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SUBJECT: 920 Joseph Thames
LOCATION: Bladen County, NC
DATE: October 11, 1780
DATE PROVED: unknown
SOURCE: Bladen County Will Book 2 PAGE: 275-276
NOTES:
- Joseph died soon after his will was written, as wife Martha appears in 1781 as a Bladen County property owner and tax payer.
"In the Name of God "Amen"
"I Joseph Thames of Bladen County and state of North Carolina being in ?? mind and memory make this my last Will and Testament.
"First I recommend my Soul to god and that gave it and my body to be buried at the discretion of my Executors, and my estate and effects ??
page 276
I bequeath and dispose of in form and manner as follows.
In the first place I order that all my Just debts shall all be paid out of my estate, and Secondly I give and bequeath to Martha my dearly beloved Wife, one third part of all my remaining estate during the time of her life there to be given to the children at her disposal.
Item I give to my Sons Jesse, Thomas, Joseph and William Thames the Sum of Five shillings each lawful money of this state which is to be paid to them by my Executors
Item I further order and my mind and will is that the other two thirds of all my personal and Real estate negroes lands goods and chattle and moveable estate shall be valued by me Executors and equally divided amongst them my four children namely Thomas, Martha, John, and Samuel Thames.
Lastly I constitute make and ordain Martha my dearly beloved wife Executrix and also James Jackson[,] Joseph, Thomas, and William Thames Executors of this my last Will and Testament and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disavow all and every other former Testament Wills Legacies and bequests Executors by me in any ways before made willed and bequested, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this 11th day of October in the year of Our Lord 1780
| Signed Sealed published ?? and declared ?? said Joseph Thames ?? last will and Testament in the presence of the subscribers Benjamin Clark David Holleway James Jackson |
Joseph (his H mark) Thames ( seal ) |
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