CHATHAM COUNTY, NC - WILLS - William Dodd, 1 Jan 1820
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In the name of God Amen, I WILLIAM DODD of the County of Chatham being
through the abundant mercy and goodness of God of perfect understanding 
and memory do make constitute and appoint these my Last Will and 
Testament and Desire it may  be received by all as such. Imprimis I 
humbly bequeath my Soul to God my maker beseeching his most gracious 
exceptance of it through the sufficient merity of my compassionate 
Redeemer Jesus Christ who gave himself to be attonement for my sins and 
is able to Love to the utmost all tha comes to God by him seeing has 
ever liveth to make entercessions for them and who trust will not reject 
me a returning persistent sinner when I come to him for mercy in this 
hope and confidence I render my soul with comfort him beseeching the 
blessed trinity one God most holey merciful and gracious to prepare me 
for the time of my disalution and then take me to himself unto that rest 
and incomparable felicity which he has prepared for all that come and 
fear his Holy Name Amen blessed be God. Imprimis I give my body to the 
Earth from whence it was taken in full appearance of its resurrection 
from thence at the last Day as for my burial I leave it to the 
discretion of my dear wife and executors hereafter named and as for my
worldly Estate I will and positively order my just debts be paid first 
then I lend to my loving wife HENRYETTA DODD During her life or 
widowhood all my land and living within doors and without doors the 
support of herself and small children and after her decease or marriage 
the land whereon I now live I give and bequeath unto my two sons 
BENJAMIN DODD and NICKOLAS DODD to be Equally Divided between them for 
ever and if Either of them die without heirs or before they can Receive 
it the other to Return to the others part of the land then my Desire is 
at the decease or marriage of my loving wife that all my moveable 
property after my daughters JAIN (JANE) DODD, TELEY DODD, ROSEY DODD and 
PENATHA? DODD takes out there properity of mine which Each one now nows 
there own property the balance to be sold and Equally divided between 
all my children then living no advantage to be taken __ others ___ all 
__ __ in unity ___ ___ is I allso Do not disinherit? My Daughters above 
named but that they shall have a rite to __ my house __ __ __ whereon I 
now live as __ Remain __ __ ___ Nominate and appoint My loving wife 
HENRYETTA __ __ and my Sons GEORGE DODD and BENJAMIN DODD and JONATHAN 
DODD Executors of my Last will and Testament and trusty ___ brethren in
witness whereon I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this first day __ 
of January one thousand Eight Hundred and twenty. 

				WILLIAM DODD (Seal). 

Tested by us. J. C. BARBEE, WM. MERRELL, JR. 

I WILLIAM DODD &c do make this Codicil to be taken as part of my last 
will and testament as followeth (that is to say) my further wish that my 
___ grand son, JOHN CHITTON SEARES should __ one bed and furniture when 
he shall marry or arive to the age of twnety one years, in witness 
whereof I have set my hand and seal this 4th of May 1822. 

				WM. DODD (Seal). 

Test: WM. MERRILL. State of North Carolina, Chatham County.

Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions November Session A.D. 1823. 
The Execution of the Will & Codicil of WILLIAM DODD, dec was duly proven 
in open court by WM. MERRELL a subscribing Witness thereto and ordered 
to be recorded and is recorded in Book B, pages 205, 206, & 207. 

THOS. NAYLOR.