Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Lashly, David K May 10, 1862 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ben Franklin ben.franklin.ffru@gmail.com May 2024 Source: Will Book Volume G, page 391 Written: May 10, 1862 Recorded: Aug 1862 Testator: David K Lashly [Will Book Volume G, page 391] I David W Lashly of the County of Orange State of North Carolina being of Sound mind and memory do make publish and declare this to be my last will & testament in words as follows to wit. Item It is my will & desire that my Executrix hereinafter named shall provide for my body a decent burial and pay all my just debts out of the proceeds of my estate Item I will and bequeath to my beloved wife Cintha Lashly all my estate both real and personal during her life or widowhood to have full control & use of the Same Item At the death of my wife or at her marriage if She Should marry again it is my will & desire that my Son George W. Lashly have possession of my whole Estate as sole heir Item It is my will and desire that Should it be advisable either to Sell or hire out my negro man Henry that he the Said Henry shall have the privilege of Selecting the person to whom he may be sold or hired his valuation if sold to be fixed by disinter= ested men Lastly I constitute my beloved wife Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament with full power and authority to execute the same In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this the 10th day of May 1862 Signed Sealed Published and declared D. W. Lashly (Seal) by David W. Lashly to be his last Will and Testament he executed the Same in our presences and we at this request & in his presence have signed the Same as Witnesses the date above writ[t]en J. T. Ray O. F. Long Orange County Court August Term 1862 The foregoing last Will and Testament of David W. Lashly deceased was [entry ends here] Additional Comments: Will Book Volume G, page 391 Recorded Aug 1862 No loose will found. No estate papers found.