Parks, Thomas - 1791 - Wilkes County, NC - Will Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Ed Teer edteer@bellsouth.net Will of Thomas Parks II In the name of God, Amen - I Thomas Parks of the State of North Carolina and County of Wilkes - being sick and weak but in perfect Sence and memory thanks to be to Almighty God for it and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing it is appointed for all men once to die do make and Ordain to be made this my Last Will and Testament In manner and form following Viz first of all I recommended My Soul into the hands of Almighty God that Gave it me hoping through the merits of my Blessed Savior to Inherit Everlasting Life - and my body to be decently buried at the discretion of my executors hereafter mentioned and as to all the worldly Good it hath pleased God to Bless me with I Bequeath in manner and form following Viz Item - I give and Bequeath to me Loveing wife Precilia Parks one Negro Girl - Dicey or Ivey and the land and plantation whereon I now Dwell the land as Low as the middle Branch - during her natural Life Item - I give and Bequeath to my Daughter Peggy Parks one Negro Girl named Hannah to her and her heirs for Ever the said negro to be Delivered to her at the time of the rest of my Estate being divided or at the Day of her marriage. Item - I give to my son Ambrose Parks the land whereon I now Live as Low Down as the Middle Branch after the decease of his Mother to him and his heirs for Ever Item - I give and Bequeath to my son Rubin Parks all the land Lying below the Middle Branch being part of the Tract of land I now live on to him and his heirs for Ever Item - I give to my son Ambrose Parks my Island Land containing eighteen acres to him and his heirs for Ever My Will and Desire is that my Beloved wife Pricilla have the use of all my Movable Estate only as before directed during her Natural Life and then to be Equally divided among My Children - namely Ann Parks, John Parks, Thomas Parks, Rubin Parks, Aaron Parks, Mary Johnson, William Parks, and I do hereby Constitute and appoint my two sons, Rubin Parks and Ambrose Parks Executors of this my last Will and Testament revoaking and dissolving all other Wills or Wills by me heretofore and allowing this only to be my Last Will and testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this fifth day of July 1790 Signed Sealed In presence of George Wheatley Richard Allen Mason Wheatley Will was proved January Term in open Court Wilkes Cty., North Carolina A.D. 1791 Teste Gordon C.C. ====================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogy information on the Internet, data may be freely 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 presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must contact the submitter or the listed USGenWeb archivist.