Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Love, Thomas April 10, 1791
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Source: Loose Will, NC Archives CR 073.801, Will Book Volume B, pages 154-156
Written: April 10, 1791
Recorded: unknown date
Testator: Thomas Love

    In the name of god Amen the tenth day of April In the Year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred &
Ninety one being sick in body but of good & perfect Memory thanks be to Almighty God & Calling to memory the
Uncertain state of this transitory life & that all flesh much Yield to death when it shall please god to Call
do mak Constitu[t]e ordain & declare this my last will and testament in manner & form following Revoking &
Annulling by these Presents all & every testament & testaments will & wills heretofore by me made & declared
either by word or writing & this is to be taken only for my Last will an[d] testament & none other & first being penitent
& sorry from the bottom of my heart for my sins past most humbly desiring forgiveness for the same I give & commit
my soul unto Almighty god my saviour & redeemer in whom & by the merits of Jesus Christ I trust & believe
Assuredly to be saved & to have remission & forgiveness of all my sins that my soul with my body at the General
day of Ressurection shall rise again with Joy & thro the merits of Christs death & Passion possess &
Inherit the kingdom of heaven prepared for his elect & chosen & my body to be buried in such a place where it shall please my
Executors hereafter name'd to appoint & now for the settling of my temporal estate & such Goods Chattles & debts as
it hath Pleased god far a bove my deserts to bestow upon me I do order give & dispose the Same in Manner &
form following that is to (say) first, I will that all those debts & dues as I owe in right or Conscience to any manner
of person or persons whatsoever Shall be well and truly Contented & paid or ordered to be paid within convenient
time after my decease by my Executors hereafter named I give after my funeral being discharg'd
the Remainder of my Estate which may be made appear by my Executors to Peggy Love In witness whereof
                                              I Set my Hand & Seal the above date
              Teste
Joseph Montgomery                                                           Thomas Love (seal)
William Love Jurat
                                                                  Thomas Love &
                                                                  Jas Love   Extrs.
                                             Tho. Love quallified as Exrs.

[Will Book Volume B, page 154]
In the name of God Amen the tenth day of
April In the Year of our Lord God One thousand seven
hundred and Ninety one being sick in body but of
good and perfect Memory thanks be to almigh=
=ty God and Calling to memory the Uncertain state
of this transitory Life and that all flesh much
Yield to Death when it shall please god to call
do make Constitute ordain and declare this my
last Will and Testament in manner and form
following Revoking and Annulling all and every
Testament and Testaments Will and Wills hereto
=fore by me made and declared either by word or
writing and this is to be taken only for my last Will

[Will Book Volume B, page 155]
an[d] Testament and none other and first being
penitent and sorry from the bottom of my heart
for [my] sins past most humbly desiring forgiveness
for the same. I give and submit[commit] my soul unto Al=
=mighty God my saviour and redeemer in whom
and by the words[merits] of Jesus Christ I trust and
believe assuredly to be saved and to have remission
and forgiveness of all my sins that my soul
with my body at the General day of Resur=
=rection shall rise again with Joy and
thro the merits of Christ's death and passion
possess and Inherit the kingdom of
heaven prepared for his elect and chosen
and my body to be buried in such a place
where it shall please my Executors hereafter
named to appoint and now for the sett[l]ing of
my temporal estate and such Goods Chattles
and debts as it hath pleased God far above
my deserts to bestow upon me. I do order give
and dispose the same in Manner and Form
following that is to (say) first I will that

[Will Book Volume B, page 156]
all those Debts and Dues as I owe in right
or conscience to any manner of person or persons
whatsoever shall be well and truly Contented
and paid or ordered to be paid within convenient
time after my decease by my Executors hereafter
Named. I give after my Funeral being discharged
the Remainder of my estate which may be made
appear by my Executors to Peggy Love In witness
whereof I set my hand and seal the above date
    Teste
Joseph Montgomery          Thomas Love (seal)
William Love Jurat         Thomas Love  }

Additional Comments:
Will Book Volume B, pages 154-156
Recorded unknown date

No estate papers found.  There is a folder labeled "Love, Thomas (1816)".  The executors listed in this folder match, but the in this folder there is a reference to a widow, Mary who isn't mentioned in the will.   However other than the mention of a widow - possibly the testator's widow - there is not additional family history.

Another possibility is that the Peggy Love mentioned in the will (without mentioning the relationship to the testator) is the same person as the Mary Love (widow of Thomas Love) listed in the Estate papers.