Rowan Co. NC - Will of Henry Casper, 1832

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Submitted by:  Charlotte A. Schele  caschele@prodigy.net
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Last Will and Testament of

Henry Casper

In the Name Of God Amen, I Henry Casper Of the County of Rowan and State
of North Carolina.. Being weak and frail of body but of perfect mind and
memory thanks be to God for his mercies and calling to mind the mortality
of the body that it is appointed to all once to die, do make and publish
this my last will and testament in manner following, That is to say first
I give and bequeath to Elisabeth my wife one Bed all materials belonging
to a bed and all the household and kitchen furniture That is to say all
the articles and property in the house and kitchen if she wants them
shall remain.

After my Daughter Elizabeth gets her share from it and my wife shall have
the house and peaceable possession there in as long as she lives and My
Daughter shall have house room as long as she remains single and after my
wife's death the property what is left shall be sold and Equal
distributed among all my children so the share all alike.

2nd I give and bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth two beds and bedstead

Her choice of two cows and two calves, Her choice, and a Sorrel Mare,
saddle, and bridle and one hundred dollars in money .

3rd I give to my daughter Caty one hundred dollars in money

4th I give to my daughter Magtalana one hundred dollars in money to be
paid to them out of my estate by my executors

5th I give to my two youngest sons Jacob and David my old plantation
where I now live and grist mill and shall be equal divided between them
two so that the share equal in the value there of and each of them shall
pay out three hundred dollars each that is to say Jacob three hundred
dollars in money and David three hundred dollars in money and I give my
son David one bay mare.

My son Jacob and my son David shall give unto their mother a good and
sufficient support yearly, That is everything she stands a need of as
long as she lives,

Also I give to my two sons Jacob and David my wagon and hine gears to
have between them on the plantation for their use, If my two Sons, Namely
Jacob and David are not satisfied with the land and mill then after the
death of my wife it shall be sold and My son David shall have six hundred
dollars out of it and my son Jacob shall have five hundred out of it. The
balance to be distributed between all my children.

6th I give to my Son Adam one hundred and fourteen acres of fine land
joining N. Morgan and others and two hundred and fifty dollars in money
to be paid out of my estate

7th I give my son Conrad three hundred acres of land the plantation where
he now lives.

8th I give my son John one hundred twenty-five acres of land where on he
now lives.

9th I give my son Peter one hundred fifty acres of land where on he now
lives

10th I give my son George three hundred acres of land where on he now
lives, and My two Sons Jacob and David shall find food for my Daughter
Elizabeth's cattle, four in number.

All the property that is not willed shall be sold at public sale by my
executors and after my debts are paid if any money is left it shall be
distributed between all my children so the share equal and I hereby make
and ordain my worthy sons Peter and John executors of this my Last Will
and Testament set my hand and seal this 28th day of May AD 1832

Signed and sealed

And delivered in the presence
of                                              Henry Casper

Casper Holshouser

James Kluttz

Adam Casper