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29 DECEMBER 1791
Orange Co NC Will Book B pp229-230
[p229]
In the name of God Amen I JAMES WALKER of the County of Orange
& State of North Carolina, being of perfect sense and memory
but weak in body do make this my last Will and Testament in manner
and form following. first I bequeath my Soul to Almighty God hoping
to receive forgiveness of all my Sins through the merits and meditations
of my Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ, and my body I bequeath
to the Earth from whence it came to be decently buried at the
discretion of my executors hereafter named and my worldly estate
which it hath pleased God to bestow on me I give and bequeath
as followeth. I give to my loving wife ELISABETH all my land that
I am possessed of during my wifes natural life
and after my wifes decease I give my land to my Son JAMES WALKER
to him and his heirs forever. I give to my Son JAMES WALKER on
the day of his marriage my Negroe Woman PHEBE and her increase
to him and his heirs forever. I give to my wife ELISABETH during
her natural life my Negroes ISAAC, DAVID, TOM & PHILIP, and
my Will is that after my wifes decease the value of the above
said Negroes shall be equally divided betweeen my five children
that I had by my first Wife (Viz) ANNE CIMBOL, SANDERS WALKER,
LYDIA WRIGHT, JEREMIAH WALKER and WILLIAM WALKER. I give to my
three Children That I had by my second Wife SARAH COLBERT, ELISABETH
HORTON, JAMES WALKER, one Dollar to each, and after my
Debts are paid I give to my loving Wife all the rest of my moveable
estate, to her & her heirs forever.
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[p230]
I constitute and Ordain my Wife ELISABETH WALKER & my Son
JAMES WALKER, my whole and Sole executors of this my last Will
and Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand &
Seal this twenty ninth day of December 1791
Signed Sealed & delivered
In presence of us
JAMES WALKER [LS]
THOMAS ?LATTA?
SAMUEL GARRARD
State of North Carolina
Orange County February Term 1792
The execution of the above last Will and Testament of JAMES WALKER
deceased was duly proved in open court by the Oaths of THOMAS
LAT-- & SAMUEL GARRARD the two subscribing Witnesses thereto
and Ordered to be Recorded.
ABNER B. BRUCE, CC
Transcribed by Lin Van Buren
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