Will of James McMahan, 1787, Rowan Co. NC

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                         Will of James McMahan 1787
                                      
                                      
     Will Book "D" p. 220 Rowan County, NC JAMES MCMACHAN. 14 Sept.
     1787.
     
     In the name of God Amen! I James McMachan of Rowan County in N.
     Carolina, be in a tolerable good state of health thanks be to God
     calling to mind the mortalite of the Body, knowing that it is
     appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last
     will and test:
     Principally & first I recomend my soul into the hands of God: & my
     body to the earth to be decently buried nothing doubting as at the
     general resurrection I shall receive the same again. And as such
     worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this
     life I give devise & dispose of the same in the following manner,
     first I give & bequeath to Susanna my beloved wife all my household
     goods & all my black cattle & sheep also I give to my sons Samuel &
     Willm Mcmachan all my land to be equally divided betwixt them
     beginning at the middle of the west line & run straight to the east
     & Samuel shall have the south side & William the north & I also
     appoint the Samuel McMachan & William McMachan to executors of this
     my last will & test: & further my will is that sd executors shall
     pay as soon as convenient they can twenty five pounds apiece to the
     rest of my beloved children to John & Thomas, Elizabeth, & James &
     Mary of which same I appoint William to pay one hundred pounds &
     Samuel twenty five pounds & to my son William all my ______ of
     _____ with I give my bay horse & young mare & waggon - and I will
     that my beloved wife have comfortable living on the place as long
     as she lives - I confirm this to be my last will in witness whereof
     I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 14 day of September 1787
     Signed, sealed, declared in presence of us, Lazarus Whitehead jun
     David Johnson X James McMachan seal

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