YANCEY COUNTY, NC - WILLS - W.M. Moore, 17 Jul 1896
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Yancey County Record of Wills
Volume #2, page 101
Microfilm # C.107.80001

In the Name of God Amen
I, W. M. MOORE of the County of Yancey and State of North Carolina being 62 
years old and of sound mind and disposing memory and desirous to dispose of 
the small amount of property that I have been blessed with while I have 
capacity to do so.  Therefore I make and publish this instrument as my last 
will and testament revoking all other will and testaments heretofore made.    
That is to say
1st I give and bequeath my soul to God who gave it to me.
2nd I give my mortal body to the Earth from whence it came to return to its 
native dust.
3rd I desire that my Executor hereinafter named to pay all my just debts out 
of my personal property if I should have enough for that purpose. If not to 
sell land by public sale sufficient to pay the ------ on such terms and 
conditions as a ------ may would manage his own affairs to ----- the same,
but not to sue ------, the bonds set apart.
4th To JULIA C. or ROSA J., children of my deceased wife SAREPTA C. MOORE, I
will and bequeath to my two children JULIA C. and ROSA J. my farms on Jacks 
Creek that I bought of   S. B. and SAMUEL HONEYCUTT & S. H. GOULD containing 
219 acres to have and to hold and to share and share alike and I will and 
bequeath to the said JULIA C. and ROSA J. one lot each 5 pls front and 20 pls 
length on the front of the lands I bought of S. M. BROYLES & wife & between 
the line of my town ----- the ----- of D. M. BRYANT lot to ------ lots to be 
selected by my executor and provided that they remain with my wife MARY and 
that they be good dutiful girls.
5th I will and bequeath all the rest of my real estate to my wife MARY as her 
dower during her natural life or widowhood and at her death or remarriage to 
descend to her children that was or may be born to us during  our married life 
and to them only.
6th I will and bequeath to my wife MARY all and every of my personal 
possessions of every kind as years allowance and I intend all of this to ----- 
all expenses in raising all of the children and if any lands has to be sold my 
Executors must sell on such terms as will be most advantageous to the estate. 
And to save as much as possible for the children and to enable her to keep the 
children together and raise them and (if) she remarry I will and request that 
all the personal property on hand at her remarriage & the issue or product 
thereof be taken by my executor and equally divided between JULIA C. and ROSA 
J. and my children by MARY my present wife.
7th I will the children of my first wife nothing for the reason that I have 
already advanced to them a reasonable share of my property and I feel that I 
am only doing my duty when I see and know I leave children yet to be raised.
8th I hereby appoint my long trusted and faithful friend W. B. BANKS my 
Executor to this my only last will and testament & place upon him the duty and 
authority to carry out this my last will & Testament in witness whereof I 
hereunto set my hand and seal this July 17th, 1896. So, I bid you all a long 
long farewell forever.

W. M. Moore

(Will was without witnesses, Found after his death among his personal papers. 
Proved by several who knew his handwriting.)