Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Holt, George August 14, 1839
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Source: Loose Will, NC Archives CR 073.801
Written: August 14, 1839
Testator: George Holt

In the Name of God Amen
I George Hot[sic] or orange County and State of north
-Carolina ["August" x-out] Do make and Declare this my
Last will and Testament in man[n]er and form
fol[l]owing first I Resign my Soul into the
Hands of Almighty God hoping and believing in a
Remishing[Remission] of my Sins by the Merit and mediation
of Jesus Christ and my body I commit to the
Earth to be beried[sic] at the Direction of my Executor
Her[e]inafter mentioned and my Estate I Gave[sic]
and Devise as fol[l]ows ---

    In the first part it is my will that all of my
De[b]ts be Satisfied out of my Estat[e] also I Gave
and bequ[e]ath unto my Daughter Mary Holt the plantation
on which I now Live Hir and Hir Hiers[sic] and
if She Die without Heirs then the Land to be Sold
& Equal[l]y Divided betwe[e]n my Heirs John Holt
George Holts Heirs Decd and Henry Holts Hiers
Decesd Also it is my will that the Remainder of
my property after satisfying all of my Just
Dets if any be sold and Equally Divided among
my Childern[sic] Henry John George and Mary
thier[sic] Heirs and executors or assigns -- for ever

    Also I Do Her[e]by Constitute and appoint
Baker Gragstar My Lawfull Executor to this
my Last will and Testament Revoking all former
wills by me made In witness I Harunto[sic] Have
Set my Hand and Seal this the 14th of august in
this year of our Lard[sic] one thousand Eight hundred
and thirty nine --------   --------

       Signed Sealed and          George Holt (seal)
Delivered in presence of us
by the Said George Holt to be His
Last will and Testament who Have
in the presence of the testator
Test.  Jael Boon ------ Jurat

Additional Comments:

Not found in Will Books, perhaps because only one witness signature.

"Gragstar" could also be Gregson, Gragston?

Estate Papers comprise three pages and are found in a folder labeled "Holt, George (1842)".  They are the appointment of Joel Boon as Administrator on 1 Mar 1842