CHATHAM COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Birdsong Burns, 22 Feb 1849
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Will - Birdsong Burns - Will Book C - pg. 364
Feb. 1849 - Probated 1854 


In the name of God Amen, I Birdsong Burns being of sound and perfect mind and
memory blessed be God , do this day the twenty-second day of February eighteen
hundred  and forty nine do make and endow this my last will and testament  in
manner and form viz .  I first give and bequeath my soul to God who gave it
and my body to be buried in a decent Christian burial,  Secondly, I give and
bequeath unto my wife Jane W. Burns all my property both real and personal
during her natural life and widowhood with the following exceptions to wit.  I
give one dollar each to all of brothers and sisters after the death of my
wife.  I give to my step-son George W. Burns one half of the lands I may die
possessed of including the dwelling house where I now reside and to my step-
daughter Henrietta Burns I give the other half of the above mentioned lands.
I also give to George W. Burns a certain negro girl to wit Mary.  All my
perishable property to be sold and equally divided between G. W. Burns and
Henrietta Burns by my executors.  I do hereby appoint my worthy Jordan Tyson
and Oran(?) Tyson executors to this my last will and testament in witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 22nd day of
February, 1849.  

Test.                                          B.S. Burns
Roderick A. McIver
Edwin L. Tyson


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