Halifax County NcArchives Wills.....Green, William December 20, 1760
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Source: Halifax County Wills, 1758-1824  Book 1, Page 22
Written: December 20, 1760
Recorded: March 1761

North Carolina State Archives
Halifax County Wills, 1758-1824  Book 1, Page 22
C.047.80001

William Green Will

In the Name of God Amen I William Green of Halifax County being sick of  Body 
but of a sound and perfect minde and memory thanks be to Almighty God and call 
the uncertain state of this transitory Life and that all yield unto death When 
it shall please God to call I do make ordain this my Last Will and Testament in 
manner following

Imprimus  I Recomend my sole into the Hands of  almighty God my Savior Jesus 
Christ Nothing Doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the 
same again and for my Body I recom to Earth to be Decently enterred at the 
Discretion of my Ex to after named and for my temporal Estate I give Devise and 
of the same as followeth

Item I Desire that all my just Debts and funeral Expenses to first J and allowed

Item I Give unto my Son William Green five shillings sterling

Item I Give unto my son Inlaw Benjamin Saxon five shillings sterling

Item I Give unto my Grand Son William Saxon thirty shilling

Item I Give unto my son Thomas Green  my horse he has in posestion

Item I Give unto my son John Green my Lands Lying Between the gum pond and River

Item I Give to my Daughter Amy Green my still and the land I now Live on

Item I Give unto son Robert Green the Plantation  and all the Lands above the 
Gum pond and my Negro man Daniel and two Beds and all the rest of my Worldly 
Estate when and where soever to be found and I do make my son Robert Green sole 
Executor of this my last will and Testament, and I do revoke all and every 
former Will by me made Ratifing and confirming this and no other to be my Last 
Will and Testament In Witness where of I have hereunto set my hand and fixed my 
Seal this Twentyth Day of December one thousand seven hundred and Sixty
						        his
						Wm ( ) Green  (seal)
						      mark
Test ye James Lovel Junior
Morning Beck

Halifax County -------------March Court 1761
This will was Exhibited in Open Court and proved by the Oaths of James Lovel 
and Mourning Beck two of the Subscribing Witnesses and on  motion Ordered to be 
Recorded the same time Robert Green Executor therein named appeared in Court 
and was Duly qualified According to Law.
                                                Test Jrs: Montfort C.C._

Transcription by Jean Mayo Hirsch from documents found at the North Carolina 
Archives 2008
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