Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Tickle, Conrad November 6, 1825
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Source: Loose Will, NC Archives CR 073.801
Written: November 6, 1825
Testator: Conrad Tickle

In the Name of God Amen ---

I Conrad Tickle of the County of Orange
in the State of North Carolina, being sound of
mind & memory, but sick & weak of body
calling to mind the mortality of my body & know
=ing that it is appointed for all men once to die
Do make & ordain this my last will & Testament
in manner & form all as follows (to wit)

I recommend my soul to God who give it & my
body to the dust to be buried in a decent christian
Burial, & as touching my worldly estate which
it has pleased God to bless me with I will
& devise in the following manner ---

I? will? & devise unto my beloved wife Elizabeth[?]
the one half of the Tract of land on which[?]
I live to include the dwelling House & all out
Houses on the Plantation during her natural
life also I will & devise unto her my Negro
Girl? & all my personal estate of every Kind during
her widowhood, & I wish her to divide it equally
among my children as they may marry & ????
themselves[?] as I myself would do ware I alive
& in case of her marriage or Death, it is my
will that all my personal property be sold
& to be equally divided among all my
children counting[?] ?????????????????????
??????????????????????????????????????????

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2nd I will & devise unto my three sons George
Joel, & John Tickle my Tract of land I
got of my Father to be equally divided among
them as follows one third to be to taken off on
the East side to the North of the Springs adjoining
Kitt & one third to include the House & Spring
& the other third  ???? the West
side & I wish my Executors to make the shares
as equal as possible & set? off each of my sons
??????? his part ---- ----

3rd I will & devise to my son Eli the other half
of the Tract of land I live upon to include
what is called the ???? Spring

4th I will & devise unto my youngest son
Simeon after his mothers death her half
of land, which I willed to her

5th I will & devise unto my three sons Daniel
Benjamin & Lewis Tickle, out of my estate
what will make them equal with their
Brothers, my will is that Land be
Bought for them to make them equal, by
Selling some of my personal property --
& What can be made on plantation that
can be spared for such[?]   ???????

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Tract for each as he may come of
age, & if that can be done, I will
& devise that they be made equal with
their Brothers out of my property

I have bore will that at my wife
Death or marriage ???? all my personal
property then left sold & be equally
divided among all my children

I constitute my son George
Tickle & Joseph Gibson Executors
of this my last Will & Testament

    In witness whareof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal this 6 day
of November 1825

Signed sealed &  }
acknowledged in  }
the presence of  }    Conrad Tickle (seal)

William Montgomery
Nancy[?] Tickle

Additional Comments:
No will book copy located

Original is badly faded, so much of this is guesswork from hints of words.

Estate Papers comprise 50 pages and are found in a folder labeled "Tickle, Conrad (1825)".  These are used to confirm the interpretation of the names of the various legatees found in the will.  The estate papers assert that this testator died intestate in 1825, leaving widow and relict Elizabeth, and the following children: George, Polly who married David Ingle, Joel,, Eli, Daniel, Benjamin, Creecy, Lewis and Simeon Tickle.  The testator held 545 acres in Orange County, and many of the estate papers concern division of these lands among the heirs.

George Huffins purchased "1 Negro Girl" for $281 at the estate sale of 1 Aug 1827, seems to match girl listed in inventory "1 black girl about ten or twelve years old" in Aug 1826.