Bertie County North Carolina    Will  Hoggard, Jesse - 1898

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Jesse G. Hoggard Will - 1898
North Carolina,
Bertie County
I, Jesse G. Hoggard of the aforesaid County and State, being of
sound mind but considering the uncertainty of my earthly existence
do make and declare this my last will and testament,

First my executor, hereinafter mentioned or names shall give my
body a decent burial suitable to the wished of my friends and
relative, and pay all my funeral expenses, together with all my
just debts out of the first money which may come into her hands,
belonging to my estate.

Second, I give and bequeath to my wife, Abby Hoggard all my
property of every description, consisting of all my land, horses,
wagons, carts, cattle, hogs and all other property that I may own
at my death not herein mentioned, to have and to hold and use to
her best advantage during her natural life and after her death my
John H. Hoggard tract of land I will to my daughter, Nancy E.
Bazemore, and all other property of every description shall be
equally divided my daughter Nancy E. Bazemore, and my son Jessee W.
Hoggard.

I hereby constitute and appoint my wife Abby Hoggard my lawful
executor to all intents and purposes to execute this my last will
and testament, in witness whereof I the said Jessee G. Hoggard do
hereunto set my hand and seal this 15th day of March 1898.
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					Jessee X G. Hoggard
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Signed, sealed and delivered by the said Jessee G. Hoggard to be
his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his
request and in his presence, do subscribe our names as witness
thereto. _. R.Cherry      Witnesses
					E. E. Harmon
North Carolina,
Bertie County
The foregoing paper writing purporting to be the last will and
testament of Jessee G. Hoggard, deceased is this day exhibited
before me, the undersigned Clerk of the Superior Court for said
County, and the due execution thereof is proved by the oath and
examination of  _. R. Cherry and E. E. Harmon, the subscribing
witnesses thereto who testify that the said Jessee G. Hoggard
signed the said paper writing in their presence and declared the
same to be his last will and testament, and that they did at the
request of said testator and in his presence write their names at
the end of said will as attesting witnesses thereto and that at the
time when said will was so executed said Jessee G. Hoggard --------
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