RANDOLPH COUNTY, NC - WILLS - John Fruit Will - 1818

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Last Will and Testament of JOHN FRUIT

In the name of God, amen, I JOHN FRUIT, being of weak body, but of sound 
mind and memory, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do 
make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in the manner following 
(viz.)

First, I give and bequeath my soul to God that gives it, and my body to the dust 
from whence it was taken.

Item.  I bequeath that all my just debts be paid, and the reminisces of my estate 
to be divided in the manner following.

Item.  I give and bequeath to my son, James, the sum of one dollar.

Item.  I give and bequeath to my daughter, Sibbilla, the sum of one dollar.

Item.  I give and bequeath to my daughter, Elizabeth, the plantation I now live 
on with all my movable property, except what is hereinafter named.

Item.  I give and bequeath to my daughter, Grace, the sum of twenty dollars.

Item.  I give and bequeath to my daughter, Penninah, the sum of one dollar.

Item.  I give and bequeath to my grandson, John Fruit, son of Thomas, the sum 
of one hundred dollars.

Item.  I appoint Samuel Walker, Jr. sole executor to this my Last Will and 
Testament in witnesses whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my 
seal, this twenty-fifth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand, either 
hundred, and eighteen.  Signed and sealed in presence of:

John Walker
John Branson
                                 John  (X)  Fruit

State of North Carolina, Randolph County.
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, August Term 1824
The execution of this will of John Fruit was proven in open court by John 
Branson, and of the supporting witnesses open thereto.