Will: 19 Oct 1728 Place: Probated Will in North Carolina
I Joseph Boon: Being Very Sick and weak of Body but in perfect memory; Do give and Dispose of what worldly Estate God Hath been pleased to Endow me with. I Give and Dispose after This manner following: First I bequeath my Soul to God who gave it and my Body to be buried after a decent manner, according as my Execrs shall see convenient. Item: I give unto my son James Boon one certain tract or devident of land granted by patent in my son James Boon own hand. Item: I give unto my son Joseph Boon on hundred acres of land lying upon Ochonechay Neck at Roanoak. Item: I give unto my son Thomas Boon one hundred and eighty acres, it being part of a track of land containing 480 acres granted by patent, baring date ye first Day of March 1719, lying on ye south side of Mehoring River. Item: I give unto my son Ratliff Boon my hold dwelling plantation containing 380 acres, I say unto my son Ratliff after his Mother's decease. Item: I give unto my son James Boon my new gun. Item: I give unto my son Joseph Boon my old gun. Item: I give unto my son James Boon one certain gray mare branded with the barrel of a gun and her increase to my sons each of them one. Item: I give unto my sister Martha Baley, a hiefer and calf to share free or manage. Item: I give unto my son Thomas Boon my sword. Item: I give unto my son James Boon one iron pot, a small one, when he comes of ye age of sixteen years. Item: I give unto my two daughters Mary and Elizabeth to each of them one cow and calf. Item: I give unto my Loving Wife all ye rest of my moveable Estate, within and without for her to enjoy during her life and afterwards to be disposed to among my children. And I desire my two young horses to be sold ye produce of them to be disposed towards ye payment of my debts.
I appoint my loving wife Ex. of this my Last Will and Testament.
The Last Will and Testament of Joseph Boon, Testator: Witness my hand this
19th Day of Feb. 1728
Witness our hands Joseph Boon Signed Sealed in ye presences of X his mark Thomas Boon X his mark Nathaniel Cooper
Source: Department of Archives and History of North Carolina; North Carolina Wills, Vol. 3, page 76
Children of Joseph Boon, Sr. and Ann Axtell are:
+Ratcliff Boon, b. 1715, Isle of Wight Co, Va72, d. July 10, 1787, Surry Co, North Carolina (boon hill)72.
Joseph Boon, Sr. (b. 1677, d. February 19, 1727/28)
Notes for Joseph Boon, Sr.: