Joseph Barnes

1744 - 1794  (50 years)

• Name	Joseph Barnes
  Birth	1744	Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Dec 1794	Sumner County, , , Tennessee
  Notes	In the name of God Amen. I Joseph Barnes of Sumner County and Territory South the Ohio, being weak in body but of sound perfect Mind and Memory do Make and ordain this to be My last will and Testament-Making this and no other to remain my last will and Testament and as for my worldly Estate which it hath pleased God to help me with; I give and dispose of the Same in the following Manner I give and bequeath unto My daughter Molly Clay My Negro boy Named Jim Now in her possession to she and her heirs forever. I lend unto My loving wife Selah Barnes all the remainder of my estate, Stock of all kind and household goods and furniture_ This I lend unto her during her life My will and desire is that the Negros, stock of all (torn) and household goods and furniture be held together to raise maintain and support My wife and children, and also I lend unto My loving wife the plantation where I now live until My son William Barnes arrives to the age of twenty one years. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Polly and Son John Barnes and daughter Julan and My daughter Selah and Son Kintchen and my Son William and daughter Milly all my estate that is not singular mentioned in Legacies, Negros, Stock of all kind house hold goods and furniture to be equally divided then and there increase at my wife's decease or when my daughter Milly Comes of age_ This I give and bequeath to be equally divided among My seven Children at My wife's decease, or when my daughter Milly Comes of age. I give and bequeath unto My Son William Barnes one hundred acres of land, together with the plantation where I now live and him to be possessed of the land when he arrives to the age of twenty one. And Lastly I do hereby Constitute and appoint My wife Selah Barnes and Son John Barnes executors to this My last will and Testament utterly evoking all other wills by me forever. Joseph Barnes (seal) Signed, sealed and acknowledged to be My last will and Testament this Seventeenth day of December 1794 Interlined before assigned in the nineteenth line or when My daughter Milly Comes of age. Test. John Deloach Wm Cartweight Recorded or Examined April 15th 1795 John Roberts
  Person ID	I15587	DeLoach Ancestry
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Jacob Barnes,   b. Abt 1720
  Mother	Julan Whitley,   b. Abt 1722
  Marriage	Abt 1724
  Family ID	F6076	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Selah DeLoach,   b. Abt 1752, Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina d. Aft 1794, Sumner County, , , Tennessee (Age ~ 43 years)
  Marriage	1767
  Children	1. Molly Barnes,   b. Abt 1768, Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina   2. John Barnes,   b. Abt 1770, Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina   3. William Barnes,   b. Abt 1774, Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina   4. Julan Barnes,   b. Abt 1777, Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina   5. Selah Barnes,   b. Abt 1779, Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina   6. Kinchen Barnes,   b. Abt 1781, Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina d. Abt 1860, Blount County, , , Alabama (Age ~ 79 years)   7. Millie Barnes,   b. Abt 1782, Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina   8. Mary "Polly" Barnes,   b. 15 Dec 1787, Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina d. 11 Aug 1856, Lauderdale County, , , Alabama (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F5817	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart