John Lowrance - 1800 - Rowan County, NC - Wills

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WILL OF JOHN LOWRANCE :

    "IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN: The 9th Day of January A.D. 1800: I John
Lowrance in the County of Rowan in the state of North Carolina, being
very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory Thanks be
given to God therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body, and
knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain
this my last will and testament that is to say principally and first of
all I give and recommend my soul unto the hands of God who gave it and
my body to the earth to be decently buried at the direction of my
Executors nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall
receive the same again through the mighty power of God, To as touching
such worthy Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this
life.  I give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner:
viz:
    "1.  I will that all those debts and duties I owe in right and
consequence to anyone whatsoever shall be well and truly paid in
convenient time after my demise by my Executor hereafter named.
    "2.  I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife, Margaret, my
plantation, I now live on, as it stands with the household furniture and
plantation utensils, to her during her widowhood and all the stock
consisting of one mare, cow, hogs, sheep and geese and after her
widowhood or death all to be sold and divided as hereafter named.
    " I give and bequeath unto my well beloved son William two hundred
twenty five acres of land lying on the east and of the land I now live
on, Joining James Graham, and the dividing line to run north and south.
    "I give and bequeath unto my two beloved sons, Alexander and David
the remainder of my land in Rowan [County] to be equally divided between
them and to cast lots for each, and the land I own in Burk County, I
allow to be sold when the....... [UndoubtedLy should be lease or
agreement] is ended with McDowel and the price to be equally divided
between William, Mary, Alexander and David.  I give to my beloved son
William the young mans best 'campaigne'.
    "Item: I give to my beloved son, Alexander, Delworth Shotsmasters
assistant.  Item: I give unto my beloved son, David, Fishers
arithmetick.
    "Item: I give to my beloved daughter, Mary, her bed and furniture
thereto belonging and her saddle and two cows such as her mother sees
cause to give her and two pewter basons, a pewter dish, a half dozen of
and an eight gallon pot and after my beloved wifes decease I allow all
the movable property to be sold that I have not named and my beloved
daughter, Mary to have fifty pounds and the remainder to be equally
divided between William, Alexander, Mary and David.  I allow the corn, I
give to my two sons Alexander and David to be sold and equally divided
between them.
    "And lastly I ordain my beloved wife and my beloved son, William,
and Squire John McCorkle Executors of this my last will and testament,
and I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannull all and every
other former testament, wills, legacies, bequeaths and account by me in
any way before named, willed, ratifying and confirming this and no
others to be my last will and testament; in witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written."

Signed, Sealed in
the
s/ John Lowrance
presence of us
s/ John Graham
s/ John Sherr
s/ Thomas Cowan


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