In the name of God amen, the twenty forth day of augost, in the yeare of our Lord Crist, one thousand, Seven hundred and forty nine. I, Nicoless porter, being Sick in body, but of Good and perfect memory, thanks be to allmighty God, and Calling to remembrance the uncertain estate of this Life, must yeald unto Death when it Shall please God to Call, Do make, Constitute, ordain and Declare this my Last will and testament, In maner and forme folowing; revoking and annulling by these presents all testements and wills here to fore mentioned, or declared by word, or by writing, and this only is to be taken for my Last will and testement: I do order, give and Dispose of my Estate in maner and forme following, that is to Say, furst, I will that all those Debts and Dewes that in Right or Conscience to any person whatsoever, Shall be well and truly Contented and paid, or ordered to be paid, by my Executors in Convenient tine after my Deceas.
Item, I Give and bequeath, In witness, my maner plantation with one hundred acors of Land belonging to it, laid out at the uper End of the Sd. tract that the plantation is on, to my, to my beloved Daughter, Jeane porter.
I Give and bequeth one hundred and forty fore acors of the Same Tract, Joyning to Jeans, to be Laid out a Cross the Sd. Land, to my beloved Daughter, Elizabeth porter.
I give and bequeath one hundred and forty three acors of the same tract, to be laid out a Cross the Sd. Land Joyning to Elizabeths, to my beloved Daughter, Anne porter.
I Give and bequeeth one hundred and forty three acors of the Same tract, being the Lower End of the Sd. Land, to my beloved Daughter, Agness Porter.
Also, I give and bequeeth my polecat Land to my beloved Son, Samuell porter, it being in two patens.
I give and bequeth my negrow felow toney to my beloved wife, Elizabeth porter. I Give and bequeth all my Stock of Catle, and horses and mairs, to be Equaly devided betwen my wife and all my Children.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal.

                                                                                              Nicholas Porter.   (Seal)
In witness, I do opint my be-
loved Wife, Elizabeth porter,
and my well beloved and truste James
farmer, to be my Executors.
test. Needham Bryan. Jurat
      her
Mary X Dees, Jurat
     mark                    ;
                   
Johnston County.   sst.                                      Sept. Court, 1749.
Prest. His Majesties Justices:
Then the within Last Will & Testament was proved in Open Court by the Oaths of the within Needham Bryan & Mary Dees; & likewise the Executrix & Exor. appeared & were Qualifyed Agreeable to Law. Ordered that the Secretary have notice thereof that Letters Testamentoiy issue, &c
                                                             Test.   Richd. Caswell, CL Co.

Copied from Original Will, filed in the Office of the Secretary of State.
Source: North Carolina Wills and Inventories, copied from Original and Recorded Wills and Inventories In the Office of the Secretary of State by J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, Published 1912)