Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Phillips, William May 9, 1794
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Written: May 9, 1794

Orange County
State of  North Carolina
May 9th 1794
In the Name of God Amen----
I WILLIAM PHILLIPS of the County of Orange and State of North Carolina being weak 
in body but in Perfect mind and memory and Calling to mind the mortality of the 
body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die hath made appointed 
and delivered this to be my last will and testament.  And first I commend my soul 
to God that give it and my body to be Decently buried to the Discretion of my 
Executors and as for such worldly goods which God has blessed me with I do give 
and bequeath & leve in the following manner and first I will that all my just 
Debts be Paid and then I do give & leAve to my Loving wife ELIZABETH one half of 
my land on which I now live to be hers during her life and I do likewise leave to 
my wife all my household furniture and all my stock of every kind Cattle Horse 
sheep hogs to be divided at the discretion of my Executors between my two 
daughters SUSANNAH & PHEBY and my wifes daughter ELISABETH and I do give and leve 
my son DAVID the Tract of land on which he now Lives which was surveyed to and 
for him by WILLIAM DAVIS Supposed to be one hundred Acres more or less & give my 
son WILLIAM a tract of land whereon he now lives bounded as followeth Beginning 
at the poplar  Spring  Running south to John TRUSDALLs line then his line East to 
Haw river then w/ the said river to the north of the Aforesaid poplar spring 
branch then up Sd branch to the Spring the beginning and I do leve to my son JOEL 
upon Condition that my son JOEL does give or cause to be paid  to my four 
daughters the sum of ten pounds Each to MARY Ten pounds to LUCY ten pounds to 
HANNAH ten pounds to SARAH ten pounds which were my daughters by my first wife & 
I do leve to my two daughters by my present wife SUSANNAH & PHEBY ten pounds each 
to be paid by my son JOEL At the death or marriage of my Present wife at which 
time the half of my land which I left to my wife will be my son JOELs property.  
And I do leve and appoint my wife ELISABETH and my son DAVID & my son JOEL my 
Executors and hath hereunto set my hand and Seal May 9th 1794       
                                            WILLIAM PHILLIPS
WILLIAM RAINEY ) Jurat                      MARY SIMONS  )    
the widow qualified as Exr 
JOEL PHILLIPS Excre Qualified


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