Thomas Apperson will, Yadkin County NC, 1853 ****************************************************************** File transcribed and contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Cindy McCachern 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. ******************************************************************. County of Yadkin, NC. Know all men by these presents, that I, Thomas Apperson, being in bad health but of sound mind and memory, do make, ordain, constitute and appoint this to be my last will and testament in manner and form following: It is my will that my body be decently interred at the discretion of my executor hereinafter named, and for what wordly estate it has pleased God to help me with, I dispose of that in the manner as follows: First, It is my will that all my just debts be paid. Second, It is my will that my beloved wife, Luvitha Apperson, shall have the use of my tract of land which I now live on and all my negroes and stock of all kinds until the heirs shall all become of age; also, all of my household and kitchen furniture, with tools, etc., and all my property, after paying all just debts. Third, when the heirs shall all have become of age, it is my will that my wife, Luvitha Apperson, shall have $100.00 and an equal share with the rest of the heirs. Fourth, that all of the heirs which have not received a bed and a cow are to receive a common bed and a cow out of the estate and they draw an equal share. Fifth, it is my will that all of my heirs not mentioned in this my last will, are to draw an equal share of the remainder of my property when it is divided, or sold, as the case may be. Sixth, If my beloved wife, Luvitha Apperson, should marry before the heirs shall all have become of age, the division shall take place at the time of her marriage. Seventh, I do appoint my son, William H. Apperson, and my wife, Luvitha Apperson, Executors of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all wills by me formerly made. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this the 8th day of September, in the year of our lord Eighteen Hundred and fifty three Signed Thomas Apperson (seal) Signed sealed and published to be the last will and testament of Thomas Apperson inthe presence of I. L. Kirk, Bennett Head