Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Stanefar, Israel August 30, 1793 ************************************************ 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 267-269 Written: August 30, 1793 Recorded: Feb 1794 Testator: Israel Stanefar In the name of God Amen This Thirtyeth Day of August In the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Three I Israel Stantefar of Orange County and State of North Caroline being very weak of Body but of perfect and sound memory thanks be given unto Almighty God for the same and knowing the Mortallity of the Body that its in appointed for all men once to die I do hereby Constitute Ratifie and Confirm this my Last will & testament that is to say I first of all Recommend my soul and Body into the hands of Almighty God who first gave them to be Buried in a Christian like manner at the Discretion of my Executors hopeing at the Resurrection of the Dead to Receive the forgiveness of my Sins through Jesus Christ my Lord And I do hereby give and bequeath of the Same in the following manner & form ~~~~ first of all I give & bequeath unto my loving wife Casasander[sic] Stantefar all my Moveable property such as my household furniture Horses Cattle hogs and Sheep and all other ["m" x-out] such property I am Possest with at this time I also give unto my Eldest Son Ep[h]raim Stante far Twenty five pounds current money when there is a Deed made for my land I now lives[sic] on I desire also to give unto my Daughter Sarah Roades the Bed I and my wife lies[sic] on after hur Decease and after her Dec[e]ase to her Daughter Casander I Desire to give unto my Daughter Rosaner Rhodes one cow after there is a Deed for the Land. I also give unto my Son Joshua Stantefar my Plantation with Two hundred Acres of Land Including the Improvement whereon I now lives Turnover [page 2] I also give unto my son Israel Stantefar one hundred acres of Land called by the name of William Bakers place and that my son Joshua Stantefar should make him a Deed to the said Land When he the sd. Joshua Stantefar Obtains a Deed him self and if the said Israel Stantefar Never comes to Receive the land that it Should Remain my son Joshua Stantefar I also give unto my Two Daughters Mary Stantefar and Elizabeth Stantefar one hundred Acres of land Begin[n]ing on the Watery Branch Adjoining Thomas Guyns John Cabes William ??? making out one hundred Acres my Desire is that my Son Joshua Stantefar should make a Deed unto my Two Daughters Mary & Elizabeth when he Obtains a Deed I also give unto my Grand son Isarel[sic] Turner son of Ruth Turner wife of William Turner Eighty Eight Acres of Land lying on the North Side of William Picketts East Road Joyning on Benjamin Peelers land when my son Joshua Obtains a Deed - I Also Desire one hundred Acres of my Land to be Sold when a Deed is Obtained to pay of[f] Legacys I also give unto my son Benjamin Stantefar Forty Shillings Current money When a Deed is Obtained for the Land I also give unto my Daughter Casander Herndon Forty Shillings current money when there is a Deed Obtained for the Land ---- and I do appoint my wife Casander Stantefar & my son Joshua Stantefar as Executors of this my Last will & Testament Revoking and Disannuling all Other and former wills and Testaments by me made as Witness I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal the Day and year first above Written Joshua Stantefar } his her } Omnis Isarel[sic] (+) Stantefar (seal) Mary (+) Stantefar } Jurant mark mark } Henry Bunch [Will Book Volume B, page 267] In the name of God Amen this Thirtyeth Day of August In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and nin[e]ty three [I] Israel Stantefar of Orange County and State of North Caroline being very weak of Body but of perfect and sound memory thanks be given unto Almighty God for the same and Knowing the Mortality of the Body that its in appointed for all men once to die I do hereby Constitute Ratifie and Confirm this my Last will and Testament that is to say I first of all Recomment[sic] my soul and Body into the hands of Almighty God who first gave them to be Buried in a Christian like manner at the Discretion of my Executors hopeing at the Resurrection of the Dead to [Receive the] forgiveness of my Sins through Jesus Christ my Lord. ----- ---- And I do hereby give and bequeath of the same in the following manner & form ------------------ First of all I give and bequeath unto my loving wife Casasander[sic] Stantefar all my moveable property such as my household furniture Horses Cattle Hogs and Sheep and all other such property I am possest with at this time I also give unto my Eldest son Ephraim Stantefar twenty five pounds Current money when there is a Deed made for my land I now lives[sic] on I desire also to give unto my Daughter Sarah Roades the Bed I and my wife lies on after hur decease and after her Decease to her Daughter Casander I desire to give unto my Daughter Rosaner Rhodes one cow after there is a Deed for the Land. --- --- --- I also give unto my son Joshua Stantefar my plantation ["whereon I now live" x-out] with two hundred acres of Land Including the Improvement whereon I now lives ----------------------- [Will Book Volume B, page 268] I also give unto my son Isarel[sic] Stantefar one hundred acres of Land called by the name of William Bakers place [and] that my son Joshua Stantefar should make him a Deed to the said [Land] when he the said Joshua Stantefar obtains a Deed himself and if the said Israel Stantefar Never comes to Receive the land that it should remain my son Joshua Stantefar I also give unto my two Daughters Mary Stantefar and Elizabeth Stantefar one hundred Acers of land Begin[n]ing on the Watery Branch Adjoining Thomas Guyns John Cabes William ??? Making out one hundred Acres my desire is that my son Joshua Stantefar should make a Deed unto my two Daughters Mary & Elizabeth when he Obtains a Deed I also give unto my Grand son Israel Turner son of Ruth Turner wife of William Turner Eighty Eight Acres of of[sic] Land lying on the North Side of William Picketts East Road Joyning on Benjamin Peelers land when my son Joshua obtains a Deed I also desire one hundred Acres of my Land to be sold when a Deed is obtained to pay of[f] Legacies. I also give unto my son Benjamin Stantefar forty Shillings Current money when a Deed is obtained for the Land I also give unto my Daughter Casander Herndon forty Shillings Current money when there is a Deed obtained for the Land -- -- And I do appoint my wife Casander Stantefar and my son Joshua Stantefar as Executors of this my last will and Testament Revoking and disanuling [Will Book Volume B, page 269] all other and former wills and Testaments by me made as witness I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal the day and year first above written his Joshua Stantefar Isarel[sic] (+) Stantefar (seal) hir mark Mary (+) Stantefar mark Henry Bunch State of North Carolina } Orange County } February Term 1794 The Execution of the foregoing Will of Israel Standeford[sic] was duly prov'd in open Court by the oaths of Joshua Standeford Mary Standiford & Henry Bunch and was Ordered to be Recorded A. B. Bruce C.C. Additional Comments: Will Book Volume B, pages 267-269 Recorded Feb 1794 The scribe for the loose will added curlicues to the ends of words. No estate papers found.