WAKE COUNTY, NC - WILLS - George L. Alston, 20 Oct 1847
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Will: George L. Alston, 1847, Wake Co., NC

[Copy of original will received from North Carolina State Archives]

In the name of God Amen.

I George L. Alston of county of Wake and state of North Carolina being of 
sound mind and memory blessed be god do this day make and publish my last will 
and testament in manner and form following. First I give and bequeth my soul 
to god who gave to me and my Body to be decently Buried at the discression of 
my Executors here after appointed. As to my wordly Estate I give in manner and 
form following, to wit,

Item 1st I give and Bequeth to my Beloved wife Gilley Alston the tract of land 
whereon I now live all my house hold & kitchen furniture also all my stock of 
horses cattle hogs and sheep and two Negroes, to wit, Ben and Jeffrey During 
her natural life.

Item 2d I give and Bequeth to the bodily [word scratched out] heirs of 
Elizabeth K. Moore my daughter [word scratched out] twenty five dollars.

Item 3rd I give and Bequeth Mary J. Kennon my dau-ghter twenty five dollars.

Item 4th I give and Bequeth to my daughter Grissa M. Thomas fifty dollars.

Item 5th My will and desire is that all the property given to my wife in the 
first Item be Equally devided Between my Daughter Nancy L. Hester and son 
Wesley F. S. Alston with the Excepttion of farming shop and carpenters tools 
all of which I give to my son Wesley F. S. Alston. This item includes all of 
my property after the second third and forth is complyed with.

Revoking all other wills made by me hear tofore I nominate and appoint to this 
my last will and testament Wesley F. S. Alston and William [H ? K ?] Hester as 
my Executors. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this in the 
year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty Seven October the 20th 
in year above written.

				George L. (his X mark) Alston

Signed seald and delivered in presence of
John K. Moore
Joseph H. Thomas

Wake County Court, Febr. Term 1849
[page torn] paper writing purporting to be the last will [page torn] testament 
of Geo. L. Alston is brought into court [page torn] W. F. S. Alston & Wm. H. 
Hester and applied for pro- [page torn] when Mary J. Kennon one of the heirs 
at [page torn] of the said Geo. L. Alston [illegible] in open [page torn], and 
enters a caveat to the said will. Whereupon it is ordered by the Court that an 
[indistinguishable] be made up to try whether the said paper writing be the 
last will and testament of the said Geo. L. Alston or not, and whether the 
said Geo. L. Alston did devise or not as therein set forth.
It is further ordered by the Court that advertisement be made in the North 
Carolina Standard, a news paper published in the City of Raleigh for six weeks 
successively, for James Thomas & wife Grizzy & Mary L. Moore, Martha H. Moore, 
[page torn] L. A. Moore, Jno M. Moore, Lemuel K. Moore Eliza H. S. Moore, & 
Nathl. S. Moore, children of E. K. Moore, decd, and heirs at Law of the said 
Geo. L. Alston now residents [?] to be and appear at the next term of this 
court and caveat the said will if they think proper.
It is further ordered that the said Mary J. Kennon enter into bond with good 
security for the prosecution of this Caveat by the next term of this Court.

J. T. Ma__tt Cl