BLADEN COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Thomas Sanders, 16 Nov 1776 ----¤¤¤---- WILL OF THOMAS SANDERS Bladen, NC 1776 Deed Book 23, No. 6, Page 6, To all people to whom these presents shall come I Thomas Sanders do send greetings Know ye that I the said Thomas Sanders of Bladen Co. province of N.C. being very sick & weak in body but of perfect mind and memory do hereby for and in consideration fo the love and affection I have and do bear my beloved wife Amilia Sanders have given and granted and by these presents give grant and bequeath unto my said beloved wife all my real and personal estate during her lifetime if she survives me, that is to say all my lands tenements timbers money goods bills bonds amont furniture utensils provisions stock of horses hogs cattle sheep poultry Negroes or any other part or parcel to me belonging not here mentioned with the condition of her paying one shilling sterling to each of these our children they having received their full proportion of the house heretofore viz: Elizabeth Boswell Elizabeth Ellis, Amili Morly, Thomas Browder, and Eley Sanders my daughter-in-law These I hereby make over to my said wife as my free will and gifts as above mentioned together with full power to dispose of the value of twenty pounds proclamation money of said effects in whatever manner she pleases. It is also my will that at her decease our beloved son Christopher Sanders his heirs and successors shall be sole heirs to the whole estate then to the fore. It is earnestly my request if God takes me out of this world before next court in this county that my deed of gift may be recorded. Thomas Sanders [signed w/signature] (Seal) Signed, sealed and delivered Nov r* 16, 1776 in presence of Duncan Morrison & Senvill Hardwick [The following written in right margin.] This deed was proved in court by the oath of Duncan Morrison and ordered to be registered. John White C. C. [Note: * denotes raised letter. Eley or Elcy not sure. The side margain note should be will vice deed. Could be error of person transcribing from originals.] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Bushy Hartman mihartman@homexpressway.net To view and download a digital image of the above document please visit our web page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~godboldcuz/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------