RANDOLPH COUNTY, NC - WILLS - William Thornborough - 1784

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William Thornborough Will


The Last Will and Testament of William Thornborough Decsd. Know all men
by these Presents that I William Thornborough of North Carolina
Randolph County being Sick and languishing in Body but of Sound and
perfect mind and memory and Calling to mind the uncertainty of Human
life and knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to die so make
this my last Will and Testament in manner and form followng that is to
Say

This is all I Recommend my Soul to God that Gave it and my body to be
decently Buried at the Direction of my friends and as touching such
worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with I give and
bequeath in the following manner

Impremas I give and Bequeath unto Martha my Dearly beloved Wife whom I
constitute my Executor to have all my estate both Real & personal
that thereafter mentioned to my son George only Excepted to be by her
freely and uninterruptedly enjoyed during her life if she Remain my
widow but at her death or marriage if she marry I will and ordain that
the same be all and every part therefor Equally divided between our
daughters Elizabeth Martha & Sarah. 

Item I give to my son George Thornborough I give and bequeath two
hundred acres of Land to be surveyed off the tract at the west
end by a line running North and South from the North to the South line
including his improvements where he now lives I likewise Bequeth unto
him all my Blacksmiths tools together with all my wearing appearal for
his own proper use 

Item unto my Daughter Frances Clark I bequeath the sum of five pounds
to be paid out of the aforesaid Dividend or shares thus, George forty
Shillings Elizabeth Martha & Sarah each twenty shillings good and
lawful money of North Carolina for her own proper use and behalf -- I
also Constitute Edward Sharp executor of my last will and testament.

I do ratify and confirm this and no other to be my last will and
Testament in Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my
Seal this 29th day of the fifth month in the year of Our Lord one
thousand seven hundred & eighty-four.
 William Thornborough his mark

Signed Sealed Published Pronounced and declared by the Said William
Thornborough as his last Will and testament in the presence of us
Nathaniel Yatlow
Abraham Woodward
John Rails