ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - WILLS - William Godfrey, 19 Sep 1791
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The Last Will & Testament of William Godfrey
19 September 1791
Onslow County, North Carolina Wills
Book 2, Page 34, North Carolina Archives

North Carolina

In the name of God Amen, The 19th day of September 1791, I William
Godfrey of the County of Onslow, Farmer, being very sick & weak in body
but in perfect mind & memory Thanks be to God for the (?); Calling to
mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all
men one to die do make and ordain this my last will & testament, That is
to say princaplly and first of all I recomend my soul to God that gave it
& my body to be buried in a decent maner at the descretion of my
executors hereafter named & as for my temporal estate which it hath been
pleased God to Bless me with I give & bequeth in manner & form as follows
whereas, My will and desire is that my land together with all my moveable
estate, except my negroe woman Dinah & her child Margaritt, be sold at
the discretion of my executors, that is to say, either on a credit of six
or 12 months or at private sale and the money so arising to be lade out
in young negroes at the discretion of my said executors, which negroes 
together with my negroe woman Dinah & her child Margaritt to
be equally divided between my four children namely Francis, Enock,
William & Bonetta. At my son Francis's arriving at the age of twenty-one,
or between the survivers of my children and the eldest of them coming of
age. But in case my executors should remove to the state of Georgia, and
carry my children, which I wish them to do, and my negroe woman Dinah
should not wish to go with them, I desire she may be sold or exchanged
for a young negroe girl or woman.

I desire that the money arising from the heir(hire?) of Dinah & the
negroes to be purchased be applied towards schooling and maintaining my
children.

I do hereby nominate and appoint my brother Enoch and Francis Godfrey to
be my whole & sole executors of this my last will and testament and I do
heare by littirly disanull & revok all and every other former testament,
wills legacies and bequeths and etc. by me in any ways before named
willed & bequeted & ratifieng & confirming this and no other to be my
last will and testament.

In wittness there of I have heare unto let my hand & seal, the day and
year above mentioned.
Signed sealed and dated in presence of us,

__?___ Dudley
Alexander Willey
Signed William Godfrey
The Executors Qualify

Onslow County
January Term 1792

The Will of William Godfrey Decd. was duly proved in open Court by the
oath of Alexander Willey one of the subscribing witnesses there to, &
Enoch and Francis Godfrey (?) Executor there in named appearing before
the Court and was Qualified accordingly----Teste will(iam) (?)