Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Rice, John January 19, 1783 ************************************************ 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 A, pages 262-263 Written: January 19, 1783 Recorded: Nov 1783 Testator: John Rice In the name of God Amen { I John Rice of the County of Orange And Provance of North Carolina farmer Being Weak in Bodey but of Perfect Mind and Memory thanks Be Given Unto God for the Same And Calling to Mind the Mortality of My Body and Knowing that it is Appointed for all Men Once to Die Do Make And ordain this My Last Will And testament that is to Say Principally And first of All I Give and Recommend My Soul Into the Hands of God that Gave All And for My Body I Recommend it to the Earth to be Buried in A Christian Like And Decent Manner At the Discretion of My Executors Nothing Doubting but at Ye General Resurrection I Shall Receive the Same Again by the Mighty Power of God; And as tuching Such Worldly Estate Where with it Hath Pleased God to Bless Me in this Life I Give Devise And Dispose of the Same in Manner And form following that is to Say -- -- -- -- -- -- In the first Place I Give And Bequeath to Catrin my Dearly Beloved Wife two of Hir Choice of My Cows With ["the" x-out] three Sheep With the Dwelling House and all the furniture Belonging there Unto During Her Life Also I Give to My Well Beloved Daughter Hannah All My Real Estate During Hir Life or While Shee Bears the Name of Hannah Towel And At Hir Death or Change of Name I Will and ordain the Same Unto Hir two Sons that is to Say Hir Son John And Hir Son Henery And it to Be Devided in two Eaquel Shares And Each to Have Their Part -- -- -- -- Like Ways I L[e]ave Unto My Soninlaw Jesse Towel And Daughter Hannah Two Horse Creatures With Five Head of Cow Kind And them To Pay All My Lawfull Debts And To pay[?] All My Funeral Charges I Likeways Constitute Make And Ordain My Soninlaw Jesse Towel And my Nevew[nephew] John Murry My Hole and Sole Executor of his my Last Will and Testament of All My Real and Personal Estate And I Do Hereby Utterly Disalow Revoke Turn over [page 2] And Disanul all and Every other former Testaments Wills and Legacies Requests and Executor By Me in Any Ways Before this time named willed And Bequeath'd Ratifying And Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament in Witness whereof I Have Hereunto Set my Hand & Seal This ninteenth Day of January And Year of Our Lord One Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty Three -- -- -- Signed Seald [x-out] His and Delivered John (X) Rice (seal) in the Presents of mark James Thompson John Mardces Prudence Murdock Orange County ss November Court 1783 The Execution of the within will of John Rice Dec'd was Duly Prov'd in open Court by the Oaths of James Thompson and Prudence Marduck, Subscrib- =ing Witnesses thereto and Ordered to be Recorded Test J J Bonhom C.C. [Will Book Volume A, page 262] In the name of God Amen I John Rice of the County of Orange & Province of North Carolina (Farmer) being weak in body But of Purfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God for the same and Calling to minde the Mortality of my body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die do make and Ordain this my Last Will and Testament, That is to Say principally and first of all I give and Recommend My Soul into the hands of God that gave all, and for my Body I recommend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like & Decent manner at the Discretion of my Executors Nothing Doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give Devise and Dispose of the same in manner and form following that is to say In the first place I give and Bequeath to Catrin my Dearly beloved wife Two of her choice of my Cows with three Sheep, With the Dwelling House and all the Furniture belonging thereunto during her life Also I give to my well beloved Daughter Hannah all my real Estate during her Life, or while she nears the name of Hannah Towel, and at her Death or change of name I will & Ordain the same unto her two Sons, that is to say her son [Will Book Volume A, page 263] John and her Son Henry and it to be Divided in two Equal shares and each to have their Part Likewise I leave unto my Son in Law Jesse Towel and daughter Hannah Two horse Creatures with five head of Cow kind, and them to pay all my Lawfull Debts and Toray[?] all my Funeral Charges, I Likewise Constitute make and Ordain my Son in Law Jesse Towel and my nephew John Murry my whole and Sole Executor of his my last Will and Testament of all my Real & Personal Estate, & I do hereby Utterly disallow Revoke and Disannul all & every other former Testaments Wills and Legacies Requests and Executors by me in anyways before this time named Willed And bequeathed Ratifying And Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Nineteenth day of January And Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty Three Signd Seald and Delivered his in the Presence of John (X) Rice (seal) James Thomson mark John Marduk Prudence Murduk Orange County November Court 1783 The Execution of the within Will of John Rice Decease'd was Duty Prov'd in open Court by the Oaths of James Thompson & Prudence Marduk Subscribing Witness's thereto, And Ordered to be Recorded Test J J Bonhom C.C. Additional Comments: Will Book Volume A, pages 262-263 Recorded Nov 1783 Estate Papers comprise three pages and are found in the folder labeled "Rice, John (1784)". Contains inventory, but no family history.