Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Guess, William April 21, 1833
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Source: Loose Will, NC Archives CR 073.801, Will Book Volume E, pages 293-294
Written: April 21, 1833
Recorded: May 1833
Testator: William Guess

In the name of God Amen - I William Guess
of the County of Orange in State of North
Carolinia[sic] being of sound and disposing mind and
memory do make and ordain this my last will
and Testament in Manner and form as follow-
-eth -- It is my will that all my real and per-
-sonal property shall be sold at publick sale
on a credit of Twelve months by my herein after
named Executors - and that out of the amount of
such sale or sales I give and bequeath to my seven[Note 1]
children Margett[Note 2] - Sarah - James - Nancy - Francis
Joseph - and Wilson the sum of four Hundred Doll
-ars I give the crop in hand to the above named chril-
-den[sic] including my son Mosses Equally - I give the rent of
the Clinton place to the above named eight children
the balance of the amount of sales to be equally
Divided amongst all my children - Mary intermarried
with David Warren - Rebecca intermarried with James
Dollar - John - Elizabeth - George - Thomas -  Margett
Mosses - Sarah - James - Nancy - Francis - Joseph and
Wilson the above Children my Legatees to Hotch pot[Note 3]
so as equally to share and share alike
It is my will that my Executor pay all my just debts out
of the money on hand and the balance of cash in hand
with the corn - wheat - fodder - bacon and all other provisi
-ons to constitute subsistence for the children that are
now liveing with me -

And I do make and ordain my son Mosses Guess Executor
to this my last Will and Testament
In witness where of I the said William Guess have sett my hand
and seal this 21st day of April in the year of Our Lord -----

[page 2]
one thousand Eight Hundred and thirty three

Sighn'd seal'd and Declared
by the said William Guess                his
the Testator                     William (X) Guess (Seal)
In the presence of                       mark

Archibald Cain

William Scarlett Jurat
                              Wm Guess qualif as Exr

[Will Book Volume E, page 293]
In the name of God Amen I William Guess of the County
of Orange in State of North Carolina being of sound and disposing
mind and memory do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in
manner and form as followeth It is my will that all my real and personal
property Shall be sold at public sale on a credit of Twelve months by my here
=in after named Executors ~~ and that out of the Amount of Such Sale or
Sales I give and bequeath to my Seven[Note 1] children Margaret[Note 2] - Sarah - James -
Nancy - Francis - Joseph and Wilson the Sum of four Hundred Dollars

[Will Book Volume E, page 294]
I give ["and" x-out] the crop in hand to the above named Children {"inclu" x-out]
I[n]cluding my son Moses Equally ~~ I gave the rent of the Clinton
place to the above named Eight Children the balance of the amount
of Sales to be equally Divided amongst all my Children Mary intermarried
with David Warren Rebecca intermarried with James Dollar John -
Elizabeth - George - Thomas - Margaret Moses Sarah James Nancy
Francis Joseph & Wilson the above Children my Legatees to Hotch
pot so as equeally to Share and Share alike It is my Will that my Executor
pay all my Just debts out of the money on hand and the balance of cash
in hand with the corn wheat fodder bacon and all other provisions to cons
=titute substance[subsistence] for the Children that are now living with me And I do make
and ordain my son Moses Guess Executor to this my last Will and Testament
In witness where of I the said William Guess have set my hand and seal
this 21st day of April in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight
Hundred and thirty thre[e]
Signed Sealed and Declared                   his
by the said William Guess            William (X) Guess (Seal)
the Testator                                 mark

In the presence of

Archibald Cain
William Scarlett

                        Orange County May Term 1833 ~~~
The Execution of the foregoing last Will and testament of
William Guess dcd. was duly proved in open Court by the oath of
William Scarlett a subscribing Witness there to and ordered to be
Recorded at the same time William Guess the Executor appeared in
open Court and qualified Accordingly
                            Test

Additional Comments:
Will Book Volume E, pages 293-294
Recorded May 1833

Note 1: This implies that he had seven children.  He had more than seven.  From this record it appears that he had 13 children.

This is just a list of seven of them.  Perhaps the older children were married or living independently at this point and had thus already received their inheritance?

Note 2: Margett is Margaret in the Will Book copy.

Note 3: In civil and property law, hotchpot (sometimes referred to as hotchpotch or the hotchpotch rule) is the blending, combining or offsetting of property (typically gifts) to ensure equality of a later division of property

Estate Papers comprise 12 pages and are found in a folder labeled "Guess, William (1833)". No family history found.