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Sources
- Original Source:
- Intermediate Source:John Montgomery, personal communication WMWillis, 12 October 2012
Related
- Person:Alexander Montgomery (9)
- Transcript:Will of Alexander Montgomery, Orange County, NC, 1767
- Transcript:Indenture to Alexander Montgomery and wife Mary from Martha Montgomery widow, Orange County NC, 1769
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In the name of God amen I Alexander Montgomery of Orange County and the Province of North Carolina being sick and weak in Body but in perfect senses and Memory, I do appoint this my last will & Testament, first I give up y Soul to God the Author of it and as for y Body I desire that it may be Decently Buried, nothing doubting but that it will be raised again by the Power of God at the great Day of the Resurrection and for my worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with I dispose of it as followeth.
Item I give to my well beloved wife whom I appoint Sole Executrix of this my last will & testament, my Plantation I now live upon with all the Furnishing therein the House together with all the Chattles horses and Movables to her and my three Youngest children to be equally Divided at my wifes Death, excepting the land I now live on and that to be equally Divided between my two Sons Michal & James.
Item I give to my wife one Negro wench named Tamara During her life and then to her Desposal.
Item I give to my son Alexr Montgomery one hundred & Seventy Acres of land at the lower end of the tract that I now live on including the plantation he now lives on to him & his heirs forever.
Item I give to my son in Law Robert Barnett [1]in Amherst County in the Province of Virginia my Plantation that lyeth in Rock fish Settlement together with all the improvements thereon to him & his Heirs forever.
Item I give to my son William Montgomery five shillings Sterling and no more.
Item I give to the rest of my Children, namely John Elizabeth and my Daughters Anne and Mary[2]one Shilling Sterling to each of them after my Death working[3] all former Wills and Testaments in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this 27th Day of July 1767.
Signed and Sealed in
Alexdr Montgomery (Seal)
The Presence of us.
William Robinson Charles Crawford & William Maxwell
April ????? 1768
This Will was duly proved in open Court by William Maxwell & was Ordered to be Registered
[Signature]
References
- ↑ Husband of Mary Montgomery.
- ↑ SHould this be "John and Daughters Elizabeth, Anne, and Mary"?
- ↑ Presumably should be "Revoking"
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