WILKES COUNTY, NC - WILLS - James Norman ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Meredith Clapper meredithclapper@earthlink.net ==================================================================== In the name of God, amen. I James Norman of the county of Wilkes and state of North Carolina being in perfect mind and memory thanks be to God for his mercies and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament principally and first of all I recommend my soul unto God who gave it and my body to the earth to be buried in a decent and Christian like manner at the discretion of my Executor and as tuching (sic touching) my worldly Estate which it hath pleased god to bless me with I give and dispose of in the following manner. It is my will and desire that after my death my will & desire is that my dearly beloved wife Ruth Norman shall have peaceable and quiet posession of my land where I now live with the plantation including one hundred acres during her natural life or widowhood & at her death my desire is that the said house & hundred acres of land shall fall to my son Thomas Norman. I give unto my son Joseph Norman one dollar & no more. I give unto my son William Norman one dollar & no more. I give unto my son James Norman one dollar & no more. I give unto my son John Norman one dollar and no more. I give unto my son Isaac Norman one dollar & no more. I give unto my daughter Mary Norman one dollar and no more I give unto my son Elijah Norman one dollar & no more. My will & desire is that my son Daniel Norman shall have twenty five acres of land adjoining where he now lives. I give unto my daughter Ruth Sprinkle one dollar & no more. I give unto my daughter Rosanna Ball one dollar & no more. I give unto my son George Norman one dollar & no more. My will & desire is that my daughter Ann Staples shall have fifty dollars to be raised out of my Estate. I give unto my daughter Kisziah one dollar & no more. & I give as aforesaid unto my son Thomas Norman at the deceas of my wife my plantation including my buildings containing one hundred acres of land. further I will & bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife Ruth Norman all my household & kitchen furniture & also all my live stock during her natural life or widowhood & at her death of entermariage my will & desire is that the said household & kitchen furniture and stock shall be sold at the highest bid & the money arising from the sale to be equally divided among the following of my children that is John Norman, Isaac Norman, Mary Norman, Daniel Norman, Ruth Sprinkle, Rosanna Ball, Ann Staples, Kisziah Morgan & Thomas Norman. further my will & desire is that all my land (after deducting that which I have disposed by this will) to be sold at public sale & the money equally divided among the last above named children that is my son John Norman, Isaac Norman, Mary Norman, Daniel Norman, Ruth Sprinkle, Rosanna Ball, Ann Stapler, Kisziah Morgan & Thomas Norman. and I hereby make and ordain my beloved son Thomas Norman Executor of this my last will and testament in witness whereof I the said James Norman have to this my last will and testament set my hand and seal the day and year above written. signed, sealed published & declared in presents of us. Harris Standley James Norman seal Isom Rieltz, Jr his mark William? Fells NorthCarolina Wilkes County Ferbruary Term 1828 The within will was duly proven in open court by the oath of Isom Felts in order to be recorded And the Executor Thos Norman duly qualified. Test. R. Martin clk