ORANGE COUNTY, NC - WILLS - William R. Walker, 1881
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Orange County, North Carolina, Will Book H, Page 292 & 293
William R. Walker - 1881

State of North Carolina     )         In the Probate Court
Orange County               )         June 1st 1881

In the name of God Amen
I William R. Walker being of sound mind and memory do make constitute
and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form as follows
1st  I will my soul to God who gave it.
2nd  I consign my body to the dust from whence it came.
3rd  It is my will for all of my burial expenses and funeral charges to
be paid.
4th  It is my will for all of my just debts to be paid.
5th  I give and bequeath unto my son Levi S. Walker one third of my real
estate to include where he has settled.
6th  I give and bequeath to my son William R. Walker Jr. one third of my
real estate to include where he has settled.
7th  I give and bequeath to my daughter Sally W. Carden one third of my
real estate to include the settlement where I now live.
8th  It is also my will and bequest for my three children Levi S. Walker,
William R. Walker and Sally W. Carden to divide my timberland equal among
themselves.
9th  In addition to the above I bequeath my interest in the mill site on
little river to my three children above named equal.
10th  It is also my will and desire for forty feet square of land to be
reserved for a cemetery to include where my wife is buried for the use of
my family relatives or any other persons that may choose to and ? bequest
I strictly desire to be adhered to by my three children in the division of
my real estate any fruit that may be or fruit trees that may be included
in foregoing said forty feet square of land reserved is to be for the use
of my daughter Sally W. Carden or her heirs or assigns.
11th  It is my desire that neither one of my children shall account to each
other for any property that has been advanced to them by me.
12th  It is my desire that my daughter Sally W. Carden shall have the bed
bedstead & furniture that she claims as hers in lieu of advancement made to
my two sons that they are not to account for.
13th  It is also my will and desire for the residue of my household kitchen
furniture crop stock and provisions that may be on hand at my death shall be
divided equal among my three children.
14th  It is also my desire in conclusion to the foregoing that Wilie P. Gates
have fifteen dollars to be paid by my executors for his benefit along to send
him to school buying books etc to said amount of fifteen dollars
15th  I hereby appoint constitute and empower my two sons Levi S. Walker &
William R. Walker my executors and my daughter Sally W. Carden my executrix
to pay all my just debts and settle my estate according to the foregoing
intent and bequests, signed sealed and executed
in the presence of                     the day and date set forth.
J W McKee                                   W. R. Walker (seal)
James A McKee
Robert S. Walker