Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Morgan, Sarah October 17, 1785 ************************************************ 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: Loose Will, NC Archives CR 073.801, Will Book Volume B, pages 3-5 Written: October 17, 1785 Recorded: unknown date Testator: Sarah Morgan [Loose Will, original spellings and capitalizations] In the name of God Amen I Sarah Morgan of the County of Orange & State of NoCarolina Being Sick in Body but in my Perfect mind & memory, Thanks be to Almighty God for the same & Calling to mind The fraielty of my body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die do make this my Last will And testament, that is to Say Pri[n]cippally and first of All I Give & Recommend my Body & Soul into the Hands of Almighty god that gave It my Body I do Recommend to the Earth to be Buried in a Decent burial At the Discretion of my Executors, Nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall Receive the Same Again by the power of almighty god And as touching my Worldly Estate as it hath pleased god to bless Me with in this Life I Give Demise Dispose of in manner and form following ------------------------ Item, I give to my beloved Sun[sic] John Morgin one Shilling Sterling Itam[sic] I give & bequeath to My beloved Sun Hardey Morgin one Shilling Sterling Itam I give & bequeath to my beloved Daughter Ann Hart one Shilling Sterling Itam I Lend to my beloved Daurter Sarah Yargan During hir natureall Life one negro garl named Lucy & one negro Boy named Chance And at the Death of my beloved Douter Sarah Yaargin, I give & bequeath to my beloved Gran Daurter Sharlottae Yairgin the above mentioned negro garl Lucy & the above menti[oned] Negro boy named Chance to hir & hir Eaires for Ever and if the above mentioned Sharlottee Yeargin should Dye with out Lawfull Eair Lawfully be gotton or borne of hir bodey my desirer is The above mentioned negroes Lusy & Chance with their increase Should Return to the Next Surviving Eair of hir famaly Itam I give & bequeath to my beloved Dourter Sarah Yeargin all my Reaul & Pirsinal Estate ["during hir" x-out] and their increace with all their Prophet[sic] and Intrest a Rising their from Dureing hir natral life and then my Desirer is that it & all & Every of the sd. Estate should be divided a moungst the survifing Chalgron[children] She may have by hir husand Beniaman Yeargin ------ And now I Constitute make & ordden Benjamin Yeargaen and Daniel Hogan the whole & sold[sole] Executors of this my Last will & testament. And I do hearby Utterly Disallow Revoke and Disannul all and Every other former Testaments wills Legacies Bequests and Executors by me in any wise Before Named Willed & Bequeathed [page 2] Ratifying and Confirming this and no Other to be my Last will & testament in Witness whereof I have hearunto Set my hand & Seal this Seventeenth Day of October in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred & Eighty five Signed Sealed & Delivered by the said Sarah Morgan In presence of her Robt. Campbill Jurat Sarah (D) Morgan (seal) Nicholas Quisenbury mark Daniel Booth Jurat Benj. Yeargan Quallified as Executor [Will Book Volume B, page 3] In the name of God Amen I Sarah Morgan of the County of Orange & State of NoCarolina being Sick in body but in my perfect mind & memory Thanks be to Almighty God for the same & Calling to mind the frailty of my body & knowing that it is Appointed for all men once to die, do make this my last will And Testament, that is to say princi pally and first of all I give & recommend my body & Soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a decent burial at the discretion of my Executors, Nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same Again by the power of almighty god, And as touching my worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with in this Life I give Demise Dispose of in Manner and form following -------- Item I give to my beloved son John Morgan one shilling Sterling, Item I give and bequeath to my beloved son Hardy Morgan one shilling [Will Book Volume B, page 4] Sterling - Item I give & bequeath to my beloved Daughter Anne Hart one shilling Sterling Item I lend to my beloved Daughter Sarah Yeargan During her natural Life one Negroe girl Named Lucy & one Negroe boy named Chance And at the death of my beloved Daughter Sarah Yeargan, I give & bequeath to my beloved Grand Daughter Sharlotte Yeargan the Above Mentioned Negroe girl Lucy & the Above Menti oned Negro boy Named Chance to her & her heirs forever and if the Above Mentioned Sharlotte Yeargan should die with out Lawfull heir Lawfully begotten on her body[See original], my desire is the Above Mentioned Negroes Lucy & Chance with their Increase should return to the Next surviving heir of her family, Item I give & bequeath to my beloved Daughter Sarah Yeargan all my real & personal Estate & their increase with all ther[their] profit and Interest Arising therefrom during her natural life and then my desire is that it & all and every of the said Estate should be divided Amongst the surviving children she has by = =Ben Yeargan And now I constitute make & ordain Benjamin Yeargan and Daniel Hogan the whole & sole Executors of this my [Will Book Volume B, page 5] last will and testament and I do hereby Utterly Disallow revoke & Disannul all and every other former Testaments wills Legacies bequests And Executors by me in Any wise before Named Willed & Bequeathed, Ratifying and confirm= ing this and no other to be my last will & testament in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & Eighty five, Signed Sealed & delivered by the sd. Sarah Morgan In presence of } her Robt. Campbell } Sarah (X) Morgan seal Nicholas Quisenbury } mark Danl. Boothe } Additional Comments: Will Book Volume B, pages 3-5 Recorded unknown date The writer of this will spelled of the same names in a variety of ways. Will Book copy is more consistent and closer to modern spellings so it might be easier to understand and use, however there are a number of differences between the two. Thre is a second handwritten copy of this will in the loose will folder. It is written in an italic script. No estate papers found.