Will of Mary Jackson - 5 Oct 1854 Original Will, on file in Raleigh, NC Archives CR 073.801 I Mary Jackson of the County of Orange & State of North Carolina Being of Sound mind Memory & understanding but considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof, to the End that I may be the better prepaired to Leave this world when it shall please my God to call me hence, have now determined to direct what disposition shall be made of my property after my decease; and after maturely considering the circumstances & conditions of all those among whoom, as my heirs at Law, or the Object of my gratitude or affection In my Judgment my Estate should be distributed, I do make, publish & delcare this to be my last will & Testament; hereby revoking & making null & void all former will & Testaments & writings in the nature of last will & testament by me heretofore made And my will is First, that after my decease, my body shall be decently buried without Ostentation or unnecessary Expence; & that my Funeral charges & Just debts shall be paid by my Executors hereinafter named Item I Give & bequeath to my daughter Martha Vaughn one Hundred Dollars, to be paid to her or her Husband Haywood Vaughn by my Execu tor hereinafter named, within six months after my decease to have & to hold the same to her, and her heirs forever [page 2] Item I give, devise & bequeath all the Rest & Residue of my Estate, Real personal, & mixed, of which I shall be seized & possessed, or to which I shall be Entitled at the time of my decease, to my Daughter Louisa & John Turner her Husband to have & to hold the same to them & their heirs, Executors adm & assighns, to hir & their use & behoof forever and I do nominate & appoint my son in law John Turner to be the sole Executor of this my Last will & Testament. In Testimony wherof i the said Mary Jackson Have this 5th day of October 1854 signed & sealed this my last will & Testament in the presence of H.y. Whitted Jurat Her Richd Williams Mary X Jackson (seal) mark Transcription by Ben Franklin of Durham, NC 11 Dec 2009. Please credit me if you use this. This information is in the public domain.