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Wills-
Cade Weathersbee --Bladen and Duplin Counties===========================================================
Will of Cade Weathersbee (Bladen and Duplin County Planter)
First, I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Martha
Hollingsworth, one negro woman named Judy.
Secondly, I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Mary
Sikes, one negro woman named Muitus.
Thirdly, I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Lucy
McLean, one negro woman named Fostine
Fourthly, I give and bequeath unto my daughter,
Elizabeth Weathersbee, one negro woman named Sarah.
Fifthly, I give and bequeath unto my son, Absolom
Weathersbee, one
negro man named Jesse, Also I give him my plantation on Little
Turnbull and all the improvements thereon containing 600 acres of
land.
Sixthly, I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Olive
Weathersbee, one
negro girl named Heston
Seventhly, I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Jane
Weathersbee, one
negro girl named Flora.
Eightly, I give and bequeath unto my son, Isom
Weathersbee, one negro
boy named Jack, also 100 acres of land lying on the Big Swamp in
Bladen County.
Ninthly, I give and bequeath to my son, Owen
Weathersbee, one negro
boy named Will and one negro girl named Rhoda, also 150 acres of
land on the Rough house Swamp, in the aforesaid county.
[Abstracted from Weathersbee Family Genealogy]