North Carolina, Transylvania County:
I Washington E Galloway, of the above
named county & state, being of sound mind,
but considering the uncertainty of my earthly
existence, do make & declare this my last
will & testament.
1st My executor hereinafter named shall
give my body a decent burial, suitable to the
wishes of my friends & relations and shall
pay all funeral expenses together with all my
just debts out of the first money which may
come into his hands belonging to my
estate.
2nd I give and devise unto my wife Sarah
Lucinda Galloway, she surviving all the land of
whatsoever kind & character and wheresoever
situated of which I may be lawfully sized at my
death to be held and enjoyed by her for and
during her natural life and at her death to be
equally divided between all the children born
of our marriage who may be living at the death
of my said wife Sarah Lucinda Galloway. And if
any of our children shall have died before the
death of my said wife Sarah Lucinda Galloway
leaving issue of their body, then such issue
shall equally share the part of my estate which
would descend to the heirs of my body as herein
before mentioned and provided.
3rd My will and desire is that all the
residue of my personal estate (if any) after
all my just debts, & expenses, have been
paid shall belong to my said wife, to be used
and enjoyed my her during her natural life and
at her death any remainder to be equally
divided among my children, or the issue of such
children.
4th My desire is that if my personal
property at my death should be insufficient to
pay all my just debts, then my executor
hereinafter named, shall sell some of my lands,
to pay the same, first disposing of such out
lands as I may die sized & possessed
of.
5th I hereby constitute and appoint Sarah
Lucinda Galloway my lawful executor to all
intents and purposes, to execute this my last
will & testament according to the true
intent and meaning of the same, and every part
and clause thereof, hereby revoking and
declaring utterly void all other wills and
testaments by me heretofore made.
In witness where of I the said Washington
E. Galloway do hereunto set my hand and seal
this the 2 day of December 1903
Washington E. Galloway
{seal}
Signed sealed, published & declared
by the said Washington E. Galloway to be his
last will & testament in the presents of us
who at his request & in his presents do
subscribe our names as witnesses there
to.
Welch Galloway
Isaac Hoskins
Netter Fisher
North Carolina, In the Superior Court
Transylvania County:
Before the Clerk A paper writing
purporting to be the last will and testament of
Washington E. Galloway deceased, is exhibited
before me the undersigned Clerk of the Superior
Court of Transylvania County, by Lucinda
Galloway the Executrix thereof by the said
Washington E. Galloway is proved by the oath
& examination of Welch Galloway & Isaac
Hoskins the subscribing witness thereto, who
being duly sworn doth depose and say and each
for himself deposeth & saith, that the
paper writing now shown him purporting to be
the Last Will and Testament of Washington E.
Galloway in the presence of these deponents
subscribed his name at the end of said paper
writing now shown as aforesaid and which bears
date of Dec. 2, 1903.
And the deponents further sayd and each
for himself deposeth and sayeth, that the said
Washington E. Galloway testator a aforesaid did
at the time of subscribing his name as
aforesaid ____ the paper writing so subscribed
by him and exhibited to be his Last Will and
Testament and these deponents did thereupon
subscribe their names at the end of said Will
as attesting witnesses thereto, at the request
of said testator and in his presence and in the
presence of each other, and these deponents
further say, and each for himself deposeth
& say that at the time when said testator
subscribed his name to the said Last Will as
aforesaid, and at the time when these deponents
superscribed their names as aforesaid,. as
attesting witnesses thereto as aforesaid, the
said Washington E. Galloway was of sound mind
and memory of full age to execute a will and
was not under any restraint to the knowledge
information or belief of these deponents, and
further these deponents say not.
Welch Galloway {seal}
Isaac Hoskins {seal}
Severally sworn and subscribed to this
July 9, 1910 before me T T Loftis Clerk
Superior Court
North Carolina, Transylvania
County:
In the Superior Court It is therefore
considered and adjudged by the Court, that the
said paper writing and every part thereof, is
the Last Will and Testament of Washington E.
Galloway deceased, and the same with the
foregoing examinations of the witnesses, and
this certificate is ordered to be recorded and
filed. This July 9, 1910
T. T. Loftis Clerk Superior Court
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