Mecklenburg COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Joseph Karr / Kerr Sr., 13 May 1771
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WILL OF JOSEPH KERR, SR.

In the name of God amen 13th day of May 1771 I Joseph Karr of North Carolina 
and County of Mecklenburg Being on perfect health mind and memory But about to 
take a long journey thanks be to God for it therefore Calling to mind the 
mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die 
Do make and Ordain this my last will and testament that is to say Principally 
and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of almighty God 
that gave it and my Body I Recommend to the Earth to be Buried in a Decent 
Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors nothing Doubting But at the 
general Resurrection I Shall Receive the same Body again By the mighty Power 
of God and as touching such Worldly Estate Wherewith it hath pleased God to 
Bless me with in this life I give Demise and Dispose of the same in the 
following manner and form Imprecise I give and bequeath to Elizabeth my Dearly 
and well Beloved wife the third part of my Whole Estate after all my just 
Debts are paid Item I give and bequeath to my son Joseph Seven and Six pence 
Item and the rest of my Estate I allow to be Equally Divided between my two 
Daughters Racheal Crocket and Elisabeth Parker and if they should Die before 
their husbands it is to go to the Heirs of their Bodies Item I give and 
bequeath to my son Williams children five and thirty pound twelve shillings 
that is Due to me from his Estate I likewise constitute make and ordain 
William Alexander, blacksmith and Hezekiah Alexander, Esquire to be my sole 
Executors of this my last will and testament all and singular my lands 
messages and tenements.

Sources: World Family Tree, David Johnson, Bill Carr, Will of Joseph Kerr, Sr.