ORANGE COUNTY, NC - Wills - William Riggs, 6 Mar 1776
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Book A, Page 270, 271

Examd     In the name of God Amen. I William Riggs of the County
of Orange being very sick of Body, but of perfect mind and memory
thanks be given unto God Calling to mind the mortality of my body
and knowing it is appointed for all men once to die 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 to be buried nothing Doubting
but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same by the
mighty powers of God and as Touching such Worldly Estate wherewith
it hath pleased God to bestow upon me in this life I give and
Demise and Dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
First I give and bequeath to my Loveing wife Mary be Bed and Cloths
with every thing belonging to it with all the moveable things that
belongs to the House her Bonny Mare if she dies an other horse or
Mare for her use & kept on the Plantation and Maintenance & Twenty
Bushels of Wheat every Year while she lives for her bread, if she
Chooses to live in the Tamillie ? if not she shall have the new Room
I built one hundred of Meat every Year & two milk cows maintained
on the place for her use, half a Bushel of Flax seed sown for her
every Year.
Secondly I leave unto my son George one hundred acres of Wood Land and
one hundred more when my Wife dies to be possessed by him forever
and Likewise I give unto him a horse called ? and the bay Filley and
a Plough & every thing belonging to it
Thirdly I leave my Daughter Ann her bed and Cloaths belonging thereto
and a Horse ? Rock & Saddle, her Wheel and Loom and Tacklings, her
Bonding for two Years She is to do the weaving of the Tamilie She is
to have half a bushel of Flax Sowd and ? in money if she please
her Mother
Fourthly I leave my sons Thomas and James each on of them One hundred
acres of Land when they come of age & that forever they are to work
on the Plantation to the come come of age to help raise ? for the Tamillie
The filly to Thomas and the bay Mare to James & their breed, Plough
& Tacklings thereto and each of them two cows and each of them Six
months Schooling when they are eighteen or nineteen Years of Age
Fifthly my son Henry is to be kept by my sons George & Thomas and
James & their Heirs in Sufficient Virtuals & Cloaths while he lives
Sixthly I leave my daughter Jane a Feather Bed and Cloths Horse and
Saddle to the Vallue of Twenty five pounds and a and Twenty
pounds to be laid out for Interest from the Year 77 to she comes
of age & Seventhly Samuel is to be bound to a Black Smith in the
Year Seventy Seven and he is to have twenty pound to be laid out upon
Interest from the Year Seventy Seven to buy him a ? of tools when
he is free. Eighthly my son John shall have five shillings Sterling
which is his Share and no more
Ninthly my Daughter Mary Barnaba ? Wife shall have five shillings
Sterling which is her Share and no more & I appoint my Loveing Wife
Mary and my son George to be my Executors of this my last Will and
Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal
the 6th Day of March in the Year of our Lord 1776
Signd Sealed and Delivered
in the presence of us
John Latta   )                             William Riggs (seal)
George Riggs )