1813 Benjamin Hinson Sr named wife Morning; sons Charles Hinson, Bartlett Hinson, Benjamin Hinson, Obediah Hinson, Edward Harried Hinson, and John Hinson (why was this order chosen in the will?); several daughters; and grandchild Brooks Hinson and bequeathed the home plantation to grandson Brooks.
1833 The will of Morning Hinson was dated December 30 in Anson County, North Carolina. The will named son Brooks, son-in-law John Haley, daughter Winifred Haley, and grand-daughter Nancy Ann Haley. Executors: son Brooks Hinson and son-in-law John Haley. Witnesses William H Cocke, John C Hinson, and Benjamin Clark. [1] [2]:
In the name of God Amen- I Mourning Hinson of the County of Anson and State of North Carolina being in common health and of perfect mind and disposing understanding thanks be given unto God calling into service the mortality of every body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it and my body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in Christian decency as my Executors shall direct nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of god and as touching such worldly Estates where with it has pleased God to bless me within this life. I give and devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form And first of all I give and bequeth to my son Brooke Hinson three negroes namely Nanny and all of her increase and Harbard and George. Item I give and bequeth to my granddaughter Mourning Hinson one feather bed and furniture. Item I give and bequeth to my daughter Winifred Haily and to the heirs of her body the property following one negro man named William also three female negroes namely Juda and Phebe and Jane and all their increase to be duly appropriated to my daughter Winifred and the lawful issue of her body. Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Winifred Haley all my little affects consisting of household and kitchen furniture. Item I also give and bequeath to my granddaughter Nancy Ann Haily one painted chest and lastly I nominate constitute and appoint my son Brooke Hinson and my son-in law John Haily sole Excutors of this my last will and testament and I do do hereby utterly revoke and make void all and every other will and testaments my me at any timemade ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the thirtyeth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three signed sealed and published and declared by the said Mourning Hinson as her last will and testament in the presence of we who in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names William H Cox, John C Hinson, Benjamin Clark, State of North Carolina. Anson County. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions October Term 1847.
Then the foregoing will was duly proven in open Court by the oath of John C Hinson one of the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded whereupon Brooks Hinson and John Haily appeared in open Court and were duly qualified as Executors and obtained letters of Testamentory
Research Notes:
Many researchers name Morning Moorman as the wife of Benjamin Hinson Sr.
[1] North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970, Anson, B-231, [FamilySearchImage].
[2] North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, [AncestryImage].