Will of Thomas Welch, Rutherford County, North Carolina, August 21, 1793
Donated by Philip Sheppard

In the name of God, amen. I Thomas Welch of Rutherford County state of
North Carolina, farmer, being of sound mind & memory thanks be to God
therefore calling to mind the mortality of the body and that it is
appointed for all men to die do make & appoint this to be my last well
and testament, that is to say, principally and first of all I give and
bequeath my soul to almighty God who gave it. Nothing doubting by I
shall receive the same again reunited to my body at the general
resurrection or by the almighty power of God; & my body I recommend to
the earth to be buried in a Christian and Decent manner at the
discretion of my executors and as to such worldly goods as it hath
pleased God to bestow upon my in this life I give divide and dispose of
the same in the following manner and form Viz. and first of all I allow
all my lawful debts and funeral charges to be paid  out of my estate.
Secondly, I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Agnes Welch the
improvements I now love on including my dwelling house and all of my
necessary buildings thereon and also all house furniture including all
the live stock to be at her disposal the land that only excepted and
that only during her natural life and that to be disposed as hereafter
mentioned; thirdly I give and bequeath unto my son James one hundred &
forth acres of land whereon he now lives according to the boundary now
laid off; fourthly, I give and bequeath unto my son Thomas a part of my
old survey whereon he now lives including his improvements according to
the boundary now laid off;
fifthly, I give and bequeath unto my son John a part of a tract
including the mill hole and certain boundary now laid off; sixthly, I
give and bequeath to my son David Alexander a certain piece of land
being part of my old plantation according to certain boundaries now laid
off; seventhly, I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph the old
improvement supposed to be two hundred acres at his mother's death
according to the boundary now laid off; eighthly, I give and bequeath
unto my daughters to, 1st Elizabeth McGaughy one shilling sterling, also
I give and bequeath unto second daughter Agnes Suggs one shilling
sterling also I give & bequeath unto my third daughter Mary Snowdon one
shilling sterling, 4th i give and bequeath unto my daughter Jean Proctor
one shilling sterling and lastly I hereby nominate, constitute & appoint
my wife Agnes Welch to be my whole and sole executor of this my last
will and testament and do hereby utterly disavow all former wills &
testaments whatsoever made of found to be made in witness whereof I have
set my hand & seal this 21th day of August 1793.

      Thomas Welch (seal)

Signed sealed in the

presence of us

(name indecipherable)
(name indecipherable)
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