1st - That my .Administrator or executor shall provide for my body a decent burial, suitable to the wishes of my relatives and friends, and pay all funeral expenses.
Item - I give and devise to my beloved wife Sally, one negro boy a slave by the name of Jack, and aged about 22 years, for and during the term of her natural life, in satisfaction for, and in lien of her dower and thirds of & in all my real estate
Item - I give and devise to my youngest son Clifford M. Caroon, one slave a negro boy named Jacob aged about eight years, to have and to hold to him and his heirs in fee simple forever, provided he shall pay the following claims Viz: Clifford M. Caroons, Patsey Dowdy, Saml. Midgett, Ellis Midgett & Thomas Midgett, in full up to this date-
Item - My will and desire is that all the residue of my estate, (if any) after taking out the devices and legacies mentioned, shall be sold and the debts owing to me collected: and if there should be any surplus over and above the payments of debts, expenses & legacies, that such surplus shall equally divided and paid over to all my children or their heirs in equal proportion, share and share alike to them, and each and every of them their executors, Administrators, & assigns absolutely forever.
In witness whereof, I the said Thomas Caroon, do hereunto set my hand and seal this l0th day of June A.D. 1859.
Signed, Sealed & published, and declared by the said Thomas Caroon to be his last will & testament in the presence of us, who at his request, and in his presence, do subscribe our names as witnesses thereunto -
Thomas his X mark Caroon (Seal)
Wtness -
Saml. Mann
John A. Pledger
Attest S. H. Cadwell
State of North Carolina
Tyrrell County Court
April Term 1860
A paper writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of Thomas Caroon, deceased, is exhibited for probate in open court, and the due execution thereof by the said Thomas Caroon, is proved by the oath and examination of Samuel Mann & John A. Pledger the subscribing witnesses thereto - It is therefore considered by the court that the said paper writing, and every part thereof is the last Will and Testatment of the said Thomas and the same is ordered to be recorded and filed -
Eli Spruill Clk.
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