Will of John Goodloe Feb 21, 1766

Granville Co., NC Unrecorded Wills 1749-1771 Roll #C.044.80001

Contributed by Sue Bowers

In the name of God Amen; I John Goodloe of the County of Granville in the Province of North Carolina, being at a time of perfect and sound mind and memory, tho’ so each & sickly in body; therefore for preventing any uncertainty or dispute cencerning my Worldly Estate; I do make & subscribe this to be my Last Will & Testament;  Hereby revoking and disannulling all other Wills by me heretofore made. 

In the first place, I Will & Desire, that my Wife Susannah have the use of all my Estate, both Real & Personal, (except what shall be by this Will hereafter given and bequeathed) for herself and support and education of my Daughter Mary, until my said daughter  shall attain the age of Eighteen Years, or the day of her Marriage, and on such of those days, which shall first happen:   I Will that all my Estate, both Person & Real be then equaly divided betwixt my said Wife Susannah and my Daughter Mary, that is to say, the one Half of my Personal Estate, to hold to my said Wife Susannah, Her Heirs and Assigns for ever, and the one Half of my Real Estate to hold to my said Wife during Her Natural Life, the other half of my Real and Personal Estate and all Reversions thereof to my Daughter Mary Goodloe above named, and after the Death of my said Wife Susannah, the other Half of my Real Estate I bequeath also to my said Daughter Mary, Her Heirs and Assigns for Ever.

My Will and Desire further is, that if my said Daughter Mary should not live to attain the age of eighteen or be married, then I Will and bequeath the Estate So given to her, to my Dear & Loving Wife Susannah Goodloe, and Her Heirs and Assigns for Ever.

Item.   I Will and bequeath unto my Executors herein named my Houses and Lotts in the Town of Fairfax in Trust, for them or the Survivors of them, to Sell and dispose of, to the best Advantage for the Benefit of my Estate.

Item.   My Will and Desire is, and I do hereby direct, no Part of my Estate to be sold at Publick Vendue, by any order of Court:  But if the debts which are, or shall be due to me, fall short of paying, what Claims and Debts shall or may come against my Estate, in such Case my Desire is, and I hereby empower my Executors, to sell one or more Negroes, in such manner, as shall to them Seem best, to raise what Money may be necessary for discharging all such Claims and debts.

Item.   My Will and Desire farther is, that whatever Part of my Deceased Fathers Estate, may on the death of my dear Mother become due or belonging to me, that my Executors herein named, have full power to demand and receive the same, and apply it, in whatever Quality may be with my other Estate, herein disposed of, and that it may go therewith.

Item.   I do hereby fully & sufficiently authorize & impower my Executors herein named, or anyone of them, to make and Execute such sufficient deed and Conveyance to Robert Dudley of Spotsylvania, Virginia, for a certain Tract of Land, in that County, sold by me to him, as he shall think, will be sufficient for conveying to him the Legal title to the Same;  He paying to my said Executors, whatever balance, of the Purchase Money thereof as is still due from him.

Item.   I Will and bequeath unto my Brother Robert Goodloe one negroe Boy named Dublin, my silver Watch, and all my Wearing Apparel for Ever, as a token of brotherly Affection I have for Him.

Lastly I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my Loving Wife Susannah Goodloe, my Brother Robert Goodloe, and my Son-in-Law William Martine, to be my Executors, of this my Last Will and Testament.  In Wittness whereof I have hereunto sett my Hand & seal this 21st day of February in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand seven Hundred and Sixty Six.

                                                                                          John Goodloe

Sealed, Published & Declared by the said John Goodloe,
To be his Last Will & Testament (there being no Stamped
Paper in the Province to be now got on any terms, Therefore
This is written on Common Paper and Executed)

in Presence of

Patience Gatewood
Frances Davis   Jurat
Susanna Jones
Frederick Johnzer?  Jurat