Will of Wilson Garrett - 31 May 1870 Original Will, on file in Raleigh, NC Archives CR 073.801 State of North Carolina Orange County I Wilson Garrett of the County & State aforesaid beain of Sound mind and memory But considering the uncertainty of my Earthley Existence Do make and Declare this my Last will and testament in manner and form as Following that is to Say First that my Executers Shal provide for my Body a Desent Bareal Suitabel to the wishes of my relations and frendes and pay all funeal Expenses together with my Just debts howsoever and to whomesoever owing out of the money that may first come into his hands as a part or pacel of my Estate, I give and Bequith to my Dear Belved wife Silvy Garrett the plantation whear on I now Live containing two hundred and fifty six acres all my house hold & kitchen funiture and all my Stock of horeses & Cows & Sheape & hogs and waggn & Gir and all my farming tuls all my Debts Due me and all money on hand at the time of my Death to hear Lifetime or widerhood and at hear Death, I give my Sun Allen Garrett one hundred acres of Land on the north End to run East & west after my wife Death Allen is to have a hors Martha Ann & Matilda & neareissa is to have a home as Long as theare are[sic] Singel ar wants it in the Lands of Allen Garrett I give and Bequith my Sun Dewain Garrett fifty acres of Land at valation I give and Bequith to my Sun David Garrett fifty acrer of Land at valuation I give and Bequith my Sun Woodson Garrett fifty acrer & the remainder if Eny at valuation But not to Conclude[sic] [page 2] the improvement in the valation Martha Ann & Matilda & noreissa & artiler is to have a Bed & funiture Eakel with telitha all my house holde & kitchen funiture after four girls get thear Beds & funiture all comes in Equal, Artiler is to have a home on David Lot of Land as Long as She Lives Singel and afer Allen gets his horse all my the horses & cons & sheape & hogs waggon & farming tools will be sold and Equal Devided among all of my Children after hear Debts are paid I do heaby Constitute and appoint my trusty friende James D Long and my Beloved Wife Silvy Garrett my Lawful Executers to all Intentes and perpases to Execute this my Last will and testament according to the true Intents and mening of the Same Evry part and Clauses thearof hereby revoken & Declaring utterly void all other wills & testaments by me hearebefore maid in witness whearof I the Said Wilson Garrett Do hearunto Set my hand and Seal this 31st Day of May A D 1870 his Signed Sealed publish[ed] and Wilson (X) Garrett Declarded by the Said Wilson Garrett marke to be his last will and testament in the presents of us who at his requst and in his presents do Subscribe our names as witnesses thearto Thos Long Thos M. Faucette Transcription by Ben Franklin of Durham, NC 9 Dec 2009. Please credit me if you use this. This information is in the public domain. Note: This will contains an unusually large number of creative spellings, sometimes several different spellings for the same word. I'm afraid you'll have to read it phonetically. Most of the spelling is phonetic, but some just skips syllables entirely, etc. There are a few ink smears on both pages. The scribe was undoubtedly unfamiliar with writing, but writes legibly for the most part. About half of the words that end in "S" appear to written with a "Z". I have chosen to guess that the "S" was intended and that the "Z" appearance was just a fancy way of writing. It's possible that it was intentional.