CHATHAM COUNTY, NC - WILLS - James Neal - 1834

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James Neal Will - 2 Jan 1834-Aug 1834
Chatham Co., NC - Record of Wills (original)
NC State Archives film # C.022.8001
Vol.C- 1834-1857, pg. 6 (467-468)

In the Name of God Amen, I James Neal of the County of Chatham and 
State of North Carolina being weak of body and Remembering that it is 
appointed for all men Once to die do make and ordain this my last Will 
and Testament and do hereby revoke and make Null and Void all other 
wills by me made, do naming this Only to be my last and as regards
the estate that it has Pleased God to bless me with I dispose of in the
following manner, viz,
First it is Will and desire that my beloved Wife and Executor or 
Executors dispose of such part of my estate as my wife thinks can most 
conveniently be spared to sell, all just claims, against the same. 
Secondly, my will and desire is that all the estate I die in possession
of both real and personal, and, of whatever description it may be
after settling my Just debts shall Remain with and be enjoyed by me 
beloved wife during her life (Thirdly My Will and desire is at My 
Wife's death the property above named shall be immediately possessed by
my daughter Mariah J. Petty and be to her use and benefit during her 
life after my daughters death My Will and desire is all the above
named property with the increase shall be equally divided among and 
between all my above said daughter Mariah J. Petty's surviving children
in case my one or more of my Grand Children should have married and 
left Issue and is dead before such division, my desire is that such 
Great Grand Child or children should have such part as though my
Grand Child was living.
My Will and desire is that all the property that I have put in 
possession of my son in law of whatever nature, it be to belong to him 
and disposable of by him agreeable to his will and Pleasure. Lastly I 
hereby appoint my beloved wife my executor and my beloved friend Edward Rives my Executor
Signed and Sealed this 2nd day January 1834
In Presence of James Neal {Seal)
David Harris
Thomas {"T" his mark} Clark

Chatham county- this certifies that the foregoing Last Will and 
Testament of James Neal was duly proved in Court of Pleas and Quarter 
Sessions August term 1834 by the oath (of) David Harris and Thomas 
Clark {T his mark) subscribing witness thereto and ordered to be 
Recorded Witnesses ? Edwd' Rives and (my wife executor), Abigail Neal, 
Executors therein named and was qualified.

( This will has a lot of overwriting at the end but, I have tried to 
read and extract it as closely as possible SA)