Will, NC, Rowan, GEORGE DAVISON, 1758

In the name of God, amen.

This 29th day of May, one thousand seven hundred and fifty eight, I GEORGE DAVISON
of the province of North Carolina and county of Rowan, planter, being sick and weak
of body, but of perfect mind and memory blessed be God, therefore calling to mind
the mortality of my body knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die and
after death the judgment, 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 the hands of Almighty God that gave it, and my
body I recommend to the earth to be buried in Christian like and decent manner at
the discretion of my executor.

AND as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in
this life I give and demise I dispose of in the following manner and form, viz:

FIRST I appoint and allow all my legal debts and funeral charges to be punctually
paid out of the whole of my estate.

SECONDLY I bequeath unto MARGARET [DAVISON], my well beloved wife, one tract of
land at Broad River on the Beaver Dams and one tract at Fishing Creek to her own
proper use and behoof with the use of the plantation I now live on during her
natural life and all the ready cash now in my possession or at my death and all the
debts then due beside her thirds.

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my beloved sone GEORGE [DAVISON] the the plantation
and tract of land on which I now live to be enjoyed by him as his own lawful
inheritance after his aforesaid mother’s death.

ITEM I give and bequeath unto my other son WILLIAM DAVISON all that tract of land
on the north side of Fourth Creek adjoining WILLIAM REA’s land, containing three
hundred acres.

ITEM I give and bequeath to my wife’s son JAMES SIMMEREL a tract of land adjoining
the land of WILLIAM EDWARDS whereon Fort Dobbs now stands.

ITEM to my son SAMUEL [DAVISON], son-in-law ROBERT GIBSON and grandson GEORGE
DAVISON I give a shilling sterling each.

The remaining part of my personal estate I leave to be equally divided between my
sons GEORGE [DAVISON] and WILLIAM DAVISON and my stepson JAMES SIMMEREL.

LASTLY I do hereby constitute and appoint my well beloved wife MARGARET DAVISON
sole executrix of this my last will and testament and also ordain and appoint my
trusty and well beloved friends ALEXANDER OSBURN and JOHN BREVARD, Esq., guardians
to take tuition and guardianship of my children and to assist my wife in the
management and execution hereof.

AND I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannul all and every other
testament, will or wills, legacies and bequests and executors by me in anywise
before named willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no other to
be my last will and testament.




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                       Will, NC, Rowan, GEORGE DAVISON, 1758

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the year above written.

GEORGE DAVISON {seal, his mark}

Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said GEORGE DAVISON as
his last will and testament in presence of us.

JOHN NEILL
JAMES TEMPLETON {his mark}
GEORGE DAVISON




[JAMES SIMMEREL, JAMES SIMEREL, JAMES SIMERELL, JAMES SIMRELL, JAMES SIMRIL, JAMES
SIMMERALL]




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