Thomas Phelps Sr
Thomas Phelps Sr.-LastWill and Testament
Person County Court June Term 1849
I, Thomas Phelps of the County ofPerson and state of North Carolina do make
and publish this my last Will and Testament,hereby revoking all others...
In the first place I desire thatall my just debts shall be paid by my executor as soon as may be convenientafter my decease
I give and bequeath to my daughterElizabeth Phelps the sum of one hundred dollars to her and her heirs forever.
I will and bequeath to my son RichardA. Phelps fifty acres of land with the improvements to be laid off in thenorthwest corner of my land so as to include the dwelling house where the saidRichard A. Phelps now resides and to adjoin the tract of land deeded by me toThomas H. Phelps and Richard A. Phelps to hold to him and his heirs forever.
An the rest and and residue of myestate both real and personal, I desire and so will that it shall remain in thepossession of my wife Polly Phelps to be used and employed by her under theadvice and discretion of my executor, herein after named, for her own supportand maintenance and also to enable her to raise, educate, and support, free ofcharge, my two youngest children—To Wit, Martha Phelps and James Phelps untilthe shall arrive at lawful ages.
Then my will and desire is that all my property mentioned in thisbequest as such first an shall be remaining shall be equally divided between mywife Polly Phelps, and to my two children Martha Phelps and James Phelps, andin case my wife should marry before my said children shall arrive at the age oftwenty one years, then I direct that the desire above named shall take placeimmediately.
I here nominate and appoint my son Richard Phelps executor of thismy last Will and Testament. In Witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand andseal this ninth of December 1848.
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In Presence of:
Wm.Whitfield
JamesO. Bradsher
Transcribedby—Latham Mark Phelps