Rowan County NcArchives Wills.....Butner, Hermon 1795
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Source: N C Archives
Written: 1795
Recorded: 1797

Will of Hermon Butner

Rowan County, NC Original Wills, Herman Butner (1795), State Archives of 
North Carolina, Raleigh, NC; Recorded Copy, Rowan County, NC Will Book D, 
1797-1801, pp. 160-161.
Devised May 11, 1795,
Proven August 7, 1797.

State of North Carolina
The Name of God Amen
I Hermon Butner of North Carolina Rowan County being old But in good 
hea[l]th of Body and of perfect Sound mind and memmory but Calling to mind 
the mortallity of my body and Knowing it is appointed for all men to Dye Do 
make and ordain This to be my Last will and Testament in manner and form 
following first of all I give my Soul into hands of almighty God my body to 
be Buried in The Earth in a Christian Like manner at The Discression of my 
Executor here after Named Nothing Doubting but I shall Reseve The same again 
by The mighty power of God. Now as Touching my Estate where with it hath 
pleased God to bless me with for beyond my Desests I give and Dispose of in 
The manner and form following firsts of all my Will is that all my just Debt 
be paid out of my personal Estate.
Item I give unto my wife her Dower allowed her as The Law Directs of all 
Rail and personable Estate.
Item I give unto David Butner Son of Adam Butner Desesed one horse saddle 
and Bridle.
Item I give unto my gran son Hermon Walton fifty pounds to be paid to him 
with in Twelve month after my Desese if there is so much to be reised out of 
my personal Estate if it cannot be Reised out of my personable Then his when 
he arives to The age of Twenty one years he must have fifty acres of Land 
out of The [Tract?] I Now Live on or The worth of it in money at The Choice 
of my Executor hereafter Named. Likewise I Leave him ten pound in money to 
pay for his schooling. Likewise I give him the sd Herman Walten my granson 
all my waring Cloaths.
The Rest of all my Estate Rail and personable I give unto my Daughter Martha 
Walton and her husband Benjamin Walton.  I also appoint Benjamin Walton and 
his wife Martha Walton Executors of This my Last Will and Testament Revoking 
and Disannulling all other Will or Wills by me hereto fore mad[e] allowing 
this and No other to be my Last Will and Testament.  In Witness Whereof I 
have hereunto Set my hand and Seal This 11 Day of May 1795.
Sined Seald and acknowledged			Hermon Butner
In The presents of us	
John Barclay
Elizabeth (X) Bussall, jur.
Jean (T) Bussall

Not acknowledged before witness before my Death The Will to Be proved my 
hand writing In other papers where I have sined my Name you may Call on 
witness Enough to prove that To Martha Walton			

                                                Hermon Butner

Transcribed by Mark Valsame, Raleigh, NC.


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