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William Rhoads Senior, Secretary of State of the Colony of North Carolina
County of Tyrrill, Dated 29 August 1753.
In the name of God Amen the 29 day of August in the year of our Lord God
Seventeen hundred and fifty three I William Rhoads Senior of Terrill County &
porvince of North Carrolina plantor being in a very weak & low condition in body
but in perfect mind & memory thanks be given unto God for ye same & calling to
mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once
to die I doe make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament that is to say
principally and first of all I give recommend my Soull in to hands of God that
gave it & for my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a Cristian manner
at the discreion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the Generrall
Resurection I shall receive ye same again by the mighty power of God that gave
it & touching sutch worldly Estate whear with it hath pleased God to bless me
with in this Life I give _(page torn)__ and dispose of the same in ye manner &
form following that is to say
Imprimus - I will and bequeath that all my just debts be lawfully paid out of
my personnall Estate.
Item - I give and will & bequeath to my dearly beloved wife Elizabeth Rhoads
the labour of to Negroes York and Rose during her natural Life as all for one
third part of my houshold goods and the third part of my home of Cattell and
Sheep and all my Stok of hogs during her naturall Life: as aforesaid
Item - I give and bequeath unto my beloved son William Rhoads my manner
plantation I now dwell on and the land belonging to the famelies heirs and
assings for over the one third part only exepted to the use of my beloved wife
during her natural life.
Item - I give and bequeath to my son William Rhodes & my son John Rhodes and my
daughter Margrot Collins all other of my houshold goods to be equally devided in
fore parts the forth part to be paid to my deceased duaghters Elizabeth Garret's
son and daughter William Garret & Sarah Garret: and the other two thirds of my
home stok of Cattel after my wifes thirds taken out to be devided betwen my son
William Rhoads & my daughter Margrott Collings only my grand daughter Sarah
Garret to have a forth part of it.
Item - I give and bequeath two my beloved son John Rhodes my stok of cattell
belonging to the pine rige and at my wifes death the said Negroes to be returned
to my son William Rhoades and John Rhoads to wit - York & Rose and her increase
& the personall Estate likewise me bequeathed: as a legase to my wife to be
returned in like manner to my to sons as aforsd
Item - I constitute make and ordain my beloved sons William Rhoads and John
Rhoads my only and Sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament and I doe
hearby utterly disalow revoke and disanull all and every former Testaments Wills
& Legacies bequeaths and Executors by me in any wise before named willed or
bequeathed confirming this and noo other to be my Last Will and Testament.
In wittness whearof I have hearunto sett my hand & Seal the day & date above
whritting
Willm Rhoad
Signed Sealed pronounced and declard
by the said William Rhoads as is Last
Will and Testament in presance of us
Thomas Bedford Jurot
John (his -x- mark) Browning Jurot
Christopher (his -x- mark) Buttery
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Tyrrel County
September Court 1753
Then was the within will duly proved inopen court by the oaths of Thomas
Bedford and Jno. Browning two of the evidence thereto and at the same time
William Rhoads and John Rhoads wasduly qualifyed thereto as Executors as the Law
directs. Ordered that the Honorable Jas Murray Esqr. Secretary have notice that
Letters Testamentory issue thereon accordingly.
Test Evan Jones Clerk
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Letters issued the 7th Decr 1753
Recorded in Book K page 75