ORANGE COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Simpson Rhew, 20 Jun 1847
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Simpson Rhew Will

Will recorded in Orange County, North Carolina:   WB F, Page 395

In the name of God Amen I Simpson Rhew  of the County of Orange State of
North Carolina being of sound mind blessed be God do this 20 th day of June
1847 make & publish this my last will and testament in the following manner
that is to say First I will and bequeath to my wife Mary Rhew one year
provisions  for her and family out of what is on hand & all of the household
& kitchen furniture stock of all kinds five head of horsesTwo wagons & give
all of the farming tools the track of land whereon I now live during her
natural life & at her death to be sold & divided equally among her seven
children that is Lambert Hall Sally Carrington Robert N Hall Jane Hall
Alexander Hall Martha Hall & William Hall  Secondly out of my estate I
intend my wife Mary Rhew to pay my father Thomas Rhew Ten Dollars yearly
during his natural life Also the Blacksmith tools to Mary Rhew also the
negroes that is one boy Major and one girl Elizabeth one boy John one boy
Will one boy Henry one girl Nelly one girl D----- one boy Tom to have during
her natural life & at her death to be equally divided amongst her seven
above named children & I hereby nominate and appoint Robert N Hall my
Executor to this my last will and testament  Signed Sealed Published and
declared in the presence of Wm Gray Jas Holeman Simpson Rhew (seal)

Feb 1848 - The execution of the foregoing last will & testament of Simpson
Rhew decd was duly proved in open court by the oath of James Holeman a
subscribing witness thereto & ordered to be recorded   At the same time
Robert N Hall the Executor named in said will came into court & qualified
accordingly Test

Contributor's Note:  Simpson Rhew married Mary Woods Hall, widow of William 
Hall.