BERTIE COUNTY    WILL - OLIVER, JOHN - 1816

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                                  [WILL OF JOHN OLIVER]

In the name of God Amen -- I John Oliver, of the County of Bertie, and
State of North carolina, being very sick and weak in body, but, of perfect
mind and memory, thanks be given unto God; Calling unto my mind the
mortality of my Body, and knowinf that it is appointed for all men once
to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament; That is to
say, principally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul unto the
hands of Almighty God that gave it, and my body I recommend to the earth,
to be buried in decent Christian burial, at the discretion of my
executors; nothing doubting but at the general redurrection, I shall
receive the same again, by the mighty power of God, And as touching such
worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life, I
give, demise [sic], and dispose of the same in the following manner and
form, --
First, I Lend to Amela, my dearly beloved wife, all of my Lands and
household and kitching [sic] furniture, with all my stock of horses,
Cattle, hogs, bees, and all the farming utentials [sic], wich [sic] is my
will and desire my dearly beloved wife, shall have during her natural
life, --
Item, I give and bequeath to my Son Allen Oliver after the death of my
wife, all my lands,
Item, It is my will and desire that all the rest of my property after the
death of my wife, shall be equally divided amongst my five Daughters,
Viz, Patsey Oliver, Mary Oliver, Mary Oliver, Edeath Oliver, Amela
Oliver, and Elizabeth Oliver, And I do hereby utterly disallow, revok
[sic], and disannul [sic] all and every other former testaments, wills,
legacies, bequests, and executors, by me in anywise before named, willed,
and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this, and no other to be my last
will and testament

[here the second page begins with the word This on the first
line, which has been stricken]

I likewise make and appoint John Robbins and Amela my wife to be the
Executors, of this my last will and Testament, In witness whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this twenty fourth [day is written in here
in superscript with a ^ pointing to it] of January in the Year of our
Lord one thousand Eight hundred and sixteen,

Signed, Sealed, Published, pronounced  }
and declared by the said John         
}   [here John
Oliver has been signed in
Oliver as his last will and            }            very shaky hand, then
stricken out]
Testament, in the presence of us       }
who in his presence, and in the        }            John Oliver [almost
as shaky] {Seal}
presence of each other, have           }
hereto subscribed our Names --         }
       his
Samuel  X  Hobbs
       mark

Hudson Pritchard

John Bond, Junr

State of North Carolina  }
Bertie County            }  Feby Term 1816

                            This last will  Testament of John Oliver
decd was proved in open Court by the Oath of John Bond Junr, one of the
Subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded

                                  Test.
                                         Sol. Cherry, Clk
[The following is written upside-down at the bottom of the second
page]
38
John Olivers 
Will
Recorded in Book F
Page 312
S Cherry


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