AAFA Wills
WILL OF JULIUS ALFORD

In the Name of God Amen, the 14th day of July 1768. I Julius Alford of St. John’s Parish & in the County of Bute being very sick and weak but of Perfect mind & memory thanks be given unto God for the same, and calling to mind the mortality of my body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my Last will & Testament that is to Say, Principally and first of all I give & Recommend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it, and for my body I recommend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian Like & decent manner at the discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection, I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God, and as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath Pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give devise and dispose of the same in manner and form following, that is to say.

In the first place I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife Lucy, one horse bridle & Saddle, one feather bed & furniture to her and her heirs forever.

Also I give to my wellbeloved Son John Alford, all my Land and Plantation lying in the County of Bute and on the South side Crooked Creek and also the Land on the North side Crooked Creek above Ferrill’s Road, with Six Cows Calves, Six Sows and Piggs & one breeding mare to him and his heirs forever.

Also I give to my welbeloved son Isaac the Land and Plantation lying on the North side Crooked Creek below Farrill’s road to the mouth of Wright branch, together with Six Cows & Calves, Six Sows & Piggs and one breeding mare to him and his heirs forever.

Item I give to my welbeloved Son Goodrich the land plantation whereon John Rose now lives, and if in Case the said John Rose should pay for the said Land, according to his bargain that, that money so arising to be for his Own use & benefit together with all the Stock of hoggs & Cattle, as the said John Rose has now in possession to him and his heirs forever.

Item I give to my welbeloved son Jacob the Land & plantation whereon I now live lying on both sides Tarr River, together with Six Cows and Calves Six Sows and Piggs & one breeding mare to him and his heirs forever.

Item I give to my welbeloved son Job fifty pounds Virginia money together with Six Cows and Calves, Six Sows and Piggs and one breeding mare to him and his heirs forever.

Item I give to my welbeloved Daughter Patty one feather bed & Furniture and one breeding mare to her & her heirs forever.

Item I give to my welbeloved Daughter Sarah one feather bed and furniture, and one breeding mare to her & her heirs forever.

And, also my will and Desire is that my whole Estate I lend unto my welbeloved wife Lucy during her Life or widowhood and all the profits and benefits arising to be laid out in its keeping, maintaining and Schooling of my Children, and after her decease or widowhood to be Equally Divided between all my Children and if any of my aforementioned Children should die without issue, that their aforesaid Legacy be Equally divided between all my Children; And I Likewise

Constitute make and Ordain my dear beloved brother Lodwick Alford, and his son James Alford my, Only & Sole Executors of this my last will and Testament, Ratifying & Confirming this and no other to be my last will and Testament.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal the day & year first above witten.

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Julius X Alford (Seal)

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Signed Sealed & Delivered In Presence of

James Alford

Thomas T. Gay

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John X Arrundell

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Bute County November Court 1771

This Last will of Julius Alford, deceased, was presented in Court by Lodwick Alford & James Alford the Executors herein named who made oath thereto, and the same being proved by the Oaths of James Alford and Thomas Gay two of the witnesses the same is admitted to Record & Letters Testamentary was granted to the said Lodwick Alford and James Alford who was Qualified accordingly.

Teste. Ben McCulloch, C. C.

[The preceding is the will of Julius Alford whose birth was recorded in the New Kent County, Virginia, St. Peter’s Parish Register in September 1717. The will was recorded in Will Book 1, pages 201-203 in Bute (now Warren) County, NC.]