BEAUFORT COUNTY, NC - Wills - William Ruff, 1808.

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                          WILL OF WILLIAM RUFF

Beaufort County,NC Records C.R. 009.508.1 (N.C. State Archives)
1808-1828, page 383

. . . wife Sarah all property for her widowhood. After her death to sister 
Tempey Ruff and her heirs if she will come and live on the land and if she 
nor her heirs will live on the land then I give the said tract of land to 
the use of the Baptist Church, and I give unto my mother $50 if she needs 
it, as soon as she calls for it and then after the death or marriage of my 
wife Sarah Ruff I give the rest of my property to be equally divided 
between my brother Reading Ruff and my sister Tempey Ruff and their heirs 
and I leave my wife Sarah Ruff as an executor and I also leave John B. 
Arhball as an executor to this my last Will and Testament. 5 day of August, 
1826. 
                                            Wm. Ruff

Witness: Jessee G.(T?)etterton
         Elizabeth x Tetterton (her mark)