Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Tate, Joseph November 11, 1825 ************************************************ 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: Will Book Volume E, page 105 Written: November 11, 1825 Recorded: Feb 1826 Testator: Joseph Tate [Will Book Volume E, page 105] In the name of God Amen! I Joseph Tate of the State of North Carolina & County of Orange being of sound & perfect memory & mind (blessed be God) do this Eleventh day of November one thousand Eight hundred & twenty five make & publish this my last Will & testament in the manner following, that is to Say, First I give & bequeath unto my Will beloved wife Mary Take all my movable property to be at her disposal for her support her life-time after furniture Polly and Alice each two beds & furniture & Mary Tate my Wife is to have possession of my land & houses her lifetime at her disposal at her death there is to be load off sixty acres of land for Griffith Tate beginning at Joseph Tate's South West corner & run North for compliment if said Griffith ever returns to this country, the mill & ten acres of land to my son James Tate to be laid off as he sees most convenient & the balance of the Land for a home for Polly & Alice during their single life, my Smith tools to my son Joseph my cross cut saw for the use of all my sons Said James Tate is to grind all the other brother's grain, to it free as long as they assist in keeping said mill in repair - My sons William & Robert Tate I do be my lawful Executor to Will as much property as will pay off all my just debts - My daughter Elizabeth Taylor I leave one Dollar at my wife Mazy[?] Tate's death all the property remaining I wish to have divided equally among my five sons & three daughters Finch[?]. Polly & Alice - I declare this my last Will & Testament in presence of -- whereof I have set my had & seal this day & date above Written John Hughes William Gattis (Jurat) Joseph Tate Orange County February Term 1826 ~~ The Execution of the foregoing Will of Joseph Tate was duly proved in open Court by the oath of William Gattis a subscribing witness thereto & ordered to be recorded - At the same time Test J Taylor CCC Additional Comments: Will Book Volume E, page 105 Recorded Feb 1826 No loose will found. Estate Papers comprise 16 pages and are found in a folder labeled "Tate, Joseph (1826)". No family history found.