Iredell County NcArchives Wills.....Rives, William April 28, 1827
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Written: April 28, 1827

Iredell County, North Carolina
Will Book 2, Page 83

I William Rives of Iredell County and State of North Carolina being in a low 
state of health but of sound mind and memory Do make and ordain this my Last 
Will and Testament exclusive of all others, That is to say,  First of all I 
desire to commit the Keeping of my Soul and body to the protection and 
preservation of that good and gracious God in whose hands are the issues of 
life and death and my temporal property I dispose of as follows, First then I 
give and bequeathe to my four eldest children Mrs. Beca Fels, wife of Cade 
Fels,  Edmund Rives,  Nathan Rives and Eli Rives Ten Dollars each to be 
delivered to them at decease of my beloved wife Rebecca Rives.  Item I give 
and bequeathe unto my Son Eli Rives my daughter Patience Rives and my grandson 
Ira Rives my Land and plantation whereon I now live but my will and desire is 
that my beloved wife Rebecca Rives hold full and quiet possession of the land 
and plantation during her natural life and at her decease to be sold and 
equally divided betwixt the three above mentioned children Viz, Levi Rives, 
Patience Rives and Ira Rives.  Item, I give and bequeathe to my grand daughter 
Rebecca Rives The daughter  of Hansel Rives, Decd One feather bed and 
furniture One Cow and Calf and the rest of my property now in the possession 
of her mother to be delivered to her when she comes to the age of Twenty years 
all the rest and residue to my Estate I give and bequeathe to my beloved wife 
Rebecca Rives during her natural life and at her decease to be equally divided 
between my four children the lawful offspring of my body Viz.  Nancy Elliott, 
Hannah McConnell; Patience Rives and Levi Rives and my three Grandchildren to 
Wit  William Wilkinson, David Wilkinson and Henry Wilkinson the lawful  heirs 
of my daughter, Lucy Wilkinson, Decd.  For them to draw One fifth of whatever 
There is and that fifth to be equally divided between them three, The negroes 
to be put into Lots and drawn for by the abovementioned children making each 
ones part equal to be theirs and their heirs after them for ever And further 
by virtue of this my Last Will and Testament I appoint my Son Levi Rives and 
John Elliot joint Executors of this my Last Will and Testament In witness of 
what is above written I do hereunto set my hand and Seal this 28th Day of 
April 1827.

Test					Wm. Rives
Libitious Gaither, Jurat
Rebecca (her X mark) Gaither
Perry Tomlinson BL

North Carolina  §  Be it known to all whom it may concern that I
Iredell County  §  Wm. Rives of the County and State aforesaid being spared to 
the present day and thanks be to God am yet of Sound mind and memory have 
concluded to make the fullowing amendment to my Las Will and Testament dated 
the 28th April 1827.  To wit, My Negro boy named Turner born since 
abovementioned will was made it is my will and desire that he remains with my 
beloved wife her life or until my  grandson Ira Rives arrives at the age of 
twenty One years then it is my will that the said Negro be delivered to the 
Said Ira Rives as his right and property and him and his heirs to hold for 
ever, It is further my will and desire that is the said Ira Rives does at any 
age die without heirs that the said Negro boy Turner be the property of my Son 
Levi Rives my daughter Patience Rives and my granddaughter Rebecca Rives and 
their heirs for ever.

In testimony of the above being my will and desire I have hereunto set my hand 
and Seal the day and year above written in the presence of 

Libitious Gaither }  Jurat		Wm. Rives (Seal)
Basil Tomlinson   }




Additional Comments:
There is no date in Deed Book 2 for the codicil and no notation of when the 
will was recorded.

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