RANDOLPH COUNTY, NC - WILLS - John Dunbar Will 1863 ************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Janet Tanksley JJT1018@aol.com *************************************************************** John Dunbar Will I John Dunbar of the County of Randolph & State of North Carolina, being of sound mind and memory, do make and publish & disclose this my Last Will & Testament in manner & following; that is to say: ---- First: that my Executors (hereinafter named) shall provide for my body a decent burial suitable to the wishes of my relations & friends & pay all funeral expenses, together with all my just debts, howsoever & to whomsoever owning out of the money that may first come into his hands as a part or parcel of my estate- Item - As I heretofore given to my sons Noah R. Dunbar and James M. Dunbar each a horse worth a hundred dollars and to my son Thos C. Dunbar, one worth seventy five dollars; and as my son Leander H. Dunbar has received none, I give and bequeath to my son Thos. C. Dunbar twenty five dollars & to my son Leander H. Dunbar one hundred dollars to be paid by my executors out of the money coming into his hands as a part or parcel of my estate, in order to make my sons equal in this respect--- Item - As I have heretofore advanced to my daughters, Jane Lassiter and Anna Vuncannon, each a horse worth seventy five dollars and to my daughter Rebecca Lowe twenty five dollars towards the price of a horse, I give & bequeath to my daughters, Mary Jones, Sally Dunbar, Francis Dunbar and Eliza Dunbar, seventy five dollars each and to Rebecca Lowe fifty dollars to make all my daughters equal in this respect- Item - 1 give & bequeath to my daughters Francis Dunbar & Eliza Dunbar and my son Leander H. Dunbar each, one good bed, bed-stead & furniture to make them equal with my other sons & daughters, who have already received beds & their furniture from me. Item - I give & bequeath to my daughters Sally Dunbar, Francis Dunbar and Eliza Dunbar & to my son Leander H. Dunbar, each a cow & calf or their value to make them equal with my other children, to whom I have already made a like advancement- Item - I give & bequeath to my daughter Sally Dunbar, the sum of fifty dollars, which she has earned and deserves from staying with me and laboring for the family- Item - My will and desire is that all my lands and Real estate and all the rest and residue of my personal estate, after taking out the legacies above mentioned shall after due advertisement having been made, be sold upon a reasonable credit & the debts owing to me be collected; and if there should be any surplus over and above the payment of debts, expenses & legacies, that such surplus be kept on hand by my Executors (hereinafter named) & used for the support & maintenance of my four children, Sallie, Fannie, Eliza & Leander H. Dunbar, until an opportunity presents, so that they can remove with safety to Calhoun County & State of Kansas:-and that when such opportunity presents, then my Executors hereinafter named, shall provide ways & means for them to remove, and pay their expenses for removing out of the said surplus that is in his hands- Item - After maintaining Sallie, Fannie, Eliza & Leander H. Dunbar, until an opportunity presents for them to remove as above set forth & paying their expenses for removing, if there is a surplus still remaining in the hands of my Executors (hereinafter named) then & in that case my will & desire is that it be equally divided among all my children in equal proportions, except to my son Noah R. Dunbar to whom I have advanced the sum of thirty dollars, who, it is my will, shall not share in the surplus, except such surplus shall be sufficient to pay them all more than thirty-dollars each: then & in that case after each of the others shall have received the sum of thirty dollars, he & all the others shall share equally in any sums, which may still remain undisposed of to them and each & every of them, their Executors, Administrators and assigns absolutely forever- Item - I give and bequeath to my daughter Sallie Dunbar one bed & its furniture, to make her equal with my other children, who have already received such articles from me- And Lastly - I do hereby constitute and appoint my daughter Sallie Dunbar & trusty friend Peter Vuncannon my lawful executors to all intents & purposes to execute this my last will & testament according to the true intent & meaning of the same and every part & clause thereof and I do choose [unreadable name is marked out and this name is written above it] S. S. Jackson as attorney in law to attend to the legal matters involved in settling my estate and all such matters as may require an attorney. In witness whereof, I the said John Dunbar do hereunto set my hand & seal this the 22nd day of April AD 1863. his John X Dunbar mark Signed, sealed, published and disclosed by the said John Dunbar to be his last will & testament, in the presence of us, who in his presence & at his request do subscribe our names as witnesses thereto. S/Thomas [?] J. Stuart S/David V. Henley