Wilkes County NcArchives Wills.....Hix, David October 29, 1792
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Source: Wilkes County, Nc Original Wills, State Archives Of North Carolina, Raleigh, Nc; Recorded Copy, Wilkes County, Nc Will Book 1, P. 365.
Written: October 29, 1792
Recorded: April 23, 1793

In The Name of God amen, I David Hix of Washinton County & State of North 
Carolia Being Weak in Body But of Sound Mind and Memory and knowing it is 
appointed of God once for all men to die, I therefore Constitue and Ordain this 
my Las will and Testament in manner & form as follows, 
First and foremost I Recommend my Soul unto God that Gave it hopeing to Receive 
the Same at the great Day of the Resurrection,
Secondly I Request my Body to be Buried in a Decent Christian Like manner at 
the decrestion of my Executors hereafter Named
thirdly I Request all my Lawfull Debts to be paid And as to my Worldly Estate 
wherewith it has pleas’d God to bless me, I will and Bequeath in the following 
manner
I Will and Bequeath to my Son in law John Holsclaw Fifty Acres of Land Joining 
his tract whereon he now Lives but not to Cross the river
I Will and Bequeath to my Son Samuel Hix Fifty Acres across The Lower End of my 
Land
I Will & Bequeath the other two hundred Acres to be Equally Divided Between 
James Holsclaw David Hix Henry Hotely & William Asher,
I Will and Bqeath all my moveable Property to my Grand Children to be Equally 
Divided that is Nancy And Thomas Asher, and to Sarah & milley Asher the 
Fatherless Chldren of my Daughter Sarah & Dinah & to be Delivered into The 
hands of James Holsclaw & Henry Hotely their Stepfathers Untill The sd Children 
Becomes age and I Constitue Benjamin Ward and Ezekiel Baird my Executors to 
this my Last will and testament.
Signed Sealed & Delivered in presence of us This twenty ninth of October one 
Thousand Seven hundred and Ninety two 1792.
					      his
					David (x) Hix
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Samuel Baird
      his
Simon (x) Shull
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       his
George (S) No
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[verso]
April 23 1793 Then Recd of Benjamin Ward & Ezekiel Baird Executors of David Hix 
Snr. the Sum of Nineteen pounds nine Shillings Spacie for the moveable property 
of sd Estate Left to the orphans.

					By me  Hnry heatly

April 23 1793 Then Recd of Ezekiel Baird & Benjamin Ward Executors of David Hix 
Snr. The Sum of Nineteen pounds nine Shillings Spacie for the moveable property 
of sd. State Left to the Orphans.
			                            his
					By me James (+) Holsclaw
                                                    mark

Recorded in _ Page 365
By me  Chs Gordon CC


Additional Comments:
Copied verbatim from the original will of David Hix,  Wilkes County, NC Wills, 
State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC.

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