Wilkes Co., NC Will Book #4 Page 321

                             James Martin's Will

State of North Carolina |
Wilkes County           |   I James Martin being of perfect mind and
memory and calling unto mind the mortality of my body and Knowing
that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this
my last Will and Testament, that is to say first of all I recommend my
Soul unto the hands of allmighty God that gave it and my body to be buried
in decent Christian Burial and as touching such worldly Estate which
it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give and dispose of  the same in
the following manner.
1st I desire that all my just debts should be paid out of my money and
    property     2nd I give to my beloved Wife Elvira Martin all
    the lands I bought of Stephen Shepherd and the Lunsford family
    it being the land whereon I now live and all my stock of every kind
    household and kitchen furniture, farming utensils and all my
    books not otherwise hereafter disposed of, to be hers during her life
    and at her death the said lands & Books to belong to my Son
    Harrison Martin, the other property she may ??? possessed off
    to be equaly divided amongst all my children.
3rd I give and bequeath to my Son John B. Martin the negroes
    I have put in his possession called Ceasar, Mariah, Wilson
    Eliza and other such property I put in his possession.
4th I give to my daughter Emeline Shufford the negroes I have
    put in her possession called Henry, Mary ?????? and the five-
    hundred Dollars I let her have to buy an other and such other
    property as I have put in the possession of her and her hus
    band Elkanah  Shufford.
5th I give to my daughter Diana A. Hunt and her husband James
    C. Hunt the negroes I have put in their possession called Allen
    Nancy, Ell??? and Suckey and such other property as I have
    put in their possession.
6th I give to my Son Benjamin Oliver Hazzard Perry Martin the land
    I bought of my brother John Martin together with a small addition
    all of which I have made a deed for and other such property
    as I have put in his possession.
7th I give to my daughter Elvira Matilda Martin the following negroes
    Bety, Nelson, Wilson & Joe and other small property to equal to
    what my above named children had towards fixing them for
    house keeping.
8th I give to my Son Felix B. Martin the tract of land called the
    Redding Tract, The Wallace Tract and the tract on the Brushy
    mountain I bought of William B Lawyer and the Entry
    I made adjoining the Same and Sixteen hundred Dollars to be
    raised out of my money and property and to have
    such other property as I have put in his possession
    and to have such other furniture as will be equal to

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9th I give to my daughter Mary Ann Martin the following negroes
    called Jane, Amy, Charles & Columbus and other small property
    such as my other children had when they left me and went to
    house Keeping.
10th I give to my Son Leland Martin the Ballance of my Fathers Tract of
     land not given to my Son Benjamin and to have such other small
     property as my other childrren had.
11th I give to my Sons Rufus Martin and James Oscar Martin the tract
     of land I bought of the Parks family, William Kirby and John Bryan
     Esq. it being my upper plantation and the back lands adjoining
     thereof which I aquired by Entry to be equally divided between
     them and for them to have such other small property as my
     other childrren had.
12th I give to my Son Augustus Harrison Martin in addition what
     I have above given him my negroboy Larkin and if he should
     die before Augustus come of lawful age then for it to be made
     up to him.
13.  I also give to my Wife Elvira during her life the following
     negroes Cate, Sophia, Sam, Lewis, Aaron, George, Jensey and Sarah
     to enable her to raise the Children and at her death said negroes
     with their increase to be equally divided amongst all my Children
     after making up such losses as is herein provided for and further
     my Wife is to have the use of the property willed to my children
     until they arrive at the age of twenty one or marry and leave her
     and if any of the negroes I have willed to Elvira or Mary Ann
     should die before they have come into the possession of them then
     for my wife to give them other negroes equal to the one that should
     die and for its worth or worth of them if more then one should die
     to be paid Elvira or Mary Ann in Money to be raised out of my Estate
     The term used for raising money for my Children out of my property
     and estate is intended to include what money I may die possessed
     of as well as other things and if there should not be property &
     money enough to raise it without leaving too little for the
     Support of my wife and Children and schooling them, then my other
     children must pay back in equal proportions so as to make them equal
14th I do hereby constitute and appoint my wife Exequtrix and my Sons John
     B. Martin and Benjamin O. H. P. Martin my Executors to this my last will and
     Testament in withness whereof Those hereunto set my hand and Seal
     This 23rd day of Jan 1840.
                                 James Martin (Seal)
2nd Account of A ?????? Estate
                       April 24 1846 Cash received from ??? |
                                 ???????? of ???????        |            $23000
N Carolina         |                                            ? Martin ???????
Wilkes County |  May Term 1846 
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