ORANGE COUNTY, NC - Wills - William Dunnagan
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Orange County, North Carolina
Will Book C, Page 135

William Dunnagan

     In the name of God amen. I William Dunnagan Senr of Orange County
& State of North Carolina, being in perfect memory and sound in mind,
but weak in Body, do Constitute & Ordain this my Last Will and Testament,
In the first place I give the plantation whereon I now live to my wife
Sarah Dunnagan as long as she continues in her widowhood and life time,
and the Girls, unmarried to continue with my wife as long as they
continue Single, The main Road from my House to Wm Cains, to be the Line
between my son Wm and Sherods the tract called Eckins, to belong to my
son William also, the Tract I now Live on to belong to Ashby Dunnagan
after my wife's Death or marriage and also the tract called the Walker
Tract and all the tract called the Dorset Tract of 325 acres to be
Divided Equally between the three Boys, Except Twenty Five acres of it
to belong to Peggy in the upper corner of the Tract, also part of a Tract
belonging to George Carrington, William Dunnagan Senr & Charles Dunnagan
containing 400 acres and Sherod to have 133 1/3 acres of that which is my
part, those of the Girls that are unmarried to receive an Equal portion
in property with those that are married, and after that the remainder to
be sold at publick sale and the money thence arising to be Equally Divided
among them that is, among all the Girls, my Desire is that my wife may
have full and sole command of all property belonging to me and all the
Household furniture as long as she continues in her Widowhood also I give
my Daughter Peggy 1 Horse valued at ? a bridle worth 15 ? and a saddle
worth ? 5. All my Just Debts must be paid before there is any Division
made, I also appoint Ashby Dunnagan and William Dunnagan my Executors.
Signed, sealed & Delivered in presence of 
Alex McMullan
         his 
Winnifred -  McMullan                          William Dunnagan (seal)
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