1793 Will of
Anne Clark(e) Hooper

I Anne Hooper of the State of North Carolina inhabitant of Hillsborough in the County of Orange. Being sound in mind do write this my last Will with my own Hand hoping that whatever inaccuracies my Children may find in it It will not lead them into disputes but settle amicably any little errors that my ignorance may lead me into

First I give & bequeath to my beloved Son William Hooper a third part of my Landed property his Fathers Desk & book Case a boy called Junius a Mulatto . another named July son of Jem & Tom son of Lavinia to him his Heirs & Assigns . I likewise give the said William two Feather Beds & Mattrass & four Salt cellars

To my dearest daughter Elizabeth Watters I give & bequeath one third part of my Landed property. A mulatto Woman named Peggy & her Son Frank a Punch Ladle my dressing Table a Chair & Screen of my own working A Feather Bed & Mattrass to her Her Heirs & assigns.
Excepting Peggy & Frank whom at her decease I desire may be given to my dear Grand son Henry Watters

To my dear Son Thomas Hooper I leave the other third part of my Landed property A Negro Woman named Hannah a boy named Sam & a Girl called Betsie Son & Daughter of Lavinia Twelve large spoons twelve tea spoons a Soup Ladle sugar tongs & tea strainer my Desk a Feather Bed & Mattrass to him his Heirs & assigns

To Lavinia at my death I bequeath her Freedom with a Cow & Calf

The remainder of the Household furniture Stock Negros & Horses my Children will divide among them as best suits their convenience without quarrels

Written with my own Hand the thirty first day of March in the year one thousand seven hundred & ninety three at Hyrnham

Anne Hooper

I appoint my Sons William & Thomas Hooper Executors Daughter Elizabeth Watters Executrix April fifth one thousand hundred [sic] & ninety three

Anne Hooper

provd in open Court 25th Augt 95 by the oaths of Gavin Alves & Samuel Benton. At the same time Thomas H. Hooper quallified as Exr to the same.

J. B. CC