Last will and testament of
Thomas Hinshaw;
North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Manuscripts;
Original Wills, Randolph County; microfilm #1578527 in the LDS FHL.
This the 7th day of the 8th month 1825 I Thomas Hinshaw do give to my son Ezra my hat to Simon the Cross cut Saw to Aaron my new big coat to Enoch five dollars to my daughter Hannah the pine chest to Amy the black walnut chest at their mothers death Ruth and Rebecca to have as much as hannah and Amy my son Thomas to have the Plantation that I now live on at his mothers death She Shall have hur living off the place I lave all the tools in bothe Shops to the use of the farm Thomas is to have the tools at his mothers dath Ruth and Rebecca Shall have the house that i now live in while unmarried and a [...] of firewood and some [...] for a cow a garden my grand Son Aaron to have one [...] and a Saddle and Bredle if he stays til he is of age my grand Son John fifty dollars till such things as can be spard the old waggon is to the use of the place To my grandson Aaron to have [...] history and and my inkholder and his bible the divide to be after the death of my wife to hannah Ruthe and Rebecc one hundred dollars a piece Thomas to have the tools at one hundred dollars and the wagon then a devide to be made Each a Equal sare my grand Son Aaron to have a equal share my Son Aaron and Thomas to See to the Bisness |
A proper writing purporting to be the last will & Testament of Thomas Hinshaw Dec'd was offered for Probate by Aaron Hinshaw & Thomas Hinshaw the persons therein named to [...] to [...] [...] and Rebeca Hinshaw the widow of the Said Dec'd And thereupon came Ezra Hinshaw, Simon Hinshaw, Henry Underwood & his wife Hannah, Pearce M. Nixon & his wife Amy, Enoch Hinshaw, Ruth Hinshaw, Rebecca Hinshaw, Aaron Hinshaw Jr. & John Hinshaw & [...] the said proper writing - The said Ezra Hinshaw, Simon Hinshaw, Hannah Underwood, Aaron Hinshaw, [...] Amy Nixon, Enoch Hinshaw, Ruthe Hinshaw, Rebecca Hinshaw & Thomas Hinshaw being the Children; & Aaron Hinshaw Jr & John Hinshaw the Grand Children of the said Thomas Hinshaw Dec'd & his heirs at Law. And it appearing to the Court that the said Aaron Hinshaw Jr & John Hinshaw are minors under the age of twenty one years; It is ordered that Ezra Hinshaw be appointed Guardian to them to defend their Interest in this suit. And thereupon it was ordered by the Court that the following [...] be made up & submitted to a Jury, to wit "Is this proper writing offered for probate by Aaron Hinshaw & others, the last will & Testament of the said Thomas Hinshaw Dec'd & did he devise?" And Thereupon the following Jury were Sworn [...] to try the said [...] [...] ; |
William Wilson David [...] Hugh M[...] John [...] Stephen [...] [...] John [...] [...] [...] Joshua [...] [...] William Moon The Jurey find that the Proper Writing purporting to be the Last Will & Testament of Thomas Hinshaw Dec'd offered for Probate is not the Last Will & that he Died [...] |