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and Eden Streets.

ITEM: I give and devise to my daughter Elizabeth the wife of Edward
Mumford, during her natural life and no longer one hundred acres of the
Seven Springs land. I give and devise to my said daughter Elizabeth her
heirs and assigns forever one half of a tract of land in the great pocosin of
head of Brice’s Creek.

ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Maria Foy and her heirs
and assigns forever the remaining half of a tract of land in the great pocosin
at the head of Brice’s Creek.

ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Polly Foy during her
natural life and no longer one hundred acres of the Seven Springs land lying
on the West side of Ready branch in Jones lines.

ITEM: It is my will and desire that all my Negroes be valued and that
they be equally divided between and among all my children, share and share
alike.

ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my sons Thomas and John Foy their
executors administrators and assigns all my horses, mares. mules, cattle,
carts, wheels, ploughs, hoes, axes, chains or other plantation utensils to be
equally divided between them, share and share alike, excepting my
blacksmith’s bellows, vices & screwplates or other blacksmith’s tools which
I give and bequeath to my son John Foy alone.

ITEM: It is my will and desire and I hereby direct that if either of my
said children should die without having heirs or an heir born in lawful
wedlock his or her share in my real or personal estate under this will shall
not descend or go to the illegitimate offspring of my said child or children,
but shall descend or be distributed among my right heirs.

Lastly - It is my will and I do hereby direct that the second clause of this page
of my will in which I have given and bequeathed to my son Thomas and
John my horses, mares, mules, cattles, hogs, sheep and other stock be so
altered as to admit and allow my four daughters, Elizabeth, Maria, Polly and
Frances to divide and share among them equally the one half of all my

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