In the Name of God Amen. Feb 14th 1790 I Benjamin Ratley of the
County of Lincoln and the
State of North Carolina being sick and weak
in body but of perfect and sound under standing do Make Constitute and
Appoint this to be my Last
Will and Testament and as touching my
worldly Estate desire to dispose of it manner and
form following to wit
First I give
and bequeath unto my Loving wife Rebekah
Ratley one Negro boy named Jesse aged twelve
years old during her life and one feather bed
and Furniture one gray Mare one Sow and Eight
Pigs one Small Steer I also give and bequeath unto
my daughter Susanna Haskins five Shillings I
give and bequeath unto my daughter Michal Bradshaw
five Shillings I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Bradshaw five Shillings I
also Give and bequeath unto my son Benjamin Ratley
one young Mare I give and bequeath unto my
daughter Jean [?dix] five Shillings and I also do appoint my wife Rebekah Ratley and Jonas Bradshaw Executers
of this my last will and Testament In witness whereof
I have set my hand and Seal this 14 day of Feb 1790
