Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Roach, James February 11, 1792 ************************************************ 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 177-180 Written: February 11, 1792 Recorded: May 1792 Testator: James Roach In The Name of God, Amen, I James Roach of the County of Orange State of No.Carolina Being in perfect mind & Memory thanks Be to Almighty God for the same But Knowing it is appointed for me to Die Doth think proper to make this my Last Will and testament in manner and form following, to Witt ~ ~ ~ And first and principally I Recommend my Soul to God who gave it Hoping By the merits of his son to obtain pardon for all my sins and my Body to Be Buried at the Discresion of my Exctrs &c~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Item, and my Desire is yet that all my Just Debts Be Justly & Honestly paid ~ ~ ~ ~ & first I Lend to my Well Beloved Wife Ann Roach the ~~~ plantation & tract of Land that I now Live on Containing 182 acres Like wise I Lend all My Houshold furniture Beds Chests puteri pots My Waggon Gears horses Cows sheep hogs & all my working tools this I Lend my well Beloved Wife as Long as she Rems. my Widdow In order to Raize My Children, But if my family - Moves to South Carolina I aLow my Exctrs. to sell the Land and I a Low my Wife and son Absalom to make aWright to the Land & take the Money and Buy other Lands for my Children to Be Raised on if they Do Not Buy Land with the money to keep it ["and as Each Child Come to age Let them have there" x-out] ["Equal parts" x-out]and if my Widdow marries a Discressionable person such as is good to the Children she may keep them if my Exctrs. thinks proper, But if Used Bad to take them & put them to some Creditable Good people, Like wise as my sons Comes to the Age of Twenty one to have there parts of the Movable property, Like wise my three Daughters as they Come to the Age of Eighteen for them to have there Equal parts as my Exctrs. thinks proper if my family Move from this place and Buys no land my Desire is that When my youngest son Come to the age of sixteen for Each Child to have there Equal part of the money that My Land was sold for, But if she pleases to stay on my place for to Remain there as Long as she lives or Widdowhood and at her Discease for the Land to Be sold & the money Divided Between my Children & my Desire for my mother to Be Mentained in my family if she stays if she Goes away to Let her have one feather Bed and my Desire is that all my movable property Be apraised By two free Holders & a true acct. taken By my Exctrs. & it is my Desire for my Wife Ann Roach Absalom Roach & John Thompson Miller to Be my Sole Exctrs. & this my Last Will & Testament Disanuling all Wills & Bequeathe By me here to fore Made and Ritified and Confirming this & this only to Be My Last Will & Testament as Witness my Hand and seale this 11th day of February -- 1792 - signed sealed Delivered in presants of James Thompson } Jurat James Roach (Seal) William Thompson } his Exrs. quallified William (R) Roach Mark [Will Book Volume B, page 177] In The Name of God, Amen, I James Roach of the County of Orange State of NoCarolina Being in perfect Mind and Memory thanks Be to Almighty God for the same But Knowing it is appointed for me to Die Doth think proper to make this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following, to Witt ~~~~ And first and principally I Recommend my Soul to God who gave it hoping By the merits of his son to obtain pardon for all my sins and my Body to Be buried at the Discretion of my Exctrs &c Item, and my Desire is yet that all my Just Debts Be firstly[orig: Justly] and foremostly [orig: Honestly] paid ~ ~ ~ ~ And first I Lend to my well beloved Wife Ann Roach the plantation and Tract [orig: of Land that] I now live on Containing 182 Acres. Likewise I lend all my Household furniture Beds Chests But ter[pewter] pots My Waggon Geers Horses Cows sheep Hogs and all my Working Tools this I lend my well beloved Wife as long as she Rems. my Widow in order to maintain [orig: raise] my Children, But if my Family moves to South Carolina I allow my [Will Book Volume B, page 178] Exctrs. to sell the Land and I alow my Wife and son Absalom to make Right to the Land & take the Money and buy other Lands for my Children to be raised on if they do not buy Land with the Money to keep it and if my Widow marries a discressionable Person such as is good to the Children she may keep them if my Exctrs. thinks proper, But if Used bad to take them & put them to some Cre- -ditable Good People, likewise as my sons comes to the Age of Twenty one to have their parts of the moveable property, likewise my three Daughters as they come to the age of Eighteen for them to to[sic] have their equal parts as my Exctrs. thinks proper if my family move from this place and buys no Land my Desire is that when my youngest son come to the age of Sixteen for each Child to have their equal part of the money that my Land was sold for, but if she pleases to stay on my place for to remain there as long as she lives or Widdow- Hood and at her Discease for the Land to be sold and [the] Money Divided between my Children & [Will Book Volume B, page 179] my Desire for my Mother to be maintained in my Family if she stays if she goes away to let her have one feather Bed and my De- sire is that all my moveable property be appraised by two Freeholders & a True acct. taken by my Exctrs. & it is my Desire for my Wife Ann Roach Absalom Roach & John Thompson Miller to Be my sole Exctrs. and this my Last Will and Testament Disannuling all Wills and Bequeathe by me heretofore Made and Bitified[ratified] and Confirm -ing this and this only to be my Last Will and Testament as Witness my hand and seal this 11th day of February 1792 signed sealed delivered } } James Roach (Seal) in presants of } James Thompson } Jurat } William Thompson } his William (R) Roach Mark [Will Book Volume B, page 180] State of North Carolina } May Term 1792 Orange County } The execution of the above Will of James Roach was duly proved in open court by the Oaths of James Thompson Wm Thompson & Wm Roach the subscribing witnesses thereto & Ordered to be Recorded. Abner B. Bruce CCC Additional Comments: Will Book Volume B, pages 177-180 Recorded May 1792 No estate papers found.