Person:Andrew Kilpatrick (3)

Name	Andrew Kilpatrick
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	28 Mar 1745	Ulster, Ireland
Marriage	12 Nov 1772	Rowan County, North Carolinato Jane Nichols
Marriage	1792	Iredell County, North Carolinato Elizabeth McCorkle
Death`^?`	27 Mar 1813	Iredell, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States
Burial`^?`	1813	Iredell, Brunswick, North Carolina, United StatesBethany Presbyterian Church Cemetery

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Will of Andrew Kilpatrick

Last Will & Testament of Andrew Kilpatrick

In the name of God Amen. I Andrew Kilpatrick of the County of Iredell in the state of North Carolina being in perfect mind & memory yet call to mind the mortality of my body, do make & ordain this my last will & testament.

First & principally I recommend my soul to almighty God who gave it & my body to the earth to be buried in a decent Christian burial at the discretion of my Executor. And on touchng such worldy Estate as it hath pleased God to endow me with I give & bequeath in the following manner.

First after all my lawful debts are paid discharged I give & bequeath to my daughter Euphuemia Kilpatrick & Mary McClure to each a bible as a remembrance they having that part formerly. Also to my daughter Pamela Kilpatrick I give & bequeath a negro girl named Dorcas but if in case my negro girl Mime should die or become an invalid then & in that case she must tarry with my wife during her life or as long as my wife desire & then go into her possession also her bed & furniture as mutch [sic] dresser furniture as my other daughter got.

Also, I give & bequeath to my son Joseph Kilpatrick the plantation which I bought Robert Long agreeable to it both & bound.

Also to my son Joshua Kilpatrick I give & bequeath my negro boy named Milus. Also to my sons William & Jas. I give & bequeath the land ____(?) which I bought from Robert Jordan containing 1.7 acres allowing to Jas. two thirds of the whole & to William one third of the whole.

I also give & bequeath to my son Andrew C. Kilpatrick one hundred & ten acres laid off by my executor so as not to injure either of the plantations. Also two acres of meadow grounds lying up the same branch on which I now live on my south line.

I also give & bequeath to my wife Elizabeth Kilpatrick during her widowhood the remainder of that tract of land on which I now live with all the improvements with my negros & stock of every kind farming utensils household furniture & every other appurtainance except the negros stock & furniture before mentioned. But incase my widow should marry again I then give & bequeath to my son Alexander M. Kilpatrick the plantation which is to her with its houses & buildings only she shall then have one negro girl named Mimi with her bed & furniture during life & then return to the estate. And whether at her death or her marriage the remaining part of the property as to be divided between my two sons Andw C & Alexander The negro Part of A & the remainder part of between the same two Andw & Alexander M & my daughter Pamela. Also it is my will that my wife Elizabeth shall have that portion that her father left her by his last will & testament.

And lastly I do hereby constitute & appoint ordain my brother Jas. McCorkle & my son Joseph N. Kilpatrick to be the Executors of this my last will & testament & I do hereby whatsoever heretofore made or mentioned ratifying & confirming this & no other to be my last will & testament Witness my hand & seal this 16th day of June 1810

(signed) Andrw. Kilpatrick

Signed sealed & published &

pronounced in the presence of

Andrw. C. Kilpatrick

Alexander Kilpatrick

William Chipley

[Source: Iredell Co., NC, Hall of Justice, Will Book 1 #208].

Note: Jas. McCorkle, mentioned in the will above was the brother of Andrew Kilpatrick's second wife, Elizabeth McCorkle.

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