On 17 September 1858, Turner Bynum of Edgecombe and Wilson Counties penned a will whose provisions included:
- to son Robert Bynum, 855 acres on the north side of White Oak swamp in Wilson County, “old negroes Britt and Miles also my negro man Daniel” and ten shares of railroad stock
- to daughter Nancy Sugg, 1240 acres plus “my four negroes Moriah and her two children Abby and Mike and Jeny and all their increase.” After Nancy’s death, these to be equally distributed among her children, and
- a ratification of earlier gifts of other, unnamed negroes.
Turner Bynum did not die until 1867, mooting the matter of the distribution of his human chattel.
North Carolina Wills and Estates, 1665-1998 [database on-line], http://www.ancestry.com.