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- !NAMED-WILL: 8 Oct 1765 Brunswick Co., NC Deed Book A, pp. 28-29 John Davis, Gentleman
John Davis of Brunswick Co., NC, Gentleman being of perfect health and memory
(1) my son Roger Davis my plantation where I now live commonly called Mill Point 500a with the mill ...
reserve a quarter acre where burying place now is
Another tract adjoining first to Roger Davis 640a purchased of Francis Roads ...
(2) my daughter Mary Parris Moore L50
(3) my daughter Justina Dobbs 8 Negroes: Susey and her child called Grace, Hannah and her child called Jemimy, young Bacous, Jupiter, Sharry and Quash.
(4) remainder among my sons William, John and Roger Davis, share and share alike.
(5) in consideration of the faithful service of my Mulatto felow Baccus it is my will and desire that from and after my decease he be at his libert & freedom.
(6) Sons William, John and Roger Davis my executors.
S: John Davis
Wit: Thomas Davis, Stephen Rice, Archibald Ross.
24 Nov 1765 John Davis Esq declared before John Moore and Thomas Davis that he wanted daughter Justina Dobbs to have the use of his dwelling house and mill until her brother John could provide a house for her.
Wit: Thomas Davis, John Baptiste Moore.
** Note: There is no record here of when this Will was presented in court after John Davis's death. Wills aren't typically recorded in deed books anyway, so perhaps the probate records are elsewhere.
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