
John Drew   X  his mark
    
 
N.B.  I give and bequeath unto my Son Redick one feather bed and furniture  
Witness Jesse Beverly
             
John Drew   X  his mark 
    Anson April Session 1816      Then the within was exhibited in open Court & proved by the oath of   Jesse Beverly, and ordered to be registered.          Tod Robinson  

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