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- In the Name of God Amen
I, William John Hodgon Deloach of Halifax County of the state of North Carolina being sick and being but of sound memory thanks be to God and as His appointed all man to die after my debts and funeral expenses discharged, I bequeath and disperse of my estate in the following manner. Viz.
Item- I give to my loving sister Sarah Blount Deloach, pass of a legacy that my Uncle John Hodgon left me with is two hundred and fifty pounds so soon as she arrives to the age of Twenty One or Married But never the less the legacy that thereby give if my sister should die before she arrives to the age of Twenty One or Married then to my will and pleasure and desire that my cousins, Joseph Harrison Eilbeck, Henry John Daniel Eilbeck, and William Eilbeck shall enjoy the same.
Item-I give and bequeath to my loving sister Sarah Blount Deloach, all the Estate as my grandfather left me in Virginia let it account to what it will, so soon as she arrives to the age of Twenty One or married to her and her heirs or assigns but if in case she dies be fore she arrived to the age of Twenty One then its my will and desire that my cousins Joseph Eilbeck, Henry John Daniel Eilbeck, and William Eilbeck shall enjoy the same to be equally to be divided between them.
Item- I leave and bequeath to my cousins Joseph Harrison Eilbeck, Henry John Daniel Eilbeck, and William Eilbeck all my land and homes in the State of North Carolina unto them and their heirs or assigns, to be equally, to be divided between them. Item-I leave and bequeath unto Joseph Eilbeck, Henry John Daniel Eilbeck, and William Eilbeck the Hundred and fifty pounds to be equally to be divided between them.
I constitute, make, and ordain, my executors Henry Eilbeck and William Eilbeck of my last will testament and I do hereby, uttering, disallow, revoke, and disowned all and every other former testament, wills, legacies, bequeath, and executors, by are in any wise be the name willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament in witness whereof I have rest my hand and seal this Twenty third day of January One Thousand and Seven hundred and Eighty Five.
William John Hodgon Deloach
Signed, Sealed, pronounced, and
declared by the said, W. John
Hodgon Deloach as his last
will and testament in the pre-
sence of us who in the presence
of each other have here to sub-
scribed our names.
John Eilbeck
Joseph Eilbeck
Halifax County August Fifteen 1788 Then this will was exhibited in open court and duly proven by the oaths of John Elibeck and Joseph Eilbeck the subscribing witnesses thereto and on motion ordered to be registered whereupon Henry Eilbeck one of the Executors names in the Will came in open court and was duly qualify as a Executor thereto.
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