Amanuensis Monday: The Will of John Tyree 1793 Wilkes Co., North Carolina

JOHN TYREE 
b. bef. 1727 d. 1793

About Amanuensis Monday: John Newmark, who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog started a Monday Blog Theme called "Amanuensis Monday". John defines "amanuensis" as "a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."

About John Tyree

John Tyree married Frances (Fanny) Voul/Vowell about 1763 in Granville Co., North Carolina. I am a descendant through their son David and his son William and William's daughter Louisa who married Jesse B. Wallen.

The last Will and Testament of John Tyree Deceased

April Term 1793

I John Tyre being weak and low in body but of perfect mind and memory do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament revoking all former wills by me heretofore made first I give my soul unto the Lord that gave it and my body to the ground to be desantly intered and all my just debts punctually paid and the rest of my worldly goods to be disposed of in manner and form following that is to say first I bequeath unto my beloved wife Frances Tiry one negro man named Charles and the plantation whereon I now live and a brown mare named Bow and all my household furniture as long as she shall continue a widdo or depart this life Itom I give my daughter Anne one shilling sterling Itom I give my son William Tiry fifty acres of land on luises fork. Itom I give unto my daughter Susanah Pinnil forty acres of land on Luises fork. Itom I give unto my daughter Marther Tiry one cow  I give unto my son Joseph Tiry the mill and sixty acres of land thereunto belonging  Itom I give unto my daughter Mary Tiry one cow  I give unto my son David Tiry my gray mare he to let my son Jesse have the first colt the mare has  also I give to my sons David and Jesse all the land above a holler known by the name of the Bull Holler on the other side of the creek from the house to be divided between them  I give unto my daughter Phanne one cow  I give unto my daughter Hannah Tiry one cow and when my wife Francis Tiry maries or departs this life then the land and property to be sold and divided among the children equal to what I have now left them and I constitute and appoint my wife and my son William Tiry my whole and sole executors and I do acknoledge this to be my last will in testimony whereof I have set my hand and fixt my seal this 25th day of November 1792.

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John X Tiry

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Witnes Present    

Rowland Judd  jut

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John X judd

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Georg X Tiry

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Will was proved in 1793 - April term of Court - Wilkes Co., NC and recorded in Will Book 1 page 369.

Please Note: In case you have been here before, this blog post was revised on December 13, 2011 to reflect a more exact transcription of the will of John Tyree. This will can now be found at Family Search at this direct link: Will of John Tyree.

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