ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, NC - WILLS -  Martin P. Wright, 1843

Submitted by Terry Tharpe.

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Names in will:

Nash Clime (Clines ?)
Noah M. Clines (?)
John A. Faulkers (Faulkner ?)
James E. Hopkins
Joseph Washburn
B. G. Wright
David L Wright
Martin P. Wright
Mary  (Hopkins) Wright

Slaves:

Dieca (?)
Sam 
Alexander


1843 Last Will and Testament of:

MARTIN P. WRIGHT

In the name of God amen I, Martin P. Wright of the County of Rockingham
and State of North Carolina being of a perfect and sound mind and memory
blessed be God do this twelth day of March in the year of our Lord One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Fourty Three make and publish this my last
Will and Testament  in manner following that is to say first.
I do give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Mary Wright all the
...?...of the money arising from the sales of my land and negro woman
Dieca(?) and all of the balance of my perisable property and as I shall
despose of hereafter and all the money arising therefrom after paying
all my just debts and settling the expense of my Estatae that my wife
have the balance. I do give and allow my wife the priviledge of keeping
as much of the stock as she may want or think proper to keep and also as
much of the furniture in the house and kitchen as she wants and as many
of the farming tools also.
Secondly, I do give and bequeath unto the unborn embryo of my wife two
negros Sam and Alexander...?...
Thirdly, Should my now unborn heir (?) not live to be raised up to the
age of twenty one years of age it is my will that the property belonging
to it be equally divided between my wife and all my brothers and
sisters. Should it so happen that my wife should die unmarried it is my
will that the property and money that I give her all go to my legal
Heir(?) and in case they both die I allow it all equally divided among
all my Bothers and Sisters each one to share alike.
I hereby make and ...?...in my friend James E. Hopkins Executor to this
my last will and Testament in which whereof  I. the said Martin P.

Wright,  have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal to this my last
Will and Testament the day and year first above written.  Signed Sealed
pronounced and declared by the Testator as his last will and testament
in the presence of us in his presence and the presence of each other
become(?) ...?...of the sam.

J. A. Faulkers(?)                               Martin P. Wright (seal)
Nash M. Clime(?)


State of North Carolina                 May Term ...?...1843
Rockingham County  

The fourgoing paper writing perporting to be the last will and testament
of Martin P. Wright decd. was produced in open Court and offered for
probate and the Execution thereof duly proved by the oath of Noah M.
Clines(?) one of the subscribing witnesses thereto who proved the
Execution thereof also as to the other subscribing witness John A.
Faulk(ner?)...?... to be recorded and it ...?...to the satisfaction of
the Court that James  E. Hopkins the Executor therein appointed is dead
...?...by the Court that letters of administration with the will
annexed(?) on the Estate of ...?...Martin P. Wright ...?...to David L.
Wright who often entering into Bond in the Penal(?) Sum of three
thousand two hundred dollars with B. G. Wright, Josehph Washburn and
Noah M. Climes his securities(?) was duly qualified(?)as
Luck(?)