Found on Harbert Abernathy:
Harbert Abernathy 8 Aug 1820,
Lincoln Co., NC (Raleigh Loose Papers, CR060.801.1, Harbert Abernathy Will)
In
the name of God, Amen. I Harbert Abernathy of the State of North Carolina and
County of Lincoln being of sound and perfect mind and memory do this 8th day of
August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty make and
publish this my last Will and Testament in the following manner that is to say
first I give and bequeath unto my wife Susanna Abernathy certain tracts of
lands whereon I now live joining each other containing two hundred and eighty
acres and also a Negro man by the name of Jack and one by the name of David and
another by the name of Dice and another by the name of Tald and another by the
name of Cass and another by the name of Will and another by the name of Matthew
and another by the name of Emberson and another by the name of Hannah &
Osburn and also all my stock of every kind and household furniture of every
kind & farming utensils of every kind until the youngest child become of
age and then the whole shall be divided equally between the whole of my
children again I so give unto my four sons John Abernathy, Turner Abernathy,
Miles Abernathy Askew Abernathy all my land to be divided equally among them
but my wifeSusanna Abernathy shall have the whole of all my lands building
improvements thereon as long as she lives or until her marriage and also a
Negro man by the name of Jack and a Negro woman by the name of Dice until her
decease or marriage after her decease or marriage I give Jack leave to live
with any my children he chooses but Dice and her increase then shall be divided
equally between all my children. I do make and ordain my son John Abernathy
andJohn Edwards executors of this my last will and testament. In witness
whereof I the said Harbert Abernathy have to this my last will and testament set
my hand and seal the day and year first above written.
Harbert Abernathy Signed
sealed and published and delivered in the presence of us.
Test
James Loftin
Robert Abernathy
NORTH CAROLINA, Wilkes County: Sheppard (1797, 1812)
ReplyDelete1. Enslaved: names below (unnamed people by sex, age and color); [?] = uncertain reading.
2. Slaveholders: James Sheppard (bought from James M. Lewis, 1797); John Sheppard of Reddies River (will 1812).
3. Sources: bill of sale; will.
4. Dates and places: Wilkes Co., N.C., 1797 and 1812.
1797, 3 Oct., bill of sale, James M. Lewis to James Sheppard, Wilkes Co., N.C., for twelve people: Bill about twenty one; Charity about twelve; Ben about seven; Hannah about nine; Simon about seven; Mary about twelve; Amy about thirteen; Jean about twenty two; Lucy about two; Job about twenty; Chany [?] about twenty eight; Cherry about nine.
Source: Wilkes County, North Carolina, Wills, 1778–1799, vol. 2, p. 172[?], bill of sale, James M. Lewis to James Sheppard, 3 Oct. 1797, proven Oct. Term 1797; "North Carolina, Probate Records, 1735–1970," FamilySearch, Wilkes > Wills, 1778–1799, Vol. 02, image 106 of 141 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9GCF-XHC : accessed 16 Oct. 2026).
1812, 7 May, will of John Sheppard of Reddies River, Wilkes Co., N.C. (Will Book 3, p. 38): "a Yellow Negroe Boy Named Jim," bequeathed to his sons Pressley and Pleasant; other enslaved people are mentioned only as "the Negroes under the age of" Jim.
Source: Wilkes County, North Carolina, Will Book 3, pp. 37–40, will of John Sheppard, 7 May 1812, proven Aug. Term 1812; "North Carolina, Probate Records," FamilySearch, DGS 004779035 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:37SQ-298C-NN9, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S7WF-336J-C9 and https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:37SQ-298C-6J9 : accessed 16 Oct. 2026).
Anne Elizabeth Whitaker, Lush Green Corner Genealogy, Dallas, Texas