THIS IS WELL WORTH READING! >From # 6: 234. HILL, BUCKNER L. (CR.035.801.6/3-18) 9 Feb 1860 - Jan Term 1861 JOSEPH R. HATCH slaves Old Hannah, Abby, Syvil & child Tony, Lucina, Laura, Martha, Orange, Phi;;is & children Rachel, Curtis & Charles, Kit, frank, Roxy & children Cassy & Louuisa, Joe & Isham; CHARLES E. RHODES slaves Nancy, her son Jim & Henry; ANN SMITH slaves Jacob, Lucy Hannah, Leah & Milly Children of Old Milly & Bob for her natural life and then to her children [not named] but should she die without issue, negroes to go to JOHN SMITH, EDWARD SMITH, & AMANDA HOUSTON (dau. of SARAH ANN SMITH); JOHN, son of SARAH ANN SMITH slaves Billy and Fanny & their children Daniel, Henry & Catherine; EDWARD, brother of JOHN SMITH slaves Calvin, Needham Stanley & Cullen; AMANDA HOUSTON slaves Louis & wife Litha & Margaret, Louis & Jackson their children; JAMES RHODES of Alabama slaves Betsey & her children Stephen, Anthony, Rhodes, Sarah & Fanny; DAVIS EVERETT of Wayne County slaves Jonas & Thena in trust for the benefit of Louise, wife of DANIEL E. SMITH; slaves Council & Eas! ter for the benefirt of ANN, wife of BENJAMIN GRISWOLD; slaves Peggy, George & Edward for the benefit of JULIA, wife of RICHARD HATCH; KATE LEWIS, formerly KATE RHODES slave Emily; BETTY, wife of DR. JOSEPH BORDEN 19 or 20 shares of capital stock of the Wilmington & Weldon Rail Road Company; ISAAC WRIGHT & HALSTEAD BOWDEN slaves Flora, Bryant, Catherine, Old Mary, Margaret, Mingo, Julia & child Henry, Sylva & children Cassy, York, George, Emanuel, sina, Betsey, Tempe, Jeoffrey & Phillis & their children William, Amelia, Solomon, Narcissa and Ivy, Martha & children Owen, Eli, David & Mary Jane & Hepsy, Hester & Allen, Old Daniel, Robert & Grandison, land on South Side of Bear Swamp where my new dwelling house is in Duplin County, the Mill tract on the North side of Bear Swamp bought of W .D. PEARSALL, all in trust for my son THOMAS B. HILL sometimes called THOMAS B. STEPHENS and his wife BETSEY & should they die without issue 1/2 of the land & slaves to go to BUCKNER, son of SAMUEL & ELIZA SMITH and 1/2 tp LEMUEL D. HATCH & wife MARTHA; ISAAC WRIGHT of Duplin slaves Sam & Binah & child George, Chelly, Ned & wife Sarah & child Clarissa, Old Becky, Alvin & wife Julia, the Bennett tract in Duplin bought of DR.THOMAS HILL, the THOMAS HOOKS land purchased of THOMAS HOOKS adj. C. D. HILL & Mrs. Bird and lying on or near Horse Pen Branch; slaves Alvin & wife Julia be allowed to choose their new master As Alvin has been to me a faithful servant and contributed much to my comfort; ISAAC WRIGHT & THOMAS B. HILL the Conolly tract in Duplin County purchased from the heirs of JOHN CONOLLY SR., land purchased of ZACHARIAH KORNEGAY on Poley Branch adj. DAVID WRIGHT & Mrs. Bird & the lands formerly belonging to WILLIAM WRIGHT and the lands of JOHN C. BOWDEN; THOMAS B. HILL al! l my crop, provisions, stock of every description, farming implements and utensils, Household and kitchen furniture & black smith's tools upon my Bear Swamp plantation; DR. THOMAS HILL the carpenter's tools now in the possession of Solomon & Peter and used by them; if THOMAS B. Hill & his wife Betsey die without issue, the Mill tract and the tract upon the South side of Bear Swamp to go to BUCKNER L., son of DR. THOMAS & FRANCES HILL instead of LEMUEL HATCH and wife and BUCKNER SMITH; GORDON, husband of BETSY WRIGHT and son in law of THOMAS H. WRIGHT (whose first name is not now recollected) slaves Henry, Sarah & Elvy in trust for THOMAS