Will: William Alston, 1810, Warren Co., NC

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[Warren Co., NC, Will Book 16, p. 1. Copy received from North Carolina
State Archives.]

[The first two lines of this will are badly faded.]

In the name of God amen.

I William Als[faded] [of the ?] County of Warren & State of No Carolina
being of sound mind & memory but weak in flesh & calling to mind the
mortality of man & knowing that it is appoint-ed once for all to die do
make & ordain this my last will & Testament in manner & form following (viz)

[First ?] I give & devise to my beloved wife Elizabeth Alston the
follow-ing negroes (to wit) Old Will & Old Lucy with all my stock of every
description also all my house hold & kitchen furniture with the use of all
my lands during widowhood.

Item I give & devise to my daughter Charety D. W. Alston the following
negroes, to wit, Jupitur, Bess and thier four children Lanford, Willie Joe,
Chance, & Polley, also Mary & her two children Vicey [?] & Slaphies [?]
with their increase to her & her heirs forever.

Item It is my desire that the follo_- ing negroes, to wit, Aggy,
Luc_-chira, Drury, Matthew, Carolina, Missey, Holley, Lynder, & Nat should
be sold & the proceeds with my crop of tobo with all the de-bts & dues of
every description sho-uld be appropriated to the payment of my just debts.

Item It is my desire that all my estate not heretofore given away or
dispos'd of should be equally divided between my beloved wife Elizabeth &
Daughter Charety.

Lastly I [illegible] constitute & appoi-nt my brothers Thos & Whitl Alston
my friends Lewis & Saml Williams with my wife as Exrs & Executx to this my
last will & Testament revoking & disannulling all others by me made In
Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 21st of Novm 1810.

Wm Alston {seal}

Test
H. G. Williams
Thos Mayfield

It [illegible] having occur'd to me after signing the above will that it
would be more advantageous that the negroes belonging to my wife Elizabeth
& daughter Charity D. W. Alston should be kept toge-ther & work'd for their
mutual interest each one drawing the profits in proportion to the Lands
they may work I hereby request that it may be so manage-d by my Exor that
this codi-cil should in no manner affect the validity of the above will. In
witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 21st Novm Anno
Domini 1810.

Wm Alston {seal}

Test
H. G. Williams
Thos Mayfield

Warren County November Court 1810
This last Will & Testament of William Alston decd together with the codicil
thereto was proved by the Oaths of Henry G. Williams & Thomas Mayfield
subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be Recorded whereupon Thomas
Alston Whitmell Alston Lewis Williams & Samuel Williams Execs therein named
quallifd as such and [took ?] on themselves the [illegible] of the same.

Copy Test
MDuke Johnson Cl.