Will, NC, Wake, Garland McAlister, 1785

In the name of God, Amen.

I, GARLAND [MCALISTER] MCCOLLISTER of Wake County & state of North Carolina, being
weak of body but (through the mercy of God) of sound & perfect sense & memory, do
constitute & ordain this my last will & testament in manner and form following.

FIRST I commend my soul to God, who gave it, hoping through the merits & mediation
of Jesus Christ to receive remission of sins & be accepted of the Father by him.
My body I commit to the earth from whence it was taken, to be buried at the
discretion of my executors, hereafter named, in hopes of its resurrection to
eternal life & glory at the last day. And as to what worldly goods it hath pleased
almighty God to bless me with, I will & dispose of them in manner & form following.

To wit:

FIRST my will is (that as my wife SALLY [BANKS MCALISTER] MCCOLLISTER in now great
with child) that if it be born & live, whether a son or a daughter, and come to age
or marry it receive my Negro man JOSEPH, my woman RACHEL and all increase which she
now hath or may have (after the death of my wife). And that the said child, if it
be born & shall live, be maintained & suitably educated out of the profits of the
labor of said Negroes and if she should be with child & delivered of twins, that
they jointly share the inheritance & advantages to him, her, or them & their heirs
forever.

ITEM my will and desire further is that my wagon, gears & horses be sold ad the
money arising therefrom, together with the sums due me from divers persons (when
collected) be applied as follows:

To wit:

I give and bequeath to my brother JOHN [MCALISTER] MCCOLLISTER five pounds Virginia
currency to him and his heirs forever.

I give and bequeath to my brother WILLIAM [MCALISTER] MCCOLLISTER five pounds
Virginia curre currency ncey to him and his heirs forever.

I give and bequeath to my brother ALEXANDER [MCALISTER] MCCOLLISTER five pounds
Virginia currency to him and his heirs forever.

I give and bequeath to my sister ANN [MCALISTER] THOMASSON ten pounds Virginia
currency to him and his heirs forever.

I give and bequeath to my sister MARY [MCALISTER] ALLEN five pounds Virginia
currency to him and his heirs forever.

ITEM my will & desire further is that after my just debts be paid & the aforesaid
thirty pounds Virginia currency as legacies be paid out of the monies arising from
the sale of my wagon, team & c. & the debts due e that the residue be for the use
of my wife & child or children upon the aforesaid supposition for their present
use.




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                      Will, NC, Wake, Garland McAlister, 1785

And lastly I nominate, ordain, & appoint my father-in-law Mr. RICHARD BANKS of Wake
County & state of North Carolina, and my brother-in-law THOMAS THOMASSON of
Granville & state aforesaid, executors of this my last will & testament ratifying
this & no other to be my last will & testament.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal this eleventh day of October 1784.

GARLAND [MCALISTER] MCALESTER

Signed, sealed & acknowledged in presence of:

JOHN HOOKER
MICAJAH FARREL
DANIEL BURFORD




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                      Will, NC, Wake, Garland McAlister, 1785

Wake County
North Carolina

March Term 1785

Then was the within will duly proved in open court by the oath of MICAJAH FERRELL,
a witness thereto and ordered to be recorded.

HENRY LANE, WkCo

Recorded in the clerk’s office of Wake County in Book B and pages (43,44,45) this
11th day of April 1785.

HENRY LANE, WkCo




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