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Return to the NCGenWeb Archives Table of Contents http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm#NC ******************************************************************* Will of Thomas Greer, Sr. Mecklenburg County North Carolina 1828 In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Greer of the County of Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina being of sound and disposing mind and memory do make and ordain my last will and testament in manner and form following viz. First I will and direct that all my just debts be paid. To my beloved wife Susanna Greer I will the management of the place I now live on (with the assistance of my Executors and Guardians therein after to be named.) for the support of her and the family and if that should not be sufficient let whatever additional support may be necessary be taken off the whole herd or stock to keep school and cloth them in a suitable manner until they are of age or until my said wife Susanna marries. Should that event take place I will and direct that an equal division take place between her and her two daughters Catharine and Susan of all my cupboard dishes and kitchen furniture and looking glass to share and share alike between them. I further will to my wife her chest, chest of drawers, bed, a horse saddle and bridle worth one hundred dollars; likewise my Negro Ben, Rhody, Silvey, Julie, Esther, and Eliza, and said Negroes at her death to be disposed of among our children as she may think proper and all the other property that I have above willed her or may hereafter will to this to dispose of my her in like manner as the foregoing -- And I further will and direct that much as my said wife Susanna and my Executors and Guardians shall deem necessary of my stock of every kind properties remaining and plantation tools, and everything necessary for the management of the farm and the convenience of my family that may be on hand at the time of my death to be retained and kept for the use of said family during the widowhood of my said wife Susanna or until she marries. To my daughter Margaret Neele I will and bequest to her the three Negroes I gave to her when she married, also Negro woman Ross which I lately give to her, also a note that I hold on her husband Samuel Neele worth at this time $145.60 cents, also all other property of whatsoever kind I have given to her heretofore. To my son James Greer I will and bequeath that place he lives on that I paid for and a Negro man Jack and Negro woman Sally that he mostly worked for and any other property that I have given to him heretofore. To my son Thomas I Grier all that tract of land he lives on following the old marked lines made for it except so much thereof as was taken out of it by Porters Claim also Negro man Jack and whatever else I have given to him heretofore. To my son Alexander Greer I will and bequeath as much land in Wilsons or Alexanders District agreeable to an article entered into between myself and the P Alexander Greer dated September 1821 and Negro man Solomon and Negro woman Jean, also two hundred and fifty acre tract of land in Perry County and whatever other property I have given to him heretofore. To my son Andrew Greer I will and bequeath all that tract of land on Paw Creek that he now lives on and Negroes Stephen and Bill and all other property that I have heretofore given him. To my son William M. Greer I will and bequeath to him the parcel of land whereon Alex. Hamilton lives near ____ Ford consisting of several purchases, also that tract of land I purchased of my nephew Robert Bingham, also a small piece of land 18 or 20 acres converging on the Rocky Branch and generally known by John Porters entry and my other parcels from John Potters adjoining Grier Price and others, also my Negroes Sandra and Jean, also four hundred dollars in cash to assist him in raising a house and other expenses in making a settlement, one bed and furniture, a horse saddle and bridle. To my son Zenas Greer I will and bequeath the place or plantation I now live on subject to the encumbrance of the family as heretofore stated that is while they remain single, also the McMickin Tract and the tract I purchased of Haris, also my Negroes Frank, Leah, and Minda. One bed and furniture, horse saddle and bridle and two hundred dollars in cash. To my Daughter Catharine M.S. Greer, I will and bequeath my Negroes Phillis, James, Adam, Bob, Lilly, Rachel, and Albert, also one bed and furniture, one bureau, one table, one horse saddle and bridle. I wish her to be clothed and taken good care of and to be under the love and management of her mother, my exrs and guardians, who are to manage her property for her sole use and benefit during her lifetime, and any disposition of her property must be agreed to by all parties in writing. I give to my dau Susannah Greer the negroes Reuben, Polly, Nelson, George, Edmond, and Cleary, a bed and furniture, a horse with saddle and bridle, a bureau, a table, and $200 in cash to furnish her with such other articles as she may need. I give $10 to each of the children of relatives or acquaintances named after me. If any of the above willed Negroes are not passed over to the legatees named herein during my lifetime and die before such transfer, it is my will that they be replaced out of my estate before the general distribution takes place. I give to my wf Susannah and to each of my children a Bible and a copy of the Westminister Confession of Faith, and the remainder of my books are to be divided into ten lots with one lot given to each. I give to each subscriber in the Apostolic Congregation of Steele Creek, of which I am a member, a pocket Bible and a copy of Acts and Testimony. It is my will that while my family remains together, my subscription to the salary fund of that congregation is to remain in effect. It is also my will that as much of my unwilled property as necessary may be used for the comfortable and decent maintenance of my family, that when it ceases to be a family that the old slaves such as Old Willis, Peggy and Ned remain under the care of my wife.