In The Name of God Amen on the fifth day of May In the year of our Lord One Thousand seven Hundred and ninty Seven.  I, John Lewis of the County of Randolph and the State of North Carolina being weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be unto God, Therefore calling unto mind the mortality of the body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, so make and ordian this My Last will and testament.  In the maner and form following, that is to say, prinicipally and first of all, I give and Recommend my soul into the hands of god who gave it and my body to the earth to be presently buried according to the direction of my Executors hereby named (next two word unreadable) butt at the  General Resurrection.  I shall --- --- the same again by the Mighty ---- of God. and as Touching such worldly estate as it hath pleasured God to bless me with, I give and dispose of the same as Follow --, After my just debts is paid and Funeral Expenses, I give to my son John Lewis my home plantation containing of two hundred Acres of Land the same being in two surveys, the old survey contains one Hundred and Forty acres, The Sec. Survey contains (Page is torn, appears to be) Sixty Acres.

Item, I give to my son David Lewis five Shillings. Item, I give to my son Jacob Lewis five shillings.  All my moving efforts is to be sold and twelve months credit given to my four ---. The money to be divided in the following manner, That is to say: Between my wife, my son Richard, my daughter Rosannah West, my daughter Jane Cammel, my daughter Sartah Buckman, but if they should --- run the surviving party to divide equally, my wearing apparel not to be sold but to be divided between John & Richard. Last of all I do constitue and appoint Richared Lewis and John Lewis and John Cammel my -- and sole executors of this my Last will and testament.  In Witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.

Signed sealed and published and pronounced to be the said John Lewis's Last Will and Testament in the presence of the Subscribers.                           John Lewis

W.E. Knight (sp)

Jeremiah Tiele (sp)

Thomas Lamb