Will of Isaac Jackson - 1 Jul 1824 Original Will, on file in Raleigh, NC Archives CR 073.801 In the name of God Amen. The first day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty four I Isaac Jackson, Senr. of the County of Orange and State of North Carolina (farmer) being in a low State of Health but perfect in memory thanks be to God for it and calling unto mind the Mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and Testament, Committing my Body to the Dust from whence it came and my Soul to the Mercy of the almighty God who gave it and as to what worldly goods it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I dispose of in the following manner and form In the first place it is my will that all my Just debts and funeral charges be paid In the Second place it is my will that my beloved wife Mary shall have a right in the house and a sufficient mantainance during her life In the Third place it is my will that my personal property which consists of household and kitchen furniture One half of the sheep that is on the plantation One Mare and Horse some cattle Loom Dutch fan and other Articles too tedious to mention to be sold and the Money collected and likewise what money is due to me to be collected also and then to be divided between my daughters Elizabeth Reynold & Ruth Picket and my Daughter Mary Thompsons children Which children is to draw their mothers portion and be Equally divided between them It is my will if there should be more more[sic] than Three Hundred Dollars collected that it shall be divided as above and the balance if any to be given to Benoni Jackson I give and bequeath to my son James Jackson the plantation whereon I now live which I have already given him a right before I give and bequeath to the rest of my lawful children Fifty cents to Each which all have been proportioned off before I give and bequeath to Benoni Jackson One Track of Land containing Fifty Acres where Paul Morgan formerly lived And I substitute[sic] my son James Jackson and Benoni Jackson my Executors of this my last will and Testament hereby making null and void all other will and Testaments heretofore made by me. In witness whereof I the said Isaac Jackson Senr here set my hand and affixed my seal this first day of July One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty four. ------ N. B. Interlined before signed----------- Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of us. Brice Jackson } Jno Jackson } Jurat Isaac Jackson Senr (seal) B. Jackson qualified [Second copy ends with] Orange County August Term 1826 The Execution of the foregoing last will and Testament of Isaac Jackson Senr Decd was duly proved in open Court by the Oaths of John Jackson a subscribing witness thereto And Ordered to be recorded - at the same time Benoni Jackson one of the Executors named therein appeared & qualified accordingly Test J. Taylor CC Transcription by Ben Franklin of Durham, NC 11 Dec 2009. Please credit me if you use this. This information is in the public domain. Note: There is a second copy of the will in the folder, copied by J Taylor, CC. I have not transcribed that one. The original is quite clear. The will was written on a sheet of paper that is approximately 12 1/2 X 15 3/4, probably designed to be folded in half lengthwise and written on the resulting four pages. The writer wrote acros teh 12 1/2 width. The person who made my copy at the archives chose to copy it onto two pages as transribed above.