Will of John Baker

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OBJE:_META	<metadataxml><content><line><p style="margin-: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Will of John Baker (with original spellings)</span></p></line><line><p style="margin-: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">In the name of God Amen</span></p></line><line><p style="margin-: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I Hohn Baker of the County of Franklin &amp; State of North Carolina being of sound &amp; disposing mind &amp; memory &amp; being mindful of mortality do make publish &amp; ordain this my last Will and Testament</span></p></line><line><p style="margin-: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">First and principally my immortal soul to God who gave it and my body to the dust from whever it was taken when it shall please God to separate them to be buried decently at the discretion of my Executor &amp; secondly what wordly Estate it has pleased God to bless me with I give and dispins of in manner &amp; form following here</span></p></line><line><p style="margin-: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-indent: 36px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Item 1</span><span style="font-size: 9.3px; letter-spacing: 0px;"><sup>st</sup></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">&nbsp; I give and bequeath to my son Archibald Baker three negroes, to wit, one boy Georg one woman Diley and infant child Allen also the tract of land on which I live two cows &amp; calves two sows &amp; pigs ten choice shoats one yoke oxen cart &amp; wheels forty barrels corn thirty bushels wheat &amp; one bed &amp; furniture to him and his heirs forever</span></p></line><line><p style="margin-: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-indent: 36px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Item 2</span><span style="font-size: 9.3px; letter-spacing: 0px;"><sup>nd</sup></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">&nbsp; I give &amp; bequeath to my daughter Harriet one bed and its ?? furniture&nbsp; to her &amp; her heirs forever</span></p></line><line><p style="margin-: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-indent: 36px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Item 3</span><span style="font-size: 9.3px; letter-spacing: 0px;"><sup>rd</sup></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">&nbsp; I give and bequeath my daughter Martha Ann one bed and its ?? furniture</span></p></line><line><p style="margin-: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-indent: 36px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Item 4</span><span style="font-size: 9.3px; letter-spacing: 0px;"><sup>th</sup></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">&nbsp; My will and desire is that the balance of my estate not otherwise disposed of may be sold by my Executor on a credit of least six months all my just debts paid out of the proceeds of the same and the balance if any to be divided between my seven living daughters, to wit, Mary who married Green Read, Elizabeth who married Ira Freeman, Julia who married John Hogswood,&nbsp; Jane who married Siony Mabry, Ruthy who married Calvin Pearce, Harriet &amp; Martha Ann to them and their heirs forever</span></p></line><line><p style="margin-: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-indent: 36px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I hereby publish and declare this and none other to be my last will &amp; testament to which I constitute and appoint my beloved son Archibald Baker and my brother James Baker Executors</span></p></line><line><p style="margin-: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-indent: 36px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 4</span><span style="font-size: 9.3px; letter-spacing: 0px;"><sup>th</sup></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred &amp; fifty three</span></p></line><line><p style="margin-: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-indent: 36px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; min-height: 16px;">&nbsp;</p></line><line><p style="margin-: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-indent: 36px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Signed and sealed in ??his</span></p></line><line><p style="margin-: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-indent: 36px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">John Chamblee &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; John&nbsp; X&nbsp; Baker&nbsp; &nbsp; (Seal)</span></p></line><line><p>&nbsp;</p></line><line><p style="margin-: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-indent: 36px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Thomas H. Baker&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; mark</span></p></line></content></metadataxml>
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Alive Dead Death>100 Death<=100 Birth>100 Birth<=100 Roots Leaves
Given names	Surname	Sosa	Birth		Place		Death		Age	Place	Last change
John P Baker				August 15, 1784	239	Wilkes County, Virginia, USA	0	1855	169	70	North Carolina, USA	Never	M	YES	YES	R

Both alive Widower Widow Both dead Roots Leaves Not married Marriage>100 Marriage<=100 Divorce Multiple marriages
Given names	Surname	Age	Given names	Surname	Age	Marriage		Place		Last change