HAYWOOD COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Mary Magdaline Wigle Tanner, 13 Mar 1810 --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- Last Will and Testament of Mary Magdaline Wigle Tanner The last will and Testament of MARY MAGDALINE WIGLE, otherwise known as MARY MAGDALINE TANNER, her last husband being Michael Tanner resident of Haywood County & State of North Carolina. First I Commend my soul to that Almighty being who gave it, and my Body I request should be descently Buryed, and the property I shall be possessed of, my will is shall be distributed and divided in the following manner to witt, that is to say, the obligations which I have on Sundry persons for money Shall be collected and divided equally among my Children John, Michael, Henry, Susanah, George, Elisabeth, Samuel Wigle, and Mary Smith wife of Lewis Smith, Share and Share alike, to be collected and paid to them by my executors or paid in giving them the obligations Referred to above as my executors & them may Agree & find Convenient. one bed & furniture I bequeath to my daughter Susanah & one Bed & furniture to my daugher Elisabeth. the Wheels & _ _ _ _ _ _ to be divided beteween my said daughters Susanah and Elisabeth & the Ballance or Residue of the Household furniture I bequeath to my son John Wigle. a horse Colt of two years old this Spring I also bequeath to my daughter Susanah, and the Colt my mare may bring this Spring I bequeath to my daughter Elisabeth and Should it so happen that my mare now with colt Should loose or not bring the Colt or, it Should die Within ten days after it is Colted that then and in Such Case it is my will that my said daughter Elisabeth Shall have the Value of thirty dollars out of the Value of my said mare (to be hereafter valued) to be appropiated to the purchase of a horse creature for her use and my Said Bay mare now with colt (after she has folded) Shall be valued by two Judicary Men Chosen by my executors and the valuation of said man to be Equally divided among All my Children aforementioned. [This starts the 2nd page] Except the thirty dollars in the Valuation already given to my daughter Elisabeth should She miss bringing the Colt She is_ _ _ [now?] _ _ _ [big?] _ _ _ _[with?], and it is further my Will that Some of my Children take and Receive [?] said mare at her valuation & pay the other legatees their Just proporation of her price but if none of my Children Choses to take or Receive [?] the mare in Such Conditions it is then my Will that the mare be sold on a Personable Credit and the money Ariving be Equally divided among my Children aforesaid. And I do hereby Constitute And Appoint my Son John Wigle & my friend Peter Walken Executors of this my last Will & testament Signed with my hand this 13th day of March in the year of our Lord 1810. Mary Magdaline Wigle or Tanner her X mark Witness present his Jacob X Hedreck mark her Rosana X Buss [Bust, Buff] Jurat mark her Rhoda X Hyatte Jurat mark September Court 1810 Proven and ordered to be Recorded Important Note: This Mary Magdalene Wigle / Wikle has mistakenly been linked as the wife of Joseph Turner of Haywood County whose name also was Mary. This Last Will and Testament should serve to prove otherwise. Her married name was Tanner not Turner, and her husband was Michael Tanner, not Joseph Michael Turner. The above transcription was made from the Haywood County court records by Lucy Brown (rolu@knology.net) on October 27, 2002. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Marshall Styles ___________________________________________________________________