Will of Kinchen Norfleet

Will as Recorded in The Record of Wills, Gates County, NC, Book 3, pgs.
120-121
Will Probated Aug. 1849 in Gates Co.

In the name of God Amen:
Know all men by these present that I , Kinchen Norfleet, of
the County of Gates an State of North Carolina, being low in health yet
possessing my right mind, do make this my last Will and Testament.

Item 1st. I give and bequeath to my three sons Marmaduke Norfleet,
Seth R. Norfleet and James J. Norfleet to them and their heirs each of
my creek mills, including all my land above So. Mill covered by the
waters, one acre at each end of the damn, and fifty feet below running
parallel with sd. damn to take possession the first day of January 1851
at which time the present sent by which it is encumbered expires.

Item 2nd. I will that all my land and chattel estate be sold, from the
proceeds all my lawful debts be paid, the remainder with all my negroes
to be equally divided between all my children, viz: John R. Norfleet,
Nancy Jordan, Susan B. Walton, and James J. Norfleet and their heirs
forever.-

Item 3rd. I leave my sons Marmaduke Norfleet and Seth R. Norfleet my
special executors.
Given under my hand and seal, this 23rd day of January 1849.
Kinchen Norfleet (seal)
Signed, sealed & in the presents of
Allen Smith
James Rawls