Will, NC, Rutherford, Thomas Liles 1835

I THOMAS LILES of White Oak Creek Rutherford County and state of North Carolina
being feeble of body but of sound and perfect mind and memory to make and publish
this my last will and testament this 10th day of September in the year of Our Lord
1835.

First I direct that my body be decently entered and as to such worldly property as
it has pleased God to entrust me with I dispose of the same as follows:

First I direct that all my debts be paid as soon after my decease as possible out
of the first monies that shall come into the hands of my executor from any portion
of my estate real or personal.

Secondly I will and bequeath unto my well-beloved wife ALCE [LILES] all of the
property I got with her by marriage consisting of the following articles viz:

    3 head of horses which I give to her in lieu of 1 Sorrel horse called
    Sterling, one gray filly 3 years old, and one bay yearling colt of the
    horse I got with her, and three cows and calves which I give her in lieu
    of the three that I got with her, two beds and furniture, and three
    bedsteads, one chest and two trunks, one pot and two ovens a considerable
    balance of loose bed cloths, one pair of warping bars and real, one
    table, one arm chair, four chairs, one wheel and cards, one coffee pot,
    one small tin trunk, 1 pepper box and teaspoons, 1 pewter basin, two
    pewter dishes, 1 slay, 12 Dill plates, 6 pewter plates. The above
    mentioned property I allow her to dispose of as she pleases.

I do likewise will and bequeath unto my wife house ALCE and daughter LILLEA [LILES]
that part of the tract of land on which I now live that lies on the south side of
white oak and a part on the other side of the creek called the Fresh Bottom joining
EPHRAIM LILES part. Also my negro man DICK in his wife LISE and her two children
for their support during my wife's natural life or widowhood.

I also allow my son EPHRAIM LILES the plantation on which he now lives containing
100 acres also another piece of land along the main road joining the above
mentioned hundred containing 14 acres, also 16 Acres joining him off my old tract
including part of his improvement at $1 per acre out of his part of the estate,
also if my son EPHRAIM sees cause to take a piece of land being Northwest side of
the creek the upper part of the Pullun Branch where I made a conditional line at
$250, he can do so, if not I wish my executor order to sell it.

I also Empower my executor to sell a tract of land at 650 Acres being on White Oak
and Green River on a 12-month credit.

Likewise all my personal property except negro to be sold on the same credit. It is
also my wish that my son EPHRAIM should have my negro man ARRON at his valuation.

It is likewise my will that my Negroes not mentioned before viz:

HANNA, SUNNY, RUBE, FILLIS, SALL, MARION, LOT, SUSAN, and ABRAHAM should be put in
lots and drawed for by the legatees or put up and sold whichever my executor thinks
best.




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                      Will, NC, Rutherford, Thomas Liles 1835

It is my will that my children should have as follows my son's JOHN [LILES], THOMAS
[LILES], WILLIAM [LILES], and Ephraim and my daughters SALLY [LILES], ELIZABETH
[LILES] and LILLEA [LILES] and the children of my daughters ANN [LILES] BARNETT,
deceased, and the children of my daughter AGNES [LILES] STEDMAN, deceased, should
share alike, that is the children of my deceased daughters shall draw their
mother’s part as they become of age.

I likewise have a book that contains the amount of what I have given each of my
children which will show my executor how to settle with them all alike.

I also bequeath to my son ROBERT $10.

I also bequeath to my nephew AMBROSIAH LILES one bed and furniture and $50.

It is likewise my wish that the death or marriage of my wife that the land and
negro which I left for her support that my executor should sell the same and the
money arising from the sale should be equally divided amongst the legatees, all
except my son ROBERT as I left him before all I intended.

I do hereby make and ordain my esteemed son JOHN LILES my executor to this my last
will and testament in witness whereof I do here in to set my hand and seal this day
and year above written.

THOMAS LILES {seal, his x mark}

signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of

WALKER
ZACHARIAH JOHNS
THOMAS MILLER




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