Will of Thomas James - 15 Feb 1832 Original Will, on file in Raleigh, NC Archives CR 073.801 This is the last will and testament of me Thomas James of Orange County State of North Carolina First I Will and Direct that all my Just Debts and funeral expenses be full paid & Satisfied and Subject thereto for that purpose I set apart all such Debts as may be due me and in case that that[sic] they may be insufficient I Will and Direct that my executor sell such part of my property hereafter mentioned as can best be Spared & with least injury to my Widow & family as shall raise an adequate sum for the full discharge of all my Debts. Secondly It is my Will that my beloved wife Elizabeth James be possessed of all my property both real and personal consisting of the Tract of land whereon I now live my negro Girl Mily my house hold furniture Stock of Horses, cattle, hogs &c with all other property of which I am now possessed until my Youngest child shall arrive at the age of Twenty One years unless she should marry again, this devise being to my wife and Children for the purpose of my Said children being raised and when my Youngest child shall arrive at the age of Twenty one years or in the event of my wife Marrying again before that time I Will & Direct that my executors sell all my property both real and personal and that the proceeds of such Sale be equally divided between my three sons first paying the cash and charges arising from the execution of this my last Will and Testament And I do hereby constitute and appoint my worthy friend James Rhodes executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former Wills by me made ["heretofore" crossed out] and In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed My seal to this my last Will and Testament the fifteenth day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty two Signed seal[ed] published and declared by the above named Thomas James as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereto subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto in the presence of the said Testator and in the presence of each other his Silas M. Link Thomas X James (Seal) Wmson Buton Jurat mark Transcription by Ben Franklin of Durham, NC 2 Dec 2009. Please credit me if you use this. This information is in the public domain.