Randolph Co., NC Will Book 2 page 21 1796 CR.081.901.1-.14
In the Name of god amen the 19th Day of Decr 1795 I Jacob Foust of Randolph County & State of North Carolina Being sick in body but of Perfect mind & memory Thanks to almighty god & Calling to the mind the uncertainty of this Transitory Life Do make, Constitute & Declare this my Last will & Testament; in form & manner following To Witt, I give & bequeath to my well beloved wife Charity Foust The whole privilege of the house & Plantation with the household furniture ______? During her Life or widowhood & then & or till the youngest son Daniel Foust comes of age and then to be equaly Divided between the three youngest sons Jacob Peter & Daniel Foust to wit the Tract of Land where on I now Dwell. To be Divided by a Line North & South on the (Course?) _______side _____on Line for Jacobs Part the other Part be Equally Divided between Peter & Daniel by a Line Running East & West -- Peter to have the North side & Daniel the South -- ___________________________illegible line _______________________________ John Foust all that Tract of land ajoining Isaac Cox To be Equally Divided by a Line Running North & South Christ to have the east side & John the west side Also to have each of them a horse bridle & sadle with a set of Plough (hames?) (an axe?) & mattock Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Barbary Foust Fifty Pound in hard money (way?) the price of her mare & Sadle to be takenof the same ?
Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Judith Foust one featherbed one Cow & Calf & fifty Pound hard money (way?)
Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Charity Foust one feather bed one Cow & Calf & fifty Pound hard money (way?) and when the youngest son comes of age then they _____? note of & pay off the Remaining Part of the girls I give to the three youngest sons to maintain their mother(s) Life or widowhood. After a _______ is made & the girls parts Paid off if any thing Remain my wife Charity Foust to keep it in her hands till her Death & then Equally Divided amongst all my Children Unless the Property be waisting and then the Executors to take it in hand who are as follows to wit I constitute ordain & appoint my brother George Foust and Adam Brower Executors to this my Last will & Testament to Execute & perform all things conforming (?) to this my Last will & Testament In witness where of I have hereunto set my hand & seal this Day & year first above written
Jacob Foust Signed & Sealed In presence of ________________? Jacob Cloud Jonathan Cloud
More About Jacob Foust: Date born 2: 06 Jan 1748, Bern Twnshp, Berks, PA.493 Died 2: 1796, Randolph, NC, USA.494 Died 3: 1796, Randolph, NC, USA.494 Died 4: 19 Dec 1796495 Residence: 1790, Not Stated, Northumberland, Pennsylvania.496
More About Jacob Foust and Charity Kivett: Marriage 1: 1771, Rowan, NC, USA.497, 498, 499, 499 Marriage 2: 1771500
Children of Jacob Foust and Charity Kivett are:
Charity Foust, b. 07 Dec 1793, Randolph County, North Carolina501, d. 04 Dec 1876, Lawrence, Tennessee501.
Jacob Foust, b. 09 Aug 1786, Randolph County, North Carolina501, 502, 502, d. 21 Jan 1854, Randolph County, North Carolina503, 504, 504.
Jacob Foust (b. 06 Jan 1749, d. 19 Dec 1795)
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