Wilkes County NcArchives Wills.....Howard, John May 7, 1811
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Source: Wilkes County Wills, July 1811, P. 8
Written: May 7, 1811
Recorded: July 1811

John Howard (1733-1811)
Will
Wilkes County, NC
Written:  7 May 1811
Probate:  July 1811
Source:  Wilkes County Wills, July 1811, p. 8

In the Name of God Amen I John HOWARD Senr. of the County of Wilkes & late of 
North Carolina, being of sound mind and memory Calling to mind he uncertainty 
of this mortal Life, have made this my Last Will & testament. 

Item  I lend to my wife Nancy HOWARD my whole Estate of Whatsoever kind r 
Nature together with my land & Plantation whereon I now live during her 
Natural life. 

I give unto my Son, Joshua HOWARD five Shillings, 

also I give onto the Heirs of my Daughter Salley WEATHERSPOON five Shillings, 

also give unto my Son John HOWARD Junr. five Shillings. 

Also I give unto my Son Philip HOWARD five Shilling, & also I give unto my 
Daughter Rachel HORTON five Shillings, my Reasons for so doing believeing I 
have given those mentioned above their Share of my Estate 

give unto my Son Christopher HOWARD, at the Decease of my Wife Nancy HOWARD 
one Negroe Boy named Isaac, all my land whereon now live at the decease of my 
Wife which is four hundred &seventy acre, 

I give to my Son Christopher HOWARD & Barbary HOWARD my daughter & my Daughter 
Polley HOWARD to be equally Divided among Christopher, Barbary & Polley, But 
Christopher to have the improvd. land & the ballance adjoining the same, 

Likewise I give unto my children Christopher HOWARD, Barbary and Polley HOWARD 
at the decease of my wife all the residue of my Estate of Whatsoever kind 
Nature to be Equally Divided among then, to them & their heirs forever, & 

lastly I appoint my wife Nancy HOWARD y Executrix, also my Son Christopher 
HOWARD Executor of this last Will & Testament Revoking Disannulling all other 
wills made by me, In witness hereof I have set my hand & fix'd my Seal this 
Seventh day of May in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & 
Eleven.. John(X) HOWARD (SEAL) Sign'd Seal'd & Acknowledg'd} in presence of 
us } Charles JOHNSON, Jt. Jonath. STOUT... July Term AD 1811.

The above Will was duly proven in open court by the oath of Charles JOHNSON 
Teste: R. MARTIN, Clk.

John Howard may have been married as many as three times. All of his children 
did not belong to his wife Elizabeth Stanley Howard.


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