Wilkes Co., NC Will Book #4 Page 202

		May Sessions 1836

State of North Carolina |
          Wilkes County |  In the name of God Amen
                      I williams Gilreath of the County & State aforesaid
being weak in body but of perfect mind and memory blessed be God, calling to
mind the uncertainty of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men
once to die do make ordain & publish this my last Will and testament in the
manner & form following to Wit.
1st I give and bequeath unto my Son Hilliar H Gilreath all my Lands and
Tenements together with all my farming utensils, also one Horse Creature
One Feather Bed bedstead & furniture and also my negroe boy David
now about fourty years old and all other property of which I may die siezed
and possessed of which is not herein after particularly divided to my other
Children to him & his heirs forever.
2nd I give and bequeath to my daughter Martha my negroe Girl Emily now
about eighteen years of age during natural life & at her death Emily & her
increase to go to my two daughters Rebecca & Susana Triplett, to them
Their heirs forever  I also give & bequeath unto my daughter Martha One
horse Creature to be Selected by her out of my Stock at the time of my
death, also Two Cows of her choice, Six head of Sheep also One feather
Bed bedstead & furniture to her & her heirs forever
3rd  I give & bequeath to my Son Henry Gilreath the feather Bed bedstead
& furniture I allowed for my son Hugh to him and his heirs
4th  I give and bequeath unto my Grandson Hiram H McCoy the bed
bedstead & furniture I allowed for my son Hiram to him & his heirs
5th  I give & bequeath to my daughter Delilah McCoy the bed bedstead &
Furniture I lent her to her & her heirs
6th  I give & bequeath whatever debts may be due me or mony on hand
at the time of my death after deducting my funeral expenses to be divided
equally between my several Children then living or their heirs and my
Grandson Hiram H McCoy Share & Share alike
Lastly I nominate and appoint my sons Hilliar H Gilreath & Henry
Gilreath Executors to this my Last Will and Testament hereby ratifying
& Confirming the Same & utterly revoking and disallowing all other Wills
heretofore made by me declaring this and no other to be my Last Will
& Testament,  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto  Set my hand & affixed
my Seal this 6th day of Sept'r 1834
Signed Sealed & published in presence of          William Gilreath
	S H Patterson  Jurat
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May Session 1836
		The execution of the written will was duly proven in open Court
by S H Patterson & ordered to be recorded.  Thw two Executors named duly
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