RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NC - WILLS - William Earle, 1803
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April Court 1803
Last Will & Testament of William Earle
Written (?) ­ Probated Apr 1803
(Rutherford County Will Book B Page 151)

In the name of God, amen: I William Earle of
Rutherford County, North Carolina, being very sick and
weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be
to almighty God, and calling to mind the shortness of
the life of man, have thought proper to make this my
last Will and Testament as follows: 

That is my sole I give unto the hand of the almighty
God and my body to the earth to be buried in a decent
manner at the directions of my executors hereafter
named. And for the property that it has pleased God to
give to me, I dispose of as follows: 

First: I give and bequeath to my son Nathaniel Earle
the house where I now live, beginning at the Sholley
Branch and running up my Spring Branch to my back line
and lake, out of the old tract until he gets one
hundred acres next to the Creek. 

Secondly: The other two hundred acres to my two other
sons Pleasant & Elijah Earles, to be equally dived
between them, but Pleasant Earle to have his hundred
acres where he now lives. 

Thirdly: I give and bequeath to my three daughters,
Prisey Ledbetter, Lucy Earles, Margret Earles, a Negro
wench by the name of Cate, to be equally divided
between them (& their creator), and to my two youngest
daughters, one feather bed apiece. 

Fourthly: I give to my three oldest sons, Bennet
Earles, William Earles, & Joshua Earles, ten shillings
apiece. 

Fifthly: All my just debts to be paid out of other
debts that are due me and out of my moveable estates. 

Sixthly, I give and bequeath to my wife Elizabeth
Earles my house & the balance of the moveable estate
her lifetime & then to my three daughters named in the
Will. 

Lastly I appoint my son Nathaniel Earle my executor to
this my last Will included before. 
Signed 	William (his mark) Earle
Witness: Robert Harden, Martin Roberts, and John
Roberts  


April Court 1803

I, Nathaniel Earle, son of Elizabeth Earle, do lease
to Elizabeth Earle, the house where she now lives and
what part of the land she wants to tend for her own
use and half of the peach orchard. And Lucy Earle and
Margret Earle, daughters of Elizabeth Earle, doth give
or lease to Elizabeth Earle, a Negro wench by the name
of Cate to weight on her, her lifetime or during her
widow hood. And Pleasant Earle gives to his mother all
the land she wants to tend or use for her own use
during her widow hood or her lifetime. 

Given under our hands and seals this 11th of April
1803:
Nathaniel (his mark) Earle, Pleasant (his mark) Earle,
Lucy (her mark) Earle, Margret Earle

Witness: John Roberts and Martin Roberts


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