Spruill, Joseph A. - 1860 - Tyrrell Co., NC - Wills

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                            SPRUILL FAMILY WILLS

                                  
                             JOSEPH A. SPRUILL
                               April 24, 1860
                                  

In the name of God, amen; I Joseph A. SPRUILL of the County of Tyrell and
State of North Carolina being of sound and disposing mind, do make ordain
and establish, this my last will and
testament as follows.

FIRST I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Mary SPRUILL the house and lot
in Columbia in which I now live together all the household and kitchen
furniture that belongs in said lot to her
and her heirs forever.

SECONDLY, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Mary SPRUILL the amount
that may be realized from an Insurance Policy issued by the North Carolina
Life Insurance Company upon my life for the sum of three thousand dollars
which was taken out for the benefit of my said wife and is in her name.

THIRDLY It is my will and desire that all the balance of my real estate and
timber or timber trees may be sold by my Executors herein after named upon
the very best terms, and the proceeds
arising therefrom, together with the amount that may realized by them from
an Insurance Policy issued by the "International Life Assurance Society of
London" for five thousand dollars upon my
life, may be applied to the payment of my debts, it is also my will and
desire that any and all other property of which I shall die seized and
possed (sic) except my negroes may be disposed of
by my Executors as above and the proceeds applied to the payment of my
debts.

FOURTHLY It is my will and desire that any money remaining in the hands of
my Executors arising from the sale of my property is otherwise after paying
my just debts together with my negroes may
be divided as follows, one third I will and bequeath to my beloved wife
Mary SPRUILL, one third I will and bequeath to my sister Sally CASTELLO if
living at the time of my death and if not to her children and one third I
give and bequeath to my niece Sophy E. MUSE?.

I hereby nominate and appoint H. B. SHORT and Charles LATHAM my Executors
to this my last will and testament in testimony of all which I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
hereby revoking all other wills made by me.

Columbia NC April 24th 1860 J.A. SPRUILL {seal}

Signed and sealed in our presence and witnessed by us as the request of the
testator and in his presence and in the presence of each other

A.W. NORMAN
H.H. NORMAN
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State of North Carolina Tyrrell County Court of Pleas & ??? ???
Oct Term 1860

The due execution of the foregoing paper writing by Jos A. SPRUILL the
testator as his last will and testament and proved in open court by A. W.
NORMAN and H. H. NORMAN the subscribing witnesses thereto ordered that the
same be recorded and filed at the same time Henry B. SHORT and Charles
LATHAM the executors therein named approved and were duly qualified by
taking the oath prescribed for executors.

ELI SPRUILL Clk

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