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Colony of North Carolina
County of Tyrrell
Dated 12 February 1741/2
In ye name of God Amen ye twelveth day of February in the year of our Lord 1741/2 I William Smith in Tyril County in Allagator, Plantor being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God therefore calling unto mind ye mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul into ye hands of God that gave it and my body I recommend to ye Earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at ye discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive ye same again by ye mighty power of God and as touching such worldy Estate where with it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise and dispose of ye same in ye following manner and form.
Imprimis - I give and bequeath unto my son Thomas Smith one shilling sterling.
Item - I give and bequeath unto my son Samuel Smith one shilling sterling.
Item - I give and bequeath unto my son John Smith one shilling sterling.
Item - I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Elizabeth Smith all my goods and ...... and as for my lands I give and bequeath ....... be divided ..... forever ..................my well beloved wife Elizabeth Smith ....... I constitute and appoint to be my whole and sole Executurix as witnessed by hand and seal this twelveth day of February in yhe year of our Lord God one thousand sixteen hundred and forty one two.
William (his -x- mark) Smith
North Carolina Archives
Loose Estate Papers
Tyrrell County (C.R.096.508.46), Box 46
Smith, William, 1743
Inventory of the partial sale of the estate of William Smith sold at public vandue on 20 Jun 1743. Principal buyer was Elizabeth Smith. Other buyers were Wineford Combs, Thomas Bateman, Daniel Makee, Anthony Alexander & Joshua Alexander.
Transcriber's Note: The microfilm for this will was extremely difficult to read. In many cases I have made an educated guess at its contents by using the shapes of certain names and the wording in other wills written during this period. In spite of the difficulties, I still believe this transcription is accurate enough to identify the wife and children of William Smith..
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