ORANGE COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Young Dorch - 1 Oct 1826
ORANGE COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Young Dorch -1 Oct 1826
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Orange County, North Carolina
Will Recording, Book F, Page 315 & 316
Young Dorch - October 1, 1826
I Young Dorch of the County of Orange and State of North Carolina beingof sound mind & memory but considering the uncertainty of my earthlyexistence do make & declare this my last will and testament in manner andform following that is to say
First that my executors hereinafter named shall provide for my body adecent burial suitable to the wishes of my family & pay all funeralexpenses together with my just debts howsoever & to whomsoever coming outof the money that may first come into their hands as a part or parcel of myestate.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my beloved wife Nancy Dorch theplantation on which I now live together with Jinny, Mirinda and Edy with theirincrease also all the stock of hogs cattle & horses household & kitchenfurniture with the crop of corn, wheat & oats on hand at my decease to behers & at her dispose or during the term of her natural life at her deceaseI desire that said plantation with Jinny & Edy with their increase belongto my daughter Lucy Walker & her heirs to be hers and at her disposalforever the above mentioned girl Mirinda I give to my wife in fee simple withall her increase to be at her own disposal forever.
Item. I give & devise to my son John Dorch a negro boy Willis to behis at a fair valuation by two good men and not otherwise also an equal shareof the household & kitchen furniture at the decease of my wife.
Item. I give & devise to my daughter Mary Nichols a negro girl Dilcy& her increase to be hers at a fair valuation by two good men & nototherwise also an equal part of my household & kitchen furniture at thedecease of my wife.
Item. I give & devise unto my daughter Emeline wife of DavidLockhart a negro boy Dennis to be hers at a fair valuation by two good men& not otherwise also an equal part of my household & kitchen furnitureat the death of my wife. I devisefurther that if the three last married legatees refuse to take the said slavesand pay a fair valuation as above required that they be sold by my executorsand the proceeds applied to my debts.
Item. I give & devise to my daughter Lucy Walker the plantation onwhich I now live also two slaves Jinny & Edy with all their increase to behers & her heirs in fee simple forever after the decease of my wife also anequal part of my household & kitchen furniture.
Item. I give & devise unto my son David Dorch the sum of two hundreddollars to be paid him by my other children proportionally as they havereceived of by estate to be his in fee simple forever.
And lastly I do hereby constitute & appoint my trusty friends John YDorch & David Lockhart my lawful Executors to all intents & purposes toexecute this my last will & testament according to the true intent &meaning of the same & Every part & clause thereof _ hereby revoking& declaring utterly void all other wills & testaments by me heretoforemade.
In witness whereof I the said Young Dorchdo hereunto set my hand and seal this 1st day of October A.D. 1826
Signed Sealed & delivered his
In presence of Young X Dorch(seal)
Jno C. Douglas mark
Martin Murphey
Orange County NovemberTerm 1826
The Execution of the foregoing Will wasduly proved in open court by the
oath of Jno C Douglas a subscribingwitness thereto and ordered to be
recorded Whereupon John Y Dorch one of theexecutors therein named appeared
and qualified as such
Test.