YANCEY COUNTY, NC - WILLS - William Bennett, 1 Sep 1854
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Last Will and Testament of WILLIAM BENNETT

Yancey County Record of Wills
Volume # 1, page 42
Microfilm # C.107.80001
 

I WILLIAM BENNETT of the County of Yancey and State of N. Carolina being of 
sound mind and memory but considering the uncertainty of life & my earthly 
Existence do make and declare this my Last Will and Testament in manner and 
form following that is to say first that my Executor herein after named shall 
provide for my body a decent burial suitable to wishes of my relations & 
friends and pay all funeral Expenses together with all my just debts howsoever 
and to whomsoever out of the moneys that may first come into hand as a part 
or parcel of my estate.
ITEM I give and devise to my daughter SINDA & my daughter ELIZABETH and my 
daughter MARY and my daughter NANCY all single women all my land and house and 
mill to have and to hold to them and their heirs and the said lands to be 
equally divided amongst the aforesaid four daughters.
ITEM I give and bequeath to my daughters SINDA, MARY, ELIZABETH and NANCY all 
of my Personal Estate to be equally divided amongst them.
ITEM 3 I give and bequeath all my money & notes to my daughters SINDY, MARY, 
ELIZABETH and NANCY to be Equally divided amongst them.
ITEM 4 I give and bequeath to my daughters SINDA, MARY, ELIZABETH & NANCY all 
my household & kitchen furniture to be equally divided amongst them.
ITEM 5 I give and bequeath to my daughter NANCY a ---- ---- ---- out of my 
aforesaid personal property.
And lastly I do hereby Constitute and appoint my trusty Friend MOSES PETERSON 
as my lawful Executor to all intents & purposes to Execute this my last will 
and Testament according to the -----intent and purpose of the same ------. 
Revoking and declaring utterly void all other Wills & Testaments heretofore 
made
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 1 day of September 1854.
WILLIAM BENNETT, with his mark (x)

Signed sealed published and declared by the said WILLIAM BENNETT to be his 
Last Will and Testament in the  Presence of us who at his request and in his 
presence do Subscribe our names as Witnesses.
JOHN PETERSON
S. S. PETERSON