Hertford County, NC - Will of Nial Nicholds, 1853 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NIAL NICHOLDS I NIAL NICHOLDS of the county of Hertford and State of North Carolina being of sound mind and memory but considering the uncertainty of my Earthly Existance do make and declare this my last will and Testament in maner and form following that is to say First that my Executor hereafter named shall provide for my body a decent burial and pay all Funeral Expenses together with my Just debts Howsoever and to whomsoever owing out of the monies arising from the sale of my parishable property and in event that is not sufficient to saytisfy my Just debts & c that my Negro girl FILLIS shall be hired out until the money arising from said Hire shall be sufficient to Satisfy said debts & c Item I Give and bequath to my Daughter APPLY GROVE NICHOLDS negro girl FILLIS and increase togeather with the whole of the residue of my property if any to her and to her personal representatives for Ever I do hereby constitute and appoint my Trusty friends Dr. GODWIN C. MOORE my lawful Executor to all intents and purposes to Execute this my last will and Testament according to the true intent and meaning of the same and every part and every clause thereof Hereby revoking and declaring utterly void all other wills and testaments by me heretofore made in Witness whereof I the said NIAL NICHOLDS do hereunto set my hand and seal this 4 day of May 1853 NIAL NICHOLDS Seigned sealed published and declared by the said NIAL NICHOLS to be his last Will and Testament in the present of us who at his request in his presence and in the presents of each other do subscribe our names as Witnesses thereunto ABNER ANDREWS, NATHANIEL DAUGHTIE May Court 1853: proved by ABNER ANDREWS; GODWIN C. MOORE executor-qualified __________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Linda Gamel & Marianne N. Ordway ___________________________________________________________________