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Facts and Events
Will of Henry Rich
- 1793 Will of Henry Rich, Rowan Co. NC Will Book D, pages 108-109
- In the name of God amen! I Henry Rich of the County of Rowan & State of N Carolina being in a weake & low state of health but of perfect mind & memory, calling to mind the mortality of my body do make & ordain this to be my last will & testament Therefore I give my soul to God who gave it my body to be buried ["in" crossed out] at the discretion of my executors & as to what estate I am owner of, I give & bequeath as follows:
- Item I give & bequeath unto my beloved wife Ann Rich my home plantation during her natural life then to decend to my grandson John Rich, likewise all my house furniture plantation tools wagon & gears, all my stock of horses, cattle, hogs, sheeps & all my property of every sort & after her death to be equally divided between my grandchildren John Rich, Sarah Rich, Ann Rich also to my grand daughters Sarah Rich, Ann Rich my track of land bought of John Rutledge to be equally divided between them & I give five pound for the finishing Tossa meeting house to be made out of my stock and all my just debts to [be] paid by money arising from my stock, which is to be sold by my executor & in case my widow should alter her condition then she is to have nothing, but what the law allows her
- I likewise allow John Isbel to live on that plantation four years, provided he keeps the house in order & so that he not lose the story the timber by cutting cole wood [sic ?] & I do hereby these presents constitute & appoint my well beloved wife Ann Rich my whole & sole executor with full power to sell either at public or privat[e] sale & I acknowledge this as my last will & testament revoking all others in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this 6 Day of April in the year of our Lord 1793.
- (signed) Henry Rich {seal}
- Signed, sealed & published & pronounced in the presence of
- John Johnston
- Thomas Thompson
- John Brown
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