Iredell County NcArchives Wills.....Harris, Samuel 1?96 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Gary bbteam@mycvc.net May 31, 2007, 5:29 pm Source: Personal Record Written: 1?96 Will of Samuel Harris (reproduced as written) In the Name of God Amen I Samuel Harris of Iredell County in the State of North Carolina being in perfect health and sound in the Excercise of my Reason and Judgment Calling to mind the mortality of my Body I do hereby Constitute and appoint this my last Will and Testament hereby I do revoke make void and Disanull all former Wills and Testaments made by me. Implimus I commit my Soul to God who gave it Item I Commit my body to the Earth to be Decently interred Item I Bequeath to my Dear Wife Mary and her three Children by me (viz) Abner Eli and Lydia all the Negroes I have and possessions to be Equally Divided amongst them Item I likwise Bequeath to my three Children (viz) Abner Eli and Lydia one thousand acres land which I entered in partnership with Robert Harris ---- Armstong ---- the same land being entered in Said Robert Harrises name and for which I have his Bond to make me a Deed of Conveyance Item I Bequeath to my seven children (viz) James Harris William Harris Andrew Harris Rebecca Provence Martha Sloan Samuel Harris and Pamela Harris all the land I hold on the Western Waters in the Western Territory South of the Ohio to be equally Divided they paying any Cost that may arise from holding Said Land after the Date hereof Item I Bequeath to my Son Samuel thirty Pounds North Carolina Currency Item I likewise Bequeath to my Daughter Pamela ten pounds North Carolina Currency the said Sums to be raised off my personal Estate. And what is over and above or Remains of my Estate after the above legacies are paid off together with the Negroes Bequeathed to my three Children (viz) Abner Eli and Lydia shall remain in my Dear Wifes hand and be under her care Direction and Management During her lifetime or Widowhood or untill my my Children (viz) Abner Eli and Lydia Shall arive at the years of maturity But at the time that Each of them arives at the age of twenty one years they Shall receive their part Bequeathed to them or if my Daughter Lydia Should marry before that age She Shall receive her part at her Marriage but if my Dear Wife Should think proper to Marry before my Children is intitled to receive their part I order that at her Marriage She Shall receive one fourth part of the personal Estate that Shall be in her hand as her part of my Estate to be in her possession on and at her Disposal At my Dear Wifes Marriage or Death I order that the remainder of my Estate Real and personal Shall be sold and Equally Divided amongst all my Children But whereas the land which I have Bequeathed to my three young Children (viz) Abner Eli and Lydia is upon uncertain footing I order that if the land is lost and is not obtained for their use that they Shall have the tract of land I now live on with all the land I have adjoining it in place of the tract I have Bequeathed to them and come into possession of Said land at my Dear Wifes Marriage or Deceas and their title to it Shall be Equally good as if it had been particularly Bequeathed to them And if my Dear Wife Should die without Dispossing of her part or if any of her --- ---- by me (viz) Abner Eli and Lydia Shall Die before they Can receive their parts then in that case the part Bequeathed to -- --- Deceased Shall fall to and become the property of the Survivors or Survivor and if my Dear Wife Should prove pregnant and be Delivered of a Child by me Said Child hereafter born Shall have an Equal Share with my Dear Wife Abner Eli and Lydia of what is above Bequeathed to them I likwise Constitute and appoint my Dear Wife Mary Thomas Morrison William Watts (Fuller) and Abraham Hill Executors of this my last Will and Testament and I do hereby Authorise and and Empower my Execcutors to give Deeds of Conveyance for any land Sold by virtue of this my last will and Testament have hereunto my hand and ---- this twenty third day of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand -- ------ hundred and Ninty six. Samuel Harris Signd Seald and Delivered in presence of Rob't Moore Wm Morrison Margaret G. Wilson Jean A. Wilson Jurat NOTE FOR RECORD: Samuel Harris names his 3 younger children by his second, and names 7 other children. These would be by his first wife, Rebecca Morrison. In fact, Samuel and Rebecca Morrison Harris had 10 children. Omitted: Edward Harris Margaret Roseborough Mary McCollum I can only surmise that possibly they were not ‘needy’ as Edward is one of the omitted. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/iredell/wills/harris331gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 5.1 Kb