JOHN CARAWAN, SENR. 
1770 WILL 
HYDE COUNTY, NC

In the name of God, Amen. The fourteenth Day of December One Thousand 
Seven Hundred and Seventy. I John Carawon Senr of the County of Hyde 
Provence of North Carolina Being sick and weak in body but of perfect 
Mind and memory thanks be given to almighty God for the same and 
unto Mind the Mortality of my Body and Knowing that it is appointed 
for all Men once to Die, I Doe make and Ordain this my Last Will and 
Testament that is to say, Princenply and first of all I give and 
Recamend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it & my body I 
Recamend to the Ground to be Burried in a Decent and Christian Buriel 
at the Discression of my Executor, herein after Mentioned. Nothing 
Doubting but at the General Resurection I shall Receive the same again 
by the Mighty power of God and as Touching such Worldly Estate where 
with it hath pleased God to Blefs me with in this World I Give and 
Dismiss in the Following forme and forme Following--- 

Item Give and Bequeath unto my son Joseph Carawon half of all my land 
which I now live on which half is to be the Est end of my plantation 
to him and his Heirs Lawfully Begotten of His Body forever and my will 
is that my son Joseph Carawan pay to my son William Carawan six pounds 
Prov. Money for his part of the Land--- 

Item I Give and Bequeath unto my son John Carawan the Other half of all 
my Land which is the Westard end to him and his heirs Lawfully Begotten 
of His Body forever and my will is that my son John Carawan shall pay to 
my son Patrick Carawan five Pounds Proclamation Money for his part--- 

Item I Give and Bequeath unto my son Patrick Carawan won mair, won heffer, 
won Buckennear gun to him and his heirs forever--- 

Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Son William Carawan won feather Bed and 
furniture, won horse, won Bridle ans One Saddle, won Plough and Plough 
harness, all my axes and all my hoes and Iron Widges and Ditching Spade 
and all my crop of Corn and Tobacco and my wheat and won Jacket (Pattern?) 
And all my wearing appearels and all my Ready Money to him and his Heirs 
forever--- 

Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth Gibbs won feather Bed 
and furniture 

Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Rachal Carawan won cow & calf 
and won cow earling, won breading Mair, all the Increafe that shall come 
form the said Breading Creators to her and her heirs Lawfully Begotten of 
her Body forever, also two Ews and Lambs, won feather Bed and 
won New Linnen Wheel, won Lume and all the Lume 
harness--- 

Item I give unto my two Grand Sons Joseph and Efrom Carawan Each of them 
won Ew lamb a (peace?) At the next (Shering?) And to be Marked in thair 
own proper mark--- 

Item I give My Hand mill Between my Two sons Joseph Carawan and John 
Carawan--- 

Item I give and Bequeath unto my son William Carawan all my stack of Loggs. 

Item I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Rachal Carawan won Wooling 
Wheel and won par of wool Cords--- 

Item I give and Bequeath unto my Son William Carawan my Other gun. 

Item I give and Leave all the rest of my whole Estate both within and 
without to be Equally Divided among and between my four youngest children, 
that is Elizabeth Gibbs, Rachal Carawan, Patrick Carawan and William 
Carawan after all my Debts is paid. And Last of all, I Do Constitute and 
appoint my son William Carawan to be my Sole and Whole Executor to this 
My Last Will and Testament In Writing. 

                                                his
Sealed, Signed, Published                  John (x) Carawan 
Pronounced in Presents of Us:                   mark

John Lockhartt                       Hyde County March Court 1771 
Saml Selby                        Present his Magestys Justices this 
William Selby                       Will was Proved in said Court & 
                                        Ordered to be Recorded. 

Recorded pr George Barrow, Clk 
Test George Barrow, Clk

Probate: Hyde County March Court 1771. The will was Exhibited into the 
said Court and Proved by the oath of Saml Selby.

George Barrow , Clk Court

Source: Hyde County Court House Will Book 1-3, pp. 19-20. (Transcribed 
by Ellen A. Williams) Printed in "High Tides" (Hyde County Historical 
Society), Vol. 1, No. 2, Fall 1980, pages 5-6.

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