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Wake County Wills, Record Book 35, Pages 385-386
ELIZABETH (JENKINS) COPELAND, b. 1806
(wife of THOMAS COPELAND, b. 1790) State of North Carolina Wake County. In the name of God Amen!
I ELIZABETH COPELEN being weak in body but of sound mind, and of disposing memory, do make and declare this to be my last will and testament. To wit:
I give and bequeath to my son FABIUS COPELEN, ten acres of land on which I live, beginning at a corner stake running South far enough to take ten
acres, thence East across tract of land to the boundary line. I also give to my said son my mare and buggy, also my bed, bedsteads and furniture,
and one table. I give to grand daughter, MARY EVANS, three acres of land, adjoining that of FABIUS, and I give one acre of land to WILLIAM EVANS,
adjoining MARY's. I give CIDY ANN SMITH five acres, adjoining WILLIAM's. I give to HAWKINS STEWART five acres of land, adjoining CIDY ANN's. I give
to my son JOEL EVANS five acres of land, adjoining HAWKINS STEWART's. I give to my daughter NANCY WALDEN, five acres adjoining JOEL's. I give to
JANE LOCKLEAR three acres, and her daughter, ELIZABETH ALSTON, two acres. Tis my desire that the said MARY EVANS have one bed and mattress, two
sheets, and one bed quilt; and all the rest of my effects, both real and personal, if any, I want sold and equally divided between all of the above
mentioned, except WILLIAM EVANS, he is not to share in this; and I hereby make and ordain my son FABIUS COPELEN, Executor to this my last will and
testament. In writing whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 13th day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand Eight hundred and
seventy-six. Signed and sealed in presence of the
ELIZABETH COPELEN ["J" her mark] (seal) teste: ALLEN ADAMS
GEORGE GREEN ("X" his mark) ------------------------------
Probate of Will State of North Carolina Wake County
In the Probate Court A paper purporting to be the last will and testament of ELIZABETH COPELEN deceased is exhibited before me, the undersigned, Judge of Probate for said County, by FABIUS COPELEN, the Executor therein mentioned and the due execution thereof by the said ELIZABETH COPELEN is proven by the oath and examination of ALLEN ADAMS and GEORGE GREEN, the subscribing witnesses thereto; who being duly sworn doth depose and say and each for himself deposeth and saith, that he is a subscribing witness to the paper-writing now shown here, purporting to be the last will and testament of ELIZABETH COPELEN; that the said ELIZABETH COPELEN in the presence of this deponent, subscribed her name at the end of said paper-writing, which is now shown as aforesaid and which bears date of the 13th day of July 1877.(sic) And the deponent further saith, that the said ELIZABETH COPELEN the testatrix aforesaid, did, a the time of subscribing her name as aforesaid, declare the said paper-writing as subscribed by her, and exhibited, to be her last will and testament, and this deponant did thereupon subscribe his name at the end of said will, as an attesting witness thereto, and at the request and in the presence of the said Testatrix. And this deponent further saith, that at the said time as when the said testrix subscribed her name to the said last will as aforesaid, and at the time of the deponent's subscribing his name as an attesting witness thereto, as aforesaid, the said ELIZABETH COPELEN was of sound mind and memory, of full age to execute a will, and was not under any restraint to the knowledge, information or belief of this deponent; and further these deponents say not. Severally signed & subscribed this 22nd day of May 1877 before me. J. N. BUNTING
Probate Judge ALLEN ADAMS
GEORGE GREEN ("X" his mark) North Carolina Wake County Probate Court
May 22nd, 1877
It is therefore considered and adjudged by the said Court that the said paper writing, and every part thereof, is the last will and testament of
ELIZABETH COPELEN, decd., and the same is ordered to be recorded & filed. J. N. BUNTING
Probate Judge. Notes: This was Elizabeth Jenkins, who was the wife of Thomas Copeland of Wake Co., whom she had married on Oct. 2, 1837 as Elizabeth Evans. She had previously married Asa H. Evans, on March 14, 1826, and was the daughter of Nancy Jenkins, b. abt 1770, of Wake County. Asa died early in 1837 and Elizabeth remarried to Thomas Copeland later that same year. She apparently had a daughter, Jane Jenkins, b. 1825, prior to her marriage to Asa Evans; Jane married Wyatt Locklear on May 6, 1841. Asa & Elizabeth had at least 3 children together, Joel, William and Nancy Evans. Elizabeth & Thomas Copeland had 3 children together: Vina Hawkins, Sidney Ann, and Asa Fabius Copeland. On March 12, 1838, Elizabeth’s mother, Nancy Jenkins had married Stephen Harris, b. 1780, and they were listed together in the 1850 Wake Co. Census a few houses from Thomas & Elizabeth Copeland. By 1860, Stephen had apparently died, and Nancy was living with the Copelands (listed as Nancy Harris Copeland, age 90) and again she was living with them in 1870 as Nancy Jinkins, age 104. Her age had apparently been questioned by the census taker because he wrote a note on the page that says “Jinkins says she remembers well about the close of the Revolutionary war &c”. These families were free persons of color, listed as black or mulatto in the census records.
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