WILKES COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Henry York, 8 Mar 1817
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Henry York - Will - 8 March 1817
In The Name of God Amen
Henry York of the county of Wilkes and
the state of North Carolina being very weak of
body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God
calling unto mind the morality of my body and knowing
that it is appointed for all men to die do make and ordain
tis my last will and testament that is to say principally
and first of all give and renounce my soul into the hands
of the Almighty God that gave it and my body. Remand to the
Earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion
of my exseutive nothing doubting at the general resurrection.
Shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as
touching such world by estate where with it has pleased God
to help me in this life. Give? and dispose of the same in the
following manner of form. First I ordain my beloved wife
Market to be executive of my estate the during of her ?
and if she should marry again she is to have but a child's part.
To my son Henry I give one hundred acres of land on the
south side of the tract and to my son Leonard I five the old
tract were I now live and after to death of beloved wife all
my estate shall be equally divided amongst my daughters that
is to say the daughters of my last wife Market but if she is
to marry than all my estate is to be sold by my executors
George Wheatly and Daniel McDaniel and for my children of the
first wife as I think I have given them more than the younger
children will get so I bequeath unto each one dollar and I do
hereby utterly disblame revoke all and every testament and
wills in ?? whereof I have here unto got my hand and seal
this 8th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand
eighth hundred and seventeen.
Signed sealed on his last will and testament in the presence of us:
David Thronbergh
Henry Lenderman
Dan McDaniel
Henry York
(his mark)