ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - WILL BOOK 1 - Charles Guthery, 28 Oct 1813 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Beverly Cole ==================================================================== CHARLES GUTHERY WILL State of North Carolina County of Onslow Will Book 1 In the name of god amen. Being of perfect & sound memory knowing that all men is born to die I do make this my true & last will & testament in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirteen. ITEM I give & bequeath unto my son Wm. Guthery the old plantation wherein he now lives which is one half of the land whereon I now live being about four acres more or less to him & his heirs forever. ITEM I give & bequeath unto my son Samuel Guthery the house and land wherein I now live after my loving wife decease which she is to have her natural life & after her decease to belong to the said Samuel Guthery & his heirs forever which is the balance of all my land & being both joining each other the division line is to run due north & south also a milch cow & bull. ITEM I give & bequeath unto my son William Guthery fifty acres of land joining his brother Samuel Guthery and up north river to him & his heirs forever. I make my true & loving wife Mary Guthery & my son Samuel Guthery my whole & sole executors of this my last will & testament as witness my hand & seal this the 28th day of October & year above written. (signed his mark) Charles Guthery Signed sealed & delivered in presence of us Wm. P. Bruce Jacob Morse Onslow County, Court of Please & Quarter Sessions August term 1828. Then was this will of Charles Guthery duly proved in open court by the oath of William P. Bruce. Danl Ambrose, clk