ORANGE COUNTY, NC - Wills - George Riggs, 6 Apr 1798
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Book C, Page 125, 126

     In the name of God Amen. I George Riggs of the County of Orange &
State of North Carolina ? being at present weak in Body through
age & infirmity but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given to God,
therefore Calling to mind the mortality of my Body & knowing that it
is appointed for all men to die do Make & Ordain this my Last Will &
Testament that is to say Principally & first of all I Give &
Recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it & when Death shall
approach I Give my Body to the Earth to be Buried in a Decent &
Christian 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, & as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it
hath pleased God to bless me in this life I Give, Demise and Dispose
of the same in the following manner & form. (Viz) I Will and Ordain
that all my Just Debts be paid. Item I Give & Bequeath to Sarah my
dearly Beloved wife for her support & maintenance during her widowhood
half my Lands & the house where I now live together with the third part
of my moveable Estate Item I Give and Bequeath to my two sons, William
Riggs & James Riggs to Each of them five shillings Item I Give and
Bequeath to my six daughters namely Mary Newton, Jane Eakins, Sarah
Montgomery, Ann ?, Susannah Watson & Elizabeth Watson to each
of them Five Shillings - Item I Give & Bequeath to my three daughters
namely Margaret Riggs, Agness Riggs & Rachel Riggs to each of them
One Bed & furniture, One Horse & Saddle, one Cow & calf & as they
marry to leave the plantation Item I Give & Bequeath to my Grandson
James Woods One Horse Saddle & Bridle together with twenty pounds of
his mothers with Interest for the same from the year 1790 till he
is of age & I allow him to be schooled and put to a trade at Eighteen
years of age - Item I Give and Bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth's two
Eldest children ten pounds Each and after my wife's death and when all
my daughters is married. I Will & Ordain that all my Lands & all the
moveable Estate be sold & the above mentioned Legacies paid and what
money remains to be Equally divided between my three daughters
Margaret Agnes and Rachel Riggs And I do utterly Disallow Revoke 
and Disannul all and Every former Testaments, Wills, Legacies &
Bequests by me in any wise before named, Willed & Bequeathed. Ratifying
and Confirming this & no Other to be my Last Will & Testament
whereof I do constitute & Ordain Sarah Riggs my dearly Beloved wife
and John Latta senior to be my Executors -
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & fixed my seal this
sixth day of April annodom Seventeen hundred and ninety Eight
Signed, sealed, published & declared  )          George Riggs (seal)
by the above named George Riggs as his       )
Last Will & Testament in presence of us the  )
subscribing witnesses                        )
John Latta                                   )
         her                                 )
Elizabeth X Latta                            )
         mark                                )
Elizabeth Latta Junior                       )
                                        Orange County November Term 1798
                The Execution of the foregoing Last Will & Testament of
George Riggs deceased was duly proved in open court by the oaths of
John Latta & Elizabeth Latta subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to
be Recorded - at the same time Sarah Riggs & John Latta Executors therein
named qualified accordingly -         Test