2. | Joseph Barnes (1.Julan1) was born in 1744 in Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina; died on 17 Dec 1794 in 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
Joseph married Selah DeLoach in 1767. Selah (daughter of Samuel DeLoach and Mary Boykin) was born about 1752 in Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina; died after 1794 in Sumner County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Molly Barnes was born about 1768 in Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina.
- 4. John Barnes was born about 1770 in Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina.
- 5. William Barnes was born about 1774 in Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina.
- 6. Julan Barnes was born about 1777 in Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina.
- 7. Selah Barnes was born about 1779 in Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina.
- 8. Kinchen Barnes was born about 1781 in Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina; died about 1860 in Blount County, , , Alabama.
- 9. Millie Barnes was born about 1782 in Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina.
- 10. Mary "Polly" Barnes was born on 15 Dec 1787 in Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina; died on 11 Aug 1856 in Lauderdale County, , , Alabama; was buried in Allen Cemetery, , Lauderdale County, Alabama.
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