In the name of God, Amen. I john Nealy of Orange County being of sound
mind & memory do ordain constitute & establish this as my last will & testament
revoking all wills and parts of wills heretofore made by me
Item, I want my wife Mary to have out of my Estate fifteen pounds or thirty
dollars a year as long as she lives and more if her inabilities require it, and
five pounds for her Burial after her death _ Item I give to my daughter
Sally Cates five shillings & to her son Nealy Cates thirty pounds_
Item, I give to my son Isaac Nealy five shillings and fifty pounds to be
equally divided between all his children lawfully begotten_
Item, I give to my daughter Nelly Turrentine five shillings and to her
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children lawfully begotten of her body one hundred pounds to be equally divided
between them all_ Item I give to my daughter Elizabeth Bryant five
shillings and to her children one hundred pounds to be equally divided between
them_ Item I give to my daughter Rachel Pickle five shillings, and to
her children one hundred pounds to be equally divided between them.
Item, I give to my daughter Polly Green five shillings and to her children
one hundred points to be equally divided between them. Item I give
to my son John Nealy one undred & fifty pounds, one Bed furniture_
Item I give to my son Thomas Nealy one hundred pounds Bed Furniture
Item I give to my daughter Nancy Harris five shilling and to her children
fifty pounds to be equally divided between them. Item I give to my
daughter Hanny Nealy thirty pounds & one Bed Furniture and thirty
pounds to her son Green Nearly, and the benefit of a Note due from
Robert Jones of thirteen pounds ten shillings_ It is my wish
that after the legacies heretofore given is taken out of my Estate &
all my Just debts are piad that the balance of my property if any,
shall be disposed of andd paid to my grandchildren in the same propor
-tion as I have given their legacies, viz. those that I have left one
hundred pounds to have as mugh [sic, much] again or double the quantity of the
residue as those that I have given fifty pounds to, and so on
I leave as my Executors to this my last Will and Testament my friends
Samuel Turrentine Sen.r Benj Bullock & my son John Nealy Junr.
John (his O mark) Neeley {Seal}
Octobert the 13th 1811
Signed & Acknowledged}
in presence of
Chas Holmon}
Tho.s Wilson}
Joseph Woods}
Orange County November Term 1815
The Execution of the foregoing last Will and Testament of John Neeley decd was duly
proved in open Court by the Oath of Joseph Woods a subscribing Witness thereto
and ordered to be recorded at the same time John Neely Junr. one of the
Executors therein named qualified
Test.
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