Will, NC, Mecklenburg, Ezekiel Alexander 1811 In the name of God Amen. I EZEKIEL ALEXANDER SENR. Of the county of Mecklenburg & state of North Carolina being weak of body but of sound & perfect mind & memory thanks be to God for the same, do, this 22 day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and ten, constitute, make, publish & declare this my last will & testament in manner and form following, Viz: 1st I give & bequeath unto my loving wife MARTHA . . . my dwelling house where I now live with all . . . natural life & no longer – I also give & bequeath unto my said wife MARTHA my gray stud horse & gray mare during her natural life & no longer, also I give unto my love wife all my house & kitchen furniture as they now are during her natural life. I also give unto my loving wife one little spinning wheel & one big wheel together with her saddle & bridle, my large bible, Edwardian Redemption, the Gray's works with all my stock of cows & sheep & hogs & my Negro woman Lime forever, & I also give unto my wife MARTHA the full use of all my farming utensils & “ficklings” with my Negro man CAMP during her natural life & no longer. 2nd I also give & bequeath unto my daughter SARAH ROBISON my Negro child HARRIETTA forever. 3rd I give & bequeath unto my son JAMES TAYLOR ALEXANDER my Negro boy child DERECK during his natural life and at his death to descend to his natural issue, if he has no issue then to be sold & equally divided between my two daughters DEBORAH ROBISON & SARAH ROBISON & I further give and bequeath unto my son JAMES TAYLOR ALEXANDER my plantation whereon I now live to be his at my wife's decease during his natural life & to descend to his issue at his death & if he has no issue to be sold & equally divided between my two daughters DEBORAH ROBISON & SARAH ROBISON & my two sons EZEKIEL ALEXANDER & WALLACE ALEXANDER. 4th I give & bequeath unto my son WALLACE ALEXANDER all my plantation 220 acres adjoining my EZEKIEL & subdivided from his land to the laid WALLACE forever and I also give unto my said son WALLACE my negro man CAMP at my wife MARTHA's decease to be his forever. 5th I give & bequeath unto my son EZEKIEL ALEXANDER & my Grand son EZEKIEL ROBISON one hundred and fifty acres of land each to be subdivided from & laid off on one square of my thousand acre tract on Duck River Cumberland – and the remaining seven hundred acres of said thousand acre tract to be sold and equally divided between DEBORAH & SARAH ROBISON, WALLACE & JAMES T. ALEXANDER. And the remainder & remainders of my estate personal and real not willed forever, I allow to be sold at my wife's decease & to be equally divided amongst all my children, DEBORAH & SARAH ROBISON, EZEKIEL, WALLACE & JAMES T. ALEXANDER after my just & legal debts is paid out of it & my debt owing to me. Page 1 of 4 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, NC, Mecklenburg, Ezekiel Alexander 1811 And I do hereby appoint my son EZEKIEL ALEXANDER my grandson EZEKIEL ROBISON & my trust friend JOSIAH ALEXANDER my legal executors to execute this my last will & testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 22nd day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & ten. EZEKIEL ALEXANDER {seal} Signed, sealed & published in presence of . . . . . . ALEXANDER Page 2 of 4 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, NC, Mecklenburg, Ezekiel Alexander 1811 Mecklenburg County January Sessions 1811 The within will was duly proven in open court according to law. Test ISAAC ALEXANDER, CC Page 3 of 4 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, NC, Mecklenburg, Ezekiel Alexander 1811 Copy January Term 1811 Recorded in book A page 17. Page 4 of 4 ** PAGE BREAK **