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Colony of North Carolina
County of Tyrrill
Dated 29 August 1753
In the name of God Amen the 29 day of August in the year of our Lord God Seventeen hundred and fifty three I William Rhoads Senior of Terrill County & porvince of North Carrolina plantor being in a very weak & low condition in body but in perfect mind & memory thanks be given unto God for ye same & calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die I doe make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament that is to say principally and first of all I give recommend my Soull in to hands of God that gave it & for my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a Cristian manner at the discreion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the Generrall Resurection I shall receive ye same again by the mighty power of God that gave it & touching sutch worldly Estate whear with it hath pleased God to bless me with in this Life I give _(page torn)__ and dispose of the same in ye manner & form following that is to say
Imprimus - I will and bequeath that all my just debts be lawfully paid out of my personnall Estate.
Item - I give and will & bequeath to my dearly beloved wife Elizabeth Rhoads the labour of to Negroes York and Rose during her natural Life as all for one third part of my houshold goods and the third part of my home of Cattell and Sheep and all my Stok of hogs during her naturall Life: as aforesaid
Item - I give and bequeath unto my beloved son William Rhoads my manner plantation I now dwell on and the land belonging to the famelies heirs and assings for over the one third part only exepted to the use of my beloved wife during her natural life.
Item - I give and bequeath to my son William Rhodes & my son John Rhodes and my daughter Margrot Collins all other of my houshold goods to be equally devided in fore parts the forth part to be paid to my deceased duaghters Elizabeth Garret's son and daughter William Garret & Sarah Garret: and the other two thirds of my home stok of Cattel after my wifes thirds taken out to be devided betwen my son William Rhoads & my daughter Margrott Collings only my grand daughter Sarah Garret to have a forth part of it.
Item - I give and bequeath two my beloved son John Rhodes my stok of cattell belonging to the pine rige and at my wifes death the said Negroes to be returned to my son William Rhoades and John Rhoads to wit - York & Rose and her increase & the personall Estate likewise me bequeathed: as a legase to my wife to be returned in like manner to my to sons as aforsd
Item - I constitute make and ordain my beloved sons William Rhoads and John Rhoads my only and Sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament and I doe hearby utterly disalow revoke and disanull all and every former Testaments Wills & Legacies bequeaths and Executors by me in any wise before named willed or bequeathed confirming this and noo other to be my Last Will and Testament.
In wittness whearof I have hearunto sett my hand & Seal the day & date above whritting
Willm Rhoad
Signed Sealed pronounced and declard
by the said William Rhoads as is Last
Will and Testament in presance of us
Thomas Bedford Jurot
John (his -x- mark) Browning Jurot
Christopher (his -x- mark) Buttery
Tyrrel County
September Court 1753
Then was the within will duly proved inopen court by the oaths of Thomas Bedford and Jno. Browning two of the evidence thereto and at the same time William Rhoads and John Rhoads wasduly qualifyed thereto as Executors as the Law directs. Ordered that the Honorable Jas Murray Esqr. Secretary have notice that Letters Testamentory issue thereon accordingly.
Test Evan Jones Clerk
Letters issued the 7th Decr 1753
Recorded in Book K page 75
Minutes
Tyrrell County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
December Session 1753
The last will and testament of William Rhoades Senr. deceased was proved in open court by the oaths of Thomas Bedford and John Browning in due form of law, and also William Rhoades and John Rhoades appd. and qualified as executors to the said will by taking the oaths by law appointed to be taken by executors.
On hearing the petition of William Rhoades and John Rhoades executors of the last will and testament of William Rhoades Senr., decd. praying an order to have the said decedents estate devided, which was accordingly granted and ordered that William Mackey, Esqr., Joseph Dwight, Nathl. Everet Senr., Benjamine Blount, and John Nicholes devide the same and return the same to next court.
June Session 1754
An additional inventory of the estate of Wiliam Rhods deceased was proved in open court by the oath of William Rhoads.
The devision of the estate of William Rhoads deceased was proved in open court by the oath of William Mackey Esqr. and Joseph Dwight.
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