Orange County, NC - Wills - William Duke Sr, 10 Apr 1852
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Book G, Page 44, 45 & 46

In the name of God Amen I William Duke of the County of Orange Flat
River North Carolina being of sound mind and disposing memory but ill
of health desire to make a disposition of the wordly Estate I own
and possess to that End I will and desire that upon my death my body
may be decently buried & my funeral expenses paid out of my Estate
I will & desire that my Just debts be paid and that a sufficiency
of my perishable & if necessary personal Estate be sold for that
purpose upon a reasonable credit as to my real estate it is my will
& desire that a part of that portion of it called the Alston on old
Gibson Tract consisting of Two Hundred & five acres more or less
lying partly South of my residence & South of the Mill Creek &
South West of my residence now that part of said tract lying South
of the nearest branch to & South of my residence go & be vested
in Richard Holeman Esqr his heirs & asigns for ever to have & to
hold the said part of Said Alston Tract in Special Trust for the
following purposes & none other, To wit, to permit Green A Mangum
the Son of Dicy Mangum & the reported son of me the said
William Duke to reside upon said part of said Land & to have &
receive the rents & proffits of said part of Said land during his
natural life & to use the same without unusual waste in like manner
as a Judicious farmer would do & at the death of said Green A Mangum
it is my will & desire that that part of the Said Alston Tract 
together with the full balance of Said Tract shall go & be vested
& belong to the said Green A Mangums son Durell Mangum his heirs
and assigns.
It is my Will & desire also that all my Interest in the Estate of
Ezekiel Veazy deceased formerly of Orange County North Carolina
shall go & be vested & belong to the Said Durell Mangum his heirs
& assigns as to the residue of my real estate - including my
Residence consisting of Two Hundred & Sixty acres more or less
also Forty acres more or less known as the Vacant Land which -
Granted by the State of North Carolina to Herbert Simms & lying
North of my residence also six negroes, to wit, Jim Ned Elijah
Nancy & her increas Betty & her increas & Judy & her increas
together with all my property & Estate of all kinds & descriptions
it is my will & desire that same be vested go & belong to the
aforesaid Durel Mangum my reported Grand Son his heirs & assigns
forever tis also my will & desire that my reported Grand Son the 
said Durel Mangum Shall receive a good & Liberal Grammer School
education to be paid out of the proffits or proceeds of my Estate
                   I do not appoint any Executor To this my last
Will & Testament as I desire an Administrator to be appointed with
the will ? & give Security this 10th day of April 1852 Signed
Sealed & published as my last Will & Testament
In presence of     )                   William Duke Senr
William J Hamlet   )                      February Term AD 1854
Abner Parker       )           The Execution of the foregoing last
Will and Testament of William Duke was duly proved in Open Court
by the oath of Abner Parker one of the subscribing witnesses thereto
& ordered to be recorded.       Test        Geo Laws CCC