Folks, Sorry, I used "spell check" on this extraction but still have a boo boo. The date of the will is 1771 and of course, George Bounds, not "Geroge" I've got to stop hitting the "send" button, so fast <G> Sue Sue wrote: > > Here is a will, that gives two of the children of Henry and Nelly and also her father. > > Source: Tryon Co. NC, Wills > (My source is secondary- Brent Holcomb's "Deed Abstracts of Tryon, Lincoln & Rutherford Counties North Carolina 1769-1786, Tryon County Wills & Estates") > Pg. 126 > Will of GEORGE BOUNDS of the Parish of St. Thomas County of Tryon.... to my daughter Sarah Wadlington one Negro Girl Lyda.... to my Grandson George Bounds Wadlington..one > Molatto Boy named Solomon....to my Grandson William Waddlington....to my daughter Sarah Prince one Molattoe Girl named Rose.... to my son in law Francis Prince, all the > rest of my Estate Real and Personal, provided that the said Prince or his heirs shall pay unto NANCY ASHBY the daughter of HENRY ASHBY & NELLY his wife when the said NANCY > shall arrive at the age of eighteen or on the day of her marriage the sum of 20 lbs cash or hard money... Provided also that the said Francis or his heirs shall pay the sum > of 20 Lbs cash or hard money unto SINAH CLAYWELL ASHBY, the daughter of the aforesaid HENRY & NELLY when she the said SINAH CLAYWELL shall arrive at the age of eighteen > years or at the day of her marriage... the daughter NELLY ASHBY may have out ot my Estate a decent mourning Gown, Hat (?) & Gloves...son in law Francis Prince, Exr... 22 > Dec. `77`.... Geroge Bounds (x) Seal > Wit. Joseph Jones, Thos. Brown, Joseph Brown.