585, p 91.  JOHN PORTER, SR.  28 Feb 1818 prb in May 1821
Ct.  Being in my ordinary health of body, I will to my son-in-law
Thompson Walker, $10, and the property he received through his
wf Jean [Porter decd?]; to my dau Mary Porter a bed and bedstead,
a bolster, two pillows, two sheets and blankets, a rug, two quilts,
three counterpanes, the negro Lizy and her increase, my mare and
her colt with saddle and bridle, a spinning wheel and a pair of cards,
a clack reel, a third of my pewter, the tea ware, a coffee pot, a metal
pot and a Dutch oven, her choice of the small pots and the pot rack,
and as long as she remains single and lives on my plantation and
manages the household she is to have the room in my mansion house
that she now occupies.  Should the sd Mary die without issue the
negro Lizy and her increase are to be equally divided among my six
sons viz: Hugh, Alexander, John, Robert, Joseph, and James
Porter, or their survivors.
    I will to my son-in-law Upton Byrum $100 to be paid by
my sons in equal portions; to my son Hugh Porter the parcel where
he now lives being part of the land purchased from James Barnett,
Hugh's spring branch being the dividing line between him and my
other lands; to my three sons Alexander, John, and James Porter the
tract I now live on, together with the parcel remaining from Hugh's
bequeathment, to be divided among them equally but John is to have
first choice; to my sons Robert and Joseph Porter the 120-acre tract
on Steele Cr adj Wm. Ferguson; to my son John Porter my bed and
bedstead with its furniture and curtains, a patchwork quilt, a
homespun quilt, a third of my pewter, half of the kitchen furniture,
and a horse; to my son James Porter a bed, bedstead, and its fur-
niture, a homespun quilt, a patchwork quilt, a counterpane, a black
horse, a third of my pewter, and a third of my kitchen furniture; to
my son Robert Porter a feather bed, bedstead, and furniture, a home-
spun quilt, a counterpane, and a horse; to my son Joseph Porter a
feather bed, bedstead, and furniture, a homespun quilt, a
counterpane; and to my sons John and James Porter all my farming
utensils to be equally divided between them.
    All the remainder of my property is to be sold, and after my
just debts are paid the proceeds are to be divided equally among my
six sons. Exrs: Trusty friend Robert Bigham and my son Hugh. Wit:
William Matthews, Stephen McRum, and Robert Bigham.  Isaac
Alexander, CNC.

"Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; Will Abstracts, 1791-1868,
Books A-J" published 1993 - by Herman W. Ferguson