In the Name of God Amen. I, George Pollock, of North Carolina, Merch't, being of Perfect Mind & Judgment & Memory, (Praised be god for the Same) Do make this my last Will & Testament, Hereby absolutely revoakmg all others, and this to be taken only as my last will & testament.
Imprimis, I give & bequeath my Soul to allmighty God & my Body to the Ground to be Decently Buried by my Executors hereafter named; and for what Estate it hath pleased God to bestow upon me I give & bequeath as followeth:
Item, I give & bequeath unto my Loving Brother, Cullen Pollock, all my land on Salmon Creek & Chowan River, wch is Contained in three Pruchase pattents; also a tract of land on the South Shore, where Loftin lived; also, eleven hundred & forty Acres of land on the South Side of Morattock River, nigh Canaho Creek; also, four thousand, Seven hundred Acres on the North side of Moratock River wch I had of mr. Thos. Jones; also, two other Tracts of Land adjoyning to ye Land wch. I had of Mr. Thos. Jones, also seven hundred & ten acres of land on ye North side of Trent River in Nuse; all of wch. Land I give & bequeath unto my Brother, Cullen Pollock, to him & his heirs for Ever.
Item, I give & Bequeath unto my two Nephews, Cullen Pollock & Thomas Pollock, five thousand acres of Land at the Haw-Fields, also three thousand, three hundred acres on Tarr River also two thousand, two hundred Acres lying in ye fork of Coor Creek & Nuse River, also two hundred & twenty acres of Land on ye Est. Side of Coar Creek, also one hundred & fifty Acres at Bennys Creek, also five hundred Acres of Land on Wecone Creek, also Six hundred &. forty Acres on Morattock Island, all wch. Land I give & bequeath unto my Nephews, Cullen Pollock & Thos. Pollock, to them & their heirs forever.
Item, I give & bequeath unto my Brother in Law, Colo. Robert West, four tracts of Land wch I hold by Entry & Survey upon Trenters Creek & a tract or Parcell of Land wch. I hold by Entry & Survey upon or near to horn Creek, all wch. Land I Give & Bequeath unto my sd. Brother in Law, Colo. Robert West, to him & his heirs for ever, with a Sufficient Sum of Money to be paid out of my Estate to purcure Pattents for all the sd. Land and also an Island called Crow Island lying in Currituck, unto him & his heirs for ever.
Lastly, I make, Constitute & appoint my Loving Brother, Cullen Pollock, & my Brother in Law, Collo. Robert West, to be my whole & Sole Execrs. of this my last Will & Testament.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal this I8 Day of October, Anno Dornmini, Seventeen hundred & thirty Six.
........................................................................................................................................George Pollock, (Seal)
Signed, Sealed & Declared to be
his last Will & Testam't in ye
presence of:
Thomas Ashley.
...........his
William W. Fryley.
.........Mark
Nehemiah Warring.
July ye 29th. 1738.
Came before me Nehemiah Warring & made Oath that he Saw George Pollock, Gent., Sign, Seal, publish ye within as he last will & testament, that he was at that time of sound mind and memory, & that Thomas Asheley & William Tryley, Subscribed as evidences thereto-
.......................................................................................................................................W. Smith, C. J.
Recorded in Grant Book 4, Will No. 82.
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)
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