Hugh Brown Sr. Will

In the name of God, Amen. I Hugh Brown of North Carolina, Robeson County, through abundant mercy and goodness of God though weak in body, yet of sound and perfect understanding and memory do make this my last will and Testament as follows:

Item: I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife the plantation I now live on and Negro Clo and the child that is now at her breast; the black horse and bay mare, and colt and gray filly, and the most part of stock, as long as she lives with Duncan, my son. And at her death, the whole to b and remain my son Duncan's, and all lands joining the plantation, in all, 400 acres.

Item: I give and bequeath to my son, Hugh, a Negro boy named Lingo, and two hundred acres of land above my son, William's where Bird now lives.

Item: I give and bequeath to my son William, a Negro boy named Simon, and fifty acres of land joining John McFalls.

Item: I give and bequeath to my son Neill, Negro Sol and two hundred acres of land on Gills branch where Alex Campbell now lives.

Item: I give and bequeath to my son John, one hundred acres of land on Rock Fish Creek near John Stewart and Johnston.

Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Anna, a Negro girl name Chaine.

Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary, one cow and calf.

In witness whereof, I have here unto set my hand and seal, September 28, 1787.

Hugh Brown seal

John Fort

Neill Brown

Original: Robeson County Clerk of the Court, Lumberton, NC

Transcribed by Bradley M. Buie January, 2000