ANSON COUNTY, NC - WILLS - William Terry Will - 1775

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Anson County, NC, Will Book 1, page 37
(copy received from North Carolina State Archives)


William Terrys Will

In the name of God Amen.  I William Terry of Anson County being 
very sick & weak in mind but in perfect mind & memory thanks be 
unto God Calling to mind the mortality of my body & knowing that it 
is appointed for all men (one?) to die do make & ordain this my Last 
Will & Testament that is to say Principal-ly & first of all I give & 
recommend my soul unto the hand of Almighty God that gave it & my 
body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian burial 
at the Discretion of Executors nothing Doubting but at the General 
Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the might power of God 
& as Touching such worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to 
bless me in this Life I give devise and of the same in the following 
manner & form.

Item  I give to my Daughter Martha Pickett one negro named Tom and 
Twenty pounds prock.

Item  I give unto my son James Terry all my Lands by him freely to be 
possessed & Enjoyed also one negro man named Bob.

Item  I give to my Daughter Mourning Coleman one negro boy named 
Shaper.

Item  I give to my Daughter Margarett Smith one negro Girl named 
Jude.

Item  I give to Elizabeth (Hellams?) one cow & calf one feather bed & 
furniture then after my lawfull Debts is paid I Lend all the rest of my 
Estate unto my wife Mary Terry During her natural Life & after her 
Decease sixty pounds to be Raised out of the Estate and Equally Dived 
between my three Daughters Martha Mourning & Margarett & the Rest 
to be Equally Divided amongst the four chil-dren above mentioned  To 
wit

Martha James Mourning & Margarett.

Lastly I appoint my son James Terry & my wife Mary Terry Executor 
of this my Last Will and Testament & I do hereby utterly Disallow 
revoke & Disannul all & Every other former Testament In witness 
whereof I have set my hand and seal this (6 ?) day of September one 
thousand seven hundred & seventy five

Wm Terry {seal}

Signed Sealed in presents of 
John Coleman
Wm Roberts