Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Hatwood, Thomas July 31, 1816
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Source: Loose Will, NC Archives CR 073.801, Will Book Volume D, pages 501-502
Written: July 31, 1816
Recorded: Feb 1817
Testator: Thomas Hatwood

In the name of God amen I Thomas
Hatwood of the County of Orange state of North
Carolina being low in body and of perfect
Mind and memory thanks be given unt[o] God
Calling into mind the mortality of my body
and knowing that it is appointed for all men
once to di[e] do make and ordain this my last
will and testament that is to say principally
and first of all i give and recommend my soul
Into the hand of almighty God that gave it and
my body i recommend to the Earth to be buried
In decent Christian burial at the discretion
of my executors nothing doubting but the general
resurrection i shall receive the same again
by the mighty power of God and as touching such
worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God
to bless me in this life i give demise of the same
In the following manner and form first i give
And bequeath to Nancy Hatwood my dearly
Beloved wife one hundred acres of land and tenem
ents by her freely to be disposed of as she may
see fit also i give all the stock and House
Hould firneture unto my beloved wife
Nancy Hatwood to dispose of as the said Nancy
may see fit

Also i give to my son Thomas Hatwood
fifty Cents by him freely to be disposed of as
he may see fit

Also i give unto my son John Hatwood
fifty Cents by him freely to be disposed of as
he may see fit

Also i give to my son in law Robert Gee
fifty Cents by him freely to be disposed of as
He may see fit

Also I give unto my daughte[r] Jean Hatwood
Her airs[heirs] one dollar by them freely to be disposed
of as they may see fit. and i do hereby utterly
Disallow revoke and di[s]annul all and every other
former Testaments will[s] legacies bequests and
executor[s] by me in any wise before named.
Willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming
this and no other to be my last will and ["testament" x-out]
testament in witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal - - -

[page 2]
this thirty first day of July in the year
of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixteen Signed Sealed published pronounced
and declared by the said Thomas Hatwood
as his last will and testament in the presence
of us who in his presence and in the presence
of each other have hereto subscribed our names

James Reeves } I chos my trusty
             } friends                        his
Lacy Lloyd   } Laban Andrews           Thomas (+) Hatwood seal
               George Smith my               mark
               Executors
                       Laban Andrews qualified

[Will Book Volume D, page 501]
In the name of God Amen by Thomas Hatwood of the County of
Orange state of North Carolina being low in body and of perfect
mind & Memory thanks be given unto God, calling into Mind the mortal
-ity of my body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once
to die do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to
say, Principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul
into the hands of Almighty God that gave it, and my body I recom
=mend to the Earth to be buried In decent Christian burial at the
discretion of my Executors, nothing doubting but the general resur
=rection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God,
And as touching such Worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased
God to bless me in this life I give [and] demise of the same in the follow
=ing manner and form, first I give and bequeath to Nancy
Hatwood my dearly beloved Wife one hundred acres of Land and
Tenements by her freely [to be] disposed of as she may see fit, Also I give
all the Stock & Household furniture unto my beloved Wife Nancy Hatwood
to dispose of as the said Nancy may see fit

Also I give to my Son Thomas Hatwood fifty cents by him
freely to be disposed of as he may see fit ~~ Also I give unto
my Son John Hatwood fifty cents by him freely to be disposed of as he
may see fit ~~ Also I give to my Son in law Robert Gee fifty cents
by him freely to be disposed of as he may see fit ~~ Also I give to
my daughter Jean Hatwood her heirs One Dollar by them freely to
be disposed of as they may see fit ~~~ And I do hereby utterly disallow
revoke and disannul all and every other former Testaments, Wills, Legacies
bequests and Executors by me in any wise before named, Willed or bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and
testament, In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal
this thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand
Eight hundred and Sixteen, Signed Sealed published pronounced
and declared by the said Thomas Hatwood as his last Will & testament
in the presence of us who in his presence & in the presence of each other
have hereto subscribed our names.                             his
Test         }  I choose my trusty friends Laban  }    Thomas (X) Hatwood (seal)
James Reeves }  Andrews George Smith my Executors }           mark
Lacy Loyd   }

[Will Book Volume D, page 502]
                             Orange County February 1817
The Execution of the foregoing last Will and Testament of Thomas Hatwood
decd. was duly proved in open Court by the Oaths of James Reeves & Lacy Loyd
both subscribing Witnesses thereto, And ordered to be recorded, at the same
time Laban Andrew one of the Executors named therein qualified accordingly
                               Test

Additional Comments:
Will Book Volume D, pages 501-502
Recorded Feb 1817

Estate Papers comprise three pages and are found in the folder labeled "Hattwood, Thomas (1820)". No family history found.