Will of John Kelly Senr - 19 May 1817 Original Will, on file in Raleigh, NC Archives CR 073.801 In the name of god Amen - I John Kelly of the County of Orange Farmer being in Perfect Health of Body & Perfect Mind and Memory Thanks be given unto god Calling unto mind the mortality of my body - and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die - Do make and ordain the my last will and Testament - that is to say - Principally & first of all - I give and Recommend My Soul unto the hand of Almighty god that gave it and my Body I Recommend to the Earth - to be Buried in a Decent Christian like Burial at the - Discretion of my Executors - nothing Doubting but at [the] General Resurrection I Shall Receive The Same again by the mighty power of god - and as Touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath Pleased god to bless me in this life - I give Demise and Dispose of the Same in the following manner and form - First - my will is that all my Just Debts be paid out of my crop that is on Hand - and my crop now growing - together with the month that is owing to me - and if there Should not Sufficient arise therefrom the Residue be Raised by Selling Such part of my Estate as my Executors and the Parties concerned may think proper - Secondly - I give and Bequeath to my two grand Daughters Pegy and Sally Lockhart Fifty Dollars Each - and a Feather Bed Each and Furniture - the mony to be Raised out [of] my Estate and put to Interest by my Executors untill they Come of age or marry - Thirdly - I give to my four - [page 2] Grandsons, Namely - Isaac John_K_Billy & David Lockharts, one Dollar Each to be Paid them by my Executors and allso that Each of them be Bound Prentice to such Trade as they or either of them may with the advice of my Executors Chuse - as Soon as it appears to my Executors to be Practible and from thence untill They arrive at the age of Twenty One Years - Fourthly - The Residue of my Estate Real and Personal - I give and Bequeath to my wife Mary Kelly and her Six Children (To Wit) Keziah Bane - Nancy Kelly - Polly - Betty - My son John and Charity Kelly - to be Equally Divided as may be - the Negroe girl Darky which Keziah have goton to be included in her Part - And at the Death of my wife her part to be equally Divided between her Six Children or if any of them Should Die before her to the Surviving part of them or the Heirs of the Deceased if any Fifthly - my will is that one Hundred Acres of the Tract of land - Marked - No 2 - on the back of The Deed be taken from No 2 & added to No 8 - to Support the East Sid of No 8 - with Timber - and Also that the Ballance of the Tract No 2- and the Tract No 3 - be aded to No 1 - to - support it with Timber - Also that the Arm Represented in the Platt No 7 - be Taken from No 7- and aded to No 5- Beginning at a white oak the No-east corner of sd Plat- [page 3] Runing thence No_ To Adam Douglas his line thence west along Said line to A Stake the No Side of Buckwater Creek - and that No 4 - No 5- and No 6 - All Joining Each other, be sold to the best advantage as soon as is convenient Either on a credit or otherwise as my Executors and the Parties Concerned may think best - and Also - that the Ballance of the Tract No 7- be aded to No 8- and No 8- and the Difer= =ent Parts aded to it be Kept for a Home for my wife and Daughters and Grand Daughters as above named as long as they may want it for that purpose - or mary and if any Dispute ["should" crossed out] Should arise Between the Parties Respecting the Divition that such Dispute be Decided by three or five Juditious Honest men chosen by the Parties for that Purpose - and I Do hereby make and orda= =in my only Son John Kelly and my son in law - Thomas Bain Executors of this my last will and Testament - In witness whereof I the Said John Kelly - have to this my last will and Testament Set my Hand and Seal this Nineteenth Day of May one thousand Eight Hundred and Seventeen - Signed sealed published and Declared } to be the last will and Testament of } Jnoa Kelly Sen (Seal) John Kelly the Testator in the Presence of } us James Cain } Jurat Aren Cain } Transcription by Ben Franklin of Durham, NC 2 Dec 2009. Please credit me if you use this. This information is in the public domain. Transcriber's Note: Uses the archaic "double s" character (called a ligature) throughout for the single "s". When two "s" letters are together, the write follows the "double s" character with an simple "s". Uses long dashes between phrases in place of other punctuation, such as commas and periods. Some words were left out. I've added them with square brackets: "[]"