On 30 September 1825, Britton Simms of the Black Creek area (then in Wayne County, now in southeast Wilson County), “being in a low state of health but in perfect disposing mind and memory,” penned a will whose provisions included:
- to daughter Mary Chance “two Negroes one by the name of Harper and Lot his wife”
- to daughter Sally Daniel “three Negroes by the name of Ollif, Arch and George“
- to Britton Daniel “one Negro girl by the name of little Haner“
- to granddaughter Kiziah Bardin “one Negro girl by the name of Selah“
- to granddaughter Polly Bardin “one Negro girl by the name of Hanah“
- to grandson James Daniel “one Negro boy by the name of Pompy“
- to grandson Robert Aycock “one Negro boy by the name of J[illegible]”
- to grandson Jesse Aycock “one Negro boy by the name of Tom“
- to grandson James Bardin “one Negro boy by the name of Abram“
- to grandson Moses Daniel “one Negro girl by the name of Lany“
North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 [database on-line], http://www.ancestry.com.