[Will of William Henry Whitted, 29 July 1824]
[Orange Co. NC Wills]
[provided by Beverly White]

William Henry Whitted - 29 July 1824
I William Henry Whitted of the town of Hillsborough in North Carolina 
do make & publish this writing as my last will & testament.___
In the first place I direct all my just debts to be speedily paid out of my 
personal estate not herein specifically bequeathed.
 - Secondly, I give to my sister Eliza Jane Murphy my old family servant 
Will whom I bought at the sale of my mother's estate.
 -- Thirdly I give devise & bequeath to my wife Frances Whitted on equal 
half part of the whole of my estate, both real & personal after the payment 
of my debts;  .. to her, her heirs, Executor of ..founded ....I give devise & 
bequeath to each child or children as I may have by said wife & leave living 
at my death or that may be born within the natural line of gestation after my 
death the other part of my estate, real & personal, after the payment of my 
debts to him, her or them and his, her or their heirs, executors ..... & forever.
Fifthly, in case, however that no child should be born to me by my wife or 
if born he or she should die before me, my will is to give ..&.. I do hereby 
give & bequeath to my said wife in addition to the devise in the third clause 
of this will the following eight negro slaves, which I got by her,.....Charles & 
his wife Esther Charity ... Thomas, Delia, William & John & the increase of 
these my lifetime after the date of this will, and further in that case, I will 
devise & bequeath that half of my estate be given to my children by this
fourth clause in this will excepting the half of the eight slaves specifically 
given herein to my wife....unto my sister Eliza Jane Murphy & unto my 
brother James' children, William Nash Whitted & Thomasina Mary Whitted
their heirs to be divided in the manner following that is to say, my sister
to have one half of it & my nephew & niece the other half between them 
share & share alike. Sixthly and in case I should have a child or children 
born unto me as aforesaid that shall survive me or be born after I am dead, 
then my will in that if there be two of them & one shall die under the age of 
twenty one years & without having a child living at his or her death the
share of that one so dying shall go over to the survivor of them in absolute 
estate & further my will is that if I should have only one child as aforesaid & 
that one shall die after my death under the age of twenty one years  & 
without leaving ... at his or her death; or if I have more than one child as
aforesaid & all of them shall die under the age of twenty one years respectively 
& without having ....living...at his, her or their death as aforesaid, then if in 
these cases or within .... I give devise & bequeath the whole one half of my 
estate give by the fourth clause of this my will to my child or children unto
my said sister Elize Jane & the said William Nash & Thomasina Mary than 
heirs of .... to be divided as aforesaid that is to say, my sister to have one 
half thereof to her & her heirs & my brother's two children to have the other 
half equally between them share & share alike: --- and it may be necessary to 
a just & equitable division of my estate that the same may be sold I do 
hereby give full power & authority to my executor to do in his own discretion 
& to convey the real estate in ...simple.  I appoint my friend Dr. James Webb 
of Hillsboro the executor of this will; and in care of his death I do hereby 
appoint the excutor or executors of his will to execute the trust of this will &
particularly in relation to the sale of my said estate.  In witness whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand this 29th day of July 1824 in .... 
publish & declared by 
W.H. Whitted

.....in ... before us, who attested it in this presence of him & of each other____
Thomas Ruffin
James Child

Codicil
I give & bequeath to my wife Francis Whitted in addition to my other 
bequests five hundred dollars in money and my two bay horses to her & her 
heirs - witness my hand & seal
December 8th 1824

Witness      W. H. Whitted {seal}
James Webb
John .........

Orange County February term 1825
The executor of the foregoing last will and testament of William Henry 
Whitted was duly proved in open court by the oath of James Child & the
codicil thereto subjoined by the oath of John .... two descriptive subscribers
thereto ordered to be recorded at the same and said Webb the executor
therein named qualified as such accordingly.

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