CARTERET COUNTY, NC - WILLS - John Sanders, 15 Jan 1768
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Contributor's Note:  Following is a will appearing to have been written by
John Sanders on January 15, 1768. It was not signed, witnessed, probated, or
recorded. It was transcribed by Frances Henderson on May 10, 1999 from a copy
received from another family researcher, Sydney Davis. Attempt was made to
include spelling, capitalization, and punctuation (or lack thereof) as in the
original. It appears to be legitimate.


In the Name of God Amen - the fifteenth day of January 1768 I John Sanders of
the County of Carteret in the Province of North Carolina Being Sick and weak
in Body but of Perfect Mind and Memmory thanks be to god ----

Therefore Calling to mind the Mortality of my Body and knowing it is appointed
for all men once to die do make ordain this my last will and Testament that is
to say Principaly and first of all I give and Recommend my Soul into the hands
of God that gave it and my Body to be Buried in a Christian manner at the
Discertion of my Executors -----

I give and Dispose of the Same in the following Manner ------

Item I give to my Wife Ruth all my Estate her lifetime and at her Disseas as
follows -----

Item I give and bequeath to my Son James Sanders my land and all [Privelege?]
thereunto blonging.

Item I give to my daughter Prudance Sanders three Cowes and Calves and one
fether bed and furnerture

Item I give to my daughter Elizebth Sanders three Cowes and Calves and one
fether bed and furnerture.

Item I give to my Daughters Prudance and Elizebth all my puter (?) [pewter]

Item I give all the Remandar part of my Estate to be Ekuely Devided amoungst
all my ChilDren--

Item I leave my wife Excutrix with my Son John Sanders Executor of this my
last Will and Testament and I Do here by Disalow all former Will or Testaments
by Me in any wayes before Named Confirming this and no other to be my last
Will Witness Where of I have hereunto Set My hand and Seal the Day and year
above Written Signed Seald in the presents of

Here it ends with no signature, no probate date, no witnesses. There is some
tiny writing at the bottom "Proved in Open." but that's all. On the outside it
says "Sanders Will 1768 Not signed or probated".