Halifax County, NC Will of Hall, Robert -1796 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Pauline Pierce Halifax Co NC Will Bk. 3, pg 278: Dr. Robert Hall. In the Name of God Amen. I ROBERT HALL of the County of Halifax & State of No. Carolina do make this my last will & testament in order to prevent any disputes that may arrise after my death respecting the distribution of my estate. Item, It is my will & desire that, all my just debts should be first paid out of monies that is owing & due to me by bonds, book debts & otherwise & if those funds should be inadequate then it is my will & desire that such part of my estate may be sold as shall seem most expedient to my executors hereafter named for the purpose aforesaid. Item, I give & bequeath & devise, the whole of my estate both real & personal to my wife, WILLS HALL, my son WILLIAM PLEASANT HALL & to my daughter JUDITH BAILEY HALL, to be equally divided between them by five persons appointed for that purpose under an order of the Court of said County to them & their heirs forever except, as to such part of my real estate, which should happen to be allotted & set off to my beloved wife Wills which it is to be remembered, is only given to her for & during her natural life & no longer. Item, It is my will & desire that my estate real & personal may be kept together for the purpose of maintaining my wife & rearing & educating in the proper manner, my two children, untill they attain lawful age or marry under the direction & management of my executors hereinafter named, unless my said wife Wills should marry or depart this life in which case or should any of the said contingencies happen then it is my will & desire in that case that my estate real & personal may be divided in the manner as is before mentioned and that part of my estate which may so fall, in the division or under this will or in any other manner to my two children or either of them, to be taken in possession by their Testamentary Guardian for their benefit & advantage should their said Guardian be then living. Item, It is my will & desire that in case both of said children should die before they attain lawful age or marry, then I geve the use & profits of the whole of my estate both real & personal to my beloved wife Wills for & during her natural life (provided she remains my widow, Viz. Unmarried) and after her death should it so happen that both of my said children should die, before they attain lawfull age or marry, then I give & bequeath & devise the whole of my estate real & personal to be equally divided between my brother, SAMUEL HALL & THOMAS HALL, in such case, to them & their heirs forever, my intention & meaning in this last clause is that at the decease of my wife & the decease of both my children should it so happen that they die under lawfull age or before they have married then in that case, it is my will that my brother Samuel & Thomas be entitled to my estate aforesaid. Item, I do hereby nominate constitute & appoint THOMAS HALL guardian to my said two children, to attend, to their morals & education & the management of their Estates, under this will & lastly I do constitute & appoint my beloved wife Wills Hall Executrix & my brother Thomas Hall & my friend RICHARD H. LONG, executors to this my Last Will & Testament, and as I expect my brother Thomas will be at considerable trouble & inconvenience in the management of my estate, I do give & bequeath to him my shop furniture, medicine & instruments in addition to whatever the won. high full court of said county may think proper to allow him for the execution of this will & hereby revoking all other wills by me heretofore made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 7th July Anno Dom. 1796. Ro Hall (Seal) Signed sealed & delivered in presence of L. Long William Jordan Ro Long. Halifax County February Sessions 1797 then this will was exhibited in open court & duly proved by the oath of Lunsford Long one of the subscribing witnesses thereto & on motion ordered to be recorded, whereupon, Thomas Hall one of the executors therein named came in & was duly qualified thereto. Witness L. Long C Ct. ============================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==============================================================