BERTIE COUNTY    WILL - OLIVER, Thomas - 1765

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      [WILL OF THOMAS OLIVER]

In the Name of God Amen, Jany. ye 15th 1765 ------
I Thomas Oliver of the Province of North Carolina and in the County of Bertie
being sick and weak in body but of Sound and Perfect Memory Thanks be unto
Almighty God; and Calling to Mind the Uncertain Estate of this Transitory Life
and that all flesh was Born once to Dye, I Therefore Doe Make & Declare
this to
be my last Will and Testament, Revoking all other former Will or Wills In
Manner and form following; First I Commit my Soul to Almighty God that Gave
it,
and my body to the Earth to be Decently Interr'd at the Discretion of my
Exctrs
Hereafter Nominated -- and as to what Worldly Goods it has pleased almighty
God
to Endue me with I Dispose of in Manner and form following ----
Item  I Will and Bequeath unto my two Beloved Brothers David Oliver, and John
Oliver, and my Beloved Sister Elsabeth Hanswik (after my Funerall Charges and
Just Debts are paid) all my Whole Estate, both Reale and Personall, to be
Equally Devided between the said David Oliver, John Oliver, and Eliz. Hanswik
----
I Lykewise Nominate and Appoint my Well Beloved Brother John Oliver, and my
friend John Kotterell to be my Exctrs. to this my last will and Testament, In
Witness Whereof I have Hereunto Set my hand and Seale -----
                                                     Thos. Oliver
Witness Present,

John Cleland

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						Charles



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