Mecklenburg County NcArchives Wills.....Harris, Samuel Laird 1798
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Source: Vol. D: Page 14
Written: 1798

MECKLENBURG COUNTY: Record of Wills: 1763-1844, Vols. A-H: C.065.80001: North 
Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, N. C.

Vol. D: Page 14

In the name of God Amen. I Samuel Laird Harris do make & ordain this to be my 
last Will & Testament & I do hereby revoke & anull all previous wills & 
Testaments Heretofore made

In the first place I do require my Executors to make such provision out of my 
property As Shall appear in their discretion to be most Suitable & proper for 
the payment of all My lawful Debts & to have my Estate rendered & clear of 
incunmbrances & debts as soon as can be done advantageously

I do will & bequeath all my share of the land I inherited from my Fathers 
Estate Lying In Tennessee viz four hundred acres to be Equally divided between 
my Brothers & Sisters Share & Share alike. I do order & ordain that all my 
other property shall be to the best advantage at the discretion of my 
Executors Except the land I Bought of William Kerr. 

— I do will & ordain that the management of the aforesaid Land I bought of 
William Kerr Shall be left absolutely at the discretion of my Executors either 
to hold it or Sell it according as it may appear to them to most advantageous 
for my family I do hereby will & ordain that my beloved wife Mary & the child 
She is now pregnant With Shall be equal heirs of all my worldly goods & 
property of whatsoever Kind Whether personal or Real except the land before 
mentioned lying in Tennessee —

I do Ordain that my wife Mary be put in possession of her Share of my Estate 
Immediately or as Soon as can be done with property & advantages I do Ordain 
that the Childs Share be retained in the hands of my Executors or Such 
Guardians as may be appointed to be applyed to the Education & necessary 
expenses of the Child

 — I do also ordain that if the Child of which my beloved wife Mary is now 
pregnant should die before it arrives to maturity or while it is in a State of 
Minority that then & in that case She shall inherit all the above Shares that 
I have Ordained & Willed to it I do leave it discretional with my Executors in 
what form the property had best be reserved for my Child & that it Shall Be 
Educated in Such form & manner as they Shall Judge most expedient. I do also 
Ordain that my beloved wife Mary be consulted & her approbation had in all 
things relative to the education & general management of the child — 

I ordain that my negro Girl Betty Shall make a part of my wifes Share of my 
Estate at the rate of five hundred & Twenty Five dollars

I do Ordain my Brother Jonathan my Brother in law Abraham Alexander & Docter 
Cunningham Harris to be executors of this my last will & Testament, which I do 
hereby acknowledge to have Signed & Executed this 9th day of August 1798
In presence of
Charles Harris    }                       Sam L Harris [Seal]
James Flare       }
Mary Harris       }     I do request my Executors to procure a Suitable Tomb 
Stone to be Sent to Tennessee & placed at the head of my deceased Son who is 
buried there I leave the engraving at the discretion of my Brother Jonathan I 
do recomment my wife Mary to the friendly attention of her mother & all my 
Brothers & Sisters


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