Last Will and Testament of John Latta Sr
LastWill and Testament of John Latta Sr. - June 5th 1823
Orange County, N.C. Will Book E- Page 67
Inthe name of God Amen! I John Latta Senior of the County of Orange and the Stateof North Carolina being at present weak in body through age but of perfect mind& memory, thanks be given unto God therefore. Calling to mind the mortalityof my body, do make & Ordain this my last will and testament, that is tosay;
First of all I give and recommend my soul toGod that gave it me, beseeching his most gracious exceptance of it and throughthe all sufficient merits & meditations of Jesus Christ my Saviour &redeemer & when death shall come I give my body to the Earth to be buriedin a decent Christian manner at the discretion of my Executors and as to mywordly estate:
Igive & bequeath to my Son Thomas Latta his note of three hundred dollars,at my death. I give and bequeath to my John Latta’s two children John &Maria three hundred dollars, at my death to each one hundred & fiftydollars, which money is in the hands of Jos. H.L.T. Latta, the interest of SaidMoney to go to my Estate.
Igive & bequeath to my Son James Latta his note of three hundred dollars &I give to my son Jos. Latta, his note of three hundred dollars. I give &bequeath to my three son’s-in law Robert Walker & Robert Davis &William Faucett, their notes of three hundred dollars. I give & bequeath tomy son-in-law Thomas Hollaway Junr. two hundred dollars which he borrowed ofme, March the Eighth, Eighteen Hundred & Sixteen together with the In. duethereon.
Itis also my will that my two grandsons William & John Hollaway shall havethe Colt that now sucks the Mare, also that my Goods be divided into seven lotsas equal as can be done & drawn for by James Latta, Joseph Latta, RobertWalker, Robert Davis, & William Faucett & John Latta’s two children.
Itis my will that all my just debts be paid. It is my further will that whatproperty I possess at my death shall share equally alike, namely, Thomas Latta,James Latta, Joseph Latta & Robert Davis, Robert Walker, William Faucett& John & Maria Latta & Thomas Hollaway Junr. And I appoint my sonsThomas & James Latta the Executors of this my last will and testament,ratifying this & no other to be my last will & testament. In witnessthereunto I have set my hand & fixed my seal this Fifth of June, EighteenHundred and Twenty Three.
John LattaSenr. (Seal)
Published& declared in presence of these Witnesses present:
JamesAllison
RobertDavis
OrangeCounty November Term 1824
TheExecution of the foregoing last will & testament of John Latta Senr. Wasduly proved in open Court by the oath James Allison a subscribing witnessthereto & ordered to be recorded. At the same time the Excecutors thereinnamed duly qualified.
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Transcribedby: Latham Mark Phelps October 12,2003