H. WRIGHT & wife PRISCILLA of Mississippi, also all my lands in the County of Carroll in the State of MIssissippi; brother DR. THOMAS HILL slaves Mary Ann, Thena, Beckey Ann, Solomon, Big Squire & Sarah; BUCKNER L., son of THOMAS & FRANCIS HILL slaves Cassy & Peter her husband & children Edward, Robert, Sena, Peter & Jackson & Luois & his! wife Caroline; FANNY WEYMS slaves Green & his wife Mary Eliza & child Edney & should she die without increase the sd. slaves to HARRIET, dau. of LEMUEL D. & MARTHA HATCH; BUCKNER L. H. WRIGHT slave Louisa now in Mississippi; BUCKNER, son of WENTWORTH W. PIERCE slave Will & wife Fanny & child Peter; DR. EDWARD W. WARD slave Patsey, dau. of Old Becky in trust for the benefit of JAKY JUSTICE or JAKY STEPHENS and at her death to BUCKNER L., son of THOMAS & BETSEY HILL; JOSEPH R. HATCH land on the west side of the main Public road adj. the Wayne plantation which was the residence of my late wife & myself purchased of RHODES CLARISSA HATCH and adj. the land of R. C. HATCH & SAMUEL FLORRENS, also slaves Old Hester, Old Peter & wife Sena; MARGARET J. HALL of the town of Wilmington 10 shares of Capital Stock in the Wilmington & Manchester Rail Road Company; ISAAC WRIGHT 1 share of capital stock of the Wilminton & Weldon Rail Road Company; I herby revoke bequest of slave to CHA! RLES E. RHODES & bequeath him to JOHN SMITH; CATHERINE WITHERSPOON, dau. of LEMUEL D. HATCH slaves Becky & her children Aleck & Washington; BUCKNER L., son of THOMAS B. & BETSEY HILL slaves John, son of Milly; BUCKNER L. H. WRIGHT slave Easter now at the Goshen Plantation, black in color and aged forty years; BUCKNER L., son of THOMAS & FRANCES HILL slaves Jackson & his wife Hannah & should he die without issue slaves to CALHOUN, son of THOMAS & FRANCES HILL; extr. to dispose of my cotton and turpentine on hand, my land known as my Sleepy Creek on Neuse River which I bought of WILLIAM A. WHITFIELD & money divided equally between BUCKNER L., son of DR. THOMAS HILL & FRANCIS and BUCKNER, son of SAMUEL SMITH & MARTHA E. SHINE; CHARLES F. DEEMS $500; extrs. to keep up the farms and carry on the farming operations on my Bear Swamp and the Goshen plantation and on the land opposite by residence in Wayne for the present year and until this (1860) year's crop's have been housed! ; money arising from the sale of the crops to be applied also to the purchase and Erection over my grave of a monument Similar to the one about to be erected to the memory of my late wife, the details as to which I confide to my friend CHARLES F. DEEMS; residue of estate to BUCKNER L., son of THOMAS HILL & wife FRANCES & BUCKNER son of SAML. SMITH & MARTHA E. SHINE; extr. my trusty friends ISAAC WRIGHT & HALSTEAD BOWDEN of Duplin; extr. 2 acres of land upon which is located the family burying ground and two acres of land wheron is located the burying ground of my slaves always be continued and held for the purpose aforesaid; revoke the bequest of Easter to B. L. H. WRIGHT as she has been previously bequeathed in trust for the benefit of ANN GRISWOLD wit: L. P. WOLF, JOS R. PARKER signed: B. L. Hill Codicil: 25 Feb 1860 extr. not to p[ay out or deliver to any one of the heirs at Law of my late wife ANNA M. HILL any of the legacies which I have left in my will until each one shall release his or her claim against me or my estate; if ISAAC WRIGHT should die without wife or issue, his land to go to BUCKNER L., son of THOMAS B. HILL & his wife BETSEY wit: L. P. WOLF, JOS R. PARKER signed: B. L. Hill Dee