NOTE: The following Will was transcribed from a photocopy of the old, original
NOTE: The following Will was transcribed from a photocopyof the old, original hand-written Will of William Walker Sr. The photocopy wassomewhat difficult to transcribeand transcription errors were inevitable, due to some guesswork in reading it.
Last Will And Testament
In The Name of God Amen, I, William Walkerof the Township of Clinton, County of Lincoln and District of Niagara, Yeoman,considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and knowing its appointed forall men once to die, being weak and infirm in body but of (sound?) mind andmemory thanks be to Almighty God - do make ordain and constitute this my LastWill and Testament in manner and form following
That is to say first I give and commit mysoul unto the hands of almighty God that gave it and my body to the earth to beburied in a decent and christian like manner at the discretion of my executorsherein after named and as to my worldly estate where with it hath pleafed(pleased) Almighty God to blef (bless) me with I give Bequeath and Dispose ofin the following manner
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That is To Say First I give to my eldestson Robert Walker, In Orange County State of North Carolina, the sum of OneHundred Pounds New York Currency if called for within the space of seven yearsafter my decease.
I give to my son John the like sum of onehundred pounds of like money.
I give to my son William the sum of onehundred pounds like money.
I give to my son Ralph Walker the sum ofFour Hundred pounds like money as above said and I give and bequeath to my sonThomas one Hundred pounds like money.
I also give and bequeath to my grandsonArchibal McKool, son of William McKool, the sum of two hundred pounds likemoney.
I give and bequeath to my son Phillip thesum of one hundred pounds like money all the above said gifts and bequeaths tobe paid in one year after my decease.
I also give to my daughter Margaret Mckoolone hundred pound like money to be paid her by my executors in year after mydecease together with my large cafe(case) of drawers.
I Alfo (also) give to my daughter SarahMcKool the sum of one hundred pounds like money and in like manner, togetherwith my beft (best) bed and bedding with the curtains thereunto belonging.
I give and bequeath to my daughter NancyHenry the sum of five pounds like money.
I give and bequeath to my granddaughterSarah Henry my small cheft (chest) of drawers.
I alfo (also) give to my granddaughter,Elizabeth Walker, daughter of my son Ifaac (Isaac), two hundred pounds likemoney as afore said together with my long smoking coat.
I give and bequeath to my granddaughterCatharina Walker, daughter of my said son Isaac, one hundred pounds like moneyto be paid to my said granddaughters as they may severally come of lawful age.
I give and bequeath to my granddaughterSarah Walker, daughter of my said son Isaac, the sum of twenty pounds like andto paid in like manner when she becomes of lawful age.
I also will and order that my dwellinghoufe (house) and lot wherein I now live with the appurtenances, thereuntobelonging to sold by my executors with the two years after my deceafe (decease)and the money arising therefrom to be disposed of for the following manner,that is to say,
Igive to my two daughters, Margaret and Sarah McKool, fifty pounds each out ofthe last mentioned property of my said houfe (house) and lot the remainder tobe equally divided among my three sons to wit, Ralph, Thomas and Philip and mygranddaughter, Elizabeth Walker, daughter of my said son Isaac,
and I do further will and order that all the remainder of personalproperty not heretofore bequeathed shall be sold by my executors and the moneyarising therefrom to be equally divided among all the legatees heretofore namedboth children and grandchildren excepting my son Robert and my grandaughter,Sarah, daughter of John Henry,
andlastly I do by these presents nominate and appoint my sons Ralph Walker andThomas Walker and my trusty friend Jonathan Woolverton, Executors of this myLast Will and Testament and I do hereby revoke all former Wills or Executors byme made. In Witness whereof I have hereunto let my hand and seal thisthirteenth day ofApril, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred andnineteen "1819"...
Signature:
William Walker
Signed, Sealed, published, and declared bythe above named William Walker to be
his Last Will and Testament in thepresents of us who have here unto subscribed
our names in his presents and in thepresents of each other - -
Note: The word "among" betweenthe eleventh and twelfth line from the bottom of
the second page is underlined before beingsigned by:
Alexander McNaught
Ambrose Gillmore
Jonathan Woolverton.