Wilkes Co., NC   Will Book 5 Page 161

Mary Martin's Will
In the Name of God Amen, I Mary Martin
bring thorough abundant mercy and goodness
of God though weak in body yet of a sound and perfect
understanding and memory do constitute this my last will
Testament. I desire it t be recorded as such.  1st I most
humbly Commit my soul to God who give it beseaching
his most Gracious acceptance of it & my body to the
earth.  My burial I leave to the discretion of my friends,
and my executor hereafter named.  who I doubt not will
manage it with all requisite prudence as to my worldly
estate 1st I all my just debts be paid.  2nd I desire that
Executor pay out of my estate a note that my Brother
S.H. Dogan holds on my son R.C. Martin. dec'd which
is about four hundred dollars.  3rd I give to my daughter
Matilda E Martin the following Negroes, Nancy, Bishop,
Martha and Jim.  and their increase to have and to hold
for ever 4th  I give to my two grand daughters Mary and
Amelia Purkins my Negroe boy that now in the State
of Alabama in the posession of Robert Purkin if they should
die before they become of age the property to sent back
to my estate & to equally divided between my two daughters
Sarah A. Gray and Matilda Martin.  5th  I desire that my
Yellow boy Alfred be sold to pay my just debts.  6th I give to
my son in law Robert Purkins my carriage  7th  My
wish is that my two daughters Sarah A. Gray and
Matilda Martin have liberty to take out of my loose

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          February Term 1857

property such articles as they may want and the
balance of my property to be sold and the Balance
of Money after my just debts are paid to be equally
divided between my two daughters Sarah A. Gray
and Matilda Martin.  8th  I have given to Sarah
A. Gray my daughter her part of the Negroes property
in a deed of Gift heretofore  9th My wish is that my
two daughters Sarah A. Gray and Matilda Martin
take care of old Moses during his lifetime.  10th
I do appoint David Gray my Executor of this
my last Will and testament and trustee for my
children  In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & seal 30" day of July in the Year
of our Lord 1857
      Witness               Mary Martin [seal]
     SR Smith
     
    North Carolina
    Wilkes County        February Term 1857
                 The execution of the foregoing
will was duly proven in open Court by RS Smith
the subscribing witness thereto and ordered to be
recorded
                           Test
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