Footnote: Halifax County North Carolina Will on file in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History. 20 JUN 1788 Halifax Co. North Carolina.
Note: Original Will located in Halifax County, North Carolina in Will Book no. 3 on page 152.
Joseph Burt's Will bequest: Item XII lend to my beloved wife Elizabeth two Negro women viz: Lyd and Surprisor, during her natural lfie, also the land and plantation whereon I now live.