In the Name of God amen. The Fourth Day of October, one Thousand, seven Hundred and forty Seven: I, Chrystian Isler, of the County of Craven, In the provins of North Carolina, Blander; being Very Sick and Weak In the Body, but of perfect Mind and memory, thanks be given unto god, therefore Calling unto 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 ali, I Give and Recomment my Soul Into the hands of God that Gave it; and my body I Recomment to the Earth, to be buried in decent Christian Burial at the Descretion of my Executors, not doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall Receive the Same again by the mighty power of God; and touching Such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased almighty god to bless me in this Life, I Give, Demise and dispose of the same in the following maner and form:
Imprimis, I Give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Isler, my dearly beloved Wife, one negro man Callit Cato, and one negro women Callit judee, two plow horses under Ceers and one plow and fluck, one pay Mare Callit jan, and one three year old hcrse; and the third of all my Houshold goods, and of all my Chattle, to her, the Said Elizabeth Isler, my Wife, her heirs, Executors or asministrators or assigns for Ever, and her Widow Sead on the blantation I now Life on by her freely to be possessed with out ang Interruption & * * *
Item. I give and bequeath to my well beloved Sonn, John Isler, one negro man Callit Embero, and one horse Callit Zany, with my Sadie and bridle, and five four year old Steers, five three year old heafers with Calvs, and one Yearling horse, I give to him, his heirs, Executors, adininistrators and assigns for Ever.
Item. I Give and bequeath to my well beloved Son, William Isler, my land and blantation I now Live on, and one negro boy Callit Simon, and one maladder boy Callet Scot, and four Ews and lambs, and one Ram, and Eight Sows and picks, I give to him, the said William Isler, his heirs, Executors, administrators, and assigns for Ever.
Item. I give and bequeath to my well beloved Daughter, Elizabeth Isler, one feather bed, one negro boy Callit Nooris, and one Sorrel mare and Cold, all of which I Give to her, the Said Elizabeth Isler My Daughter, to her, her heirs, Executors, administrators and assigns for Ever; and also, the third of all my household goods, and the third of all my Chattle, to her for Ever.
Item. I Give and bequeath to my well beloved Daughter, Susanna Isler, one negro boy Callit Charles, and one Two year old mare that Came of old Jan; and also, the third of all my Houshold goods, and the third of all my Chattle, all of which I Give to her, her heirs, Executors, adininistrators and assigns for Ever.
Item. I to Elect and Choose my well beloved brother, Frederick Isler, and John Isler, and William Isler, my Sons, for my Executors, to act acording to this my last will and Testament, and I do here by utterly disallow, Revoke and disanul, all and Every other former testament, wills, Lagacies and Requests and Executors by me in any ways before named, Willed and bequeathed, Retuying and Confirming this, and no other, to be my Last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the day and year above written.
his
Christian C E Isler (Seal)
Signed, Sealed, published, pro- mark
nounced and declared, by the
Said Christian Isler, as his Last
will and testament, In the pres-
ence of us the Subscribers:
Melcher Remm.
James Marshel.
her
Sarah X Lickblat.
marke
On the Oaths of Melcher Remm and Sarah Lickblat, of the due Execution of this Will, Let it be Registered. The within named John Isler and William Isler having taken the oath of Extors. Dated this 7th d?y of November, 1747.
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Copied from Original Will, filed in the Office of the Secretary of State.
Source: North Carolina Wills and Inventories, copied from Original and Recorded Wills and Inventories In the Office of the Secretary of State by J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, Published 1912)
