Will of Michael Shaver
Signed 11-Feb-1789
Recorded January 10, 1792 (?)

Transcribed for the Sumner Co. TNGenWeb Page by
Diane Payne
© 2004

You can obtain a copy of the will from the Sumner County Archives.
Note: My copy is very faded and difficult to read.

In the name of God Amen: I Michael Shaver of the County of Sumner and Stat of North Carolina being of sound mind and memory and _ health and calling to mind my mortality I do make this my last will and testament viz as follows

1st
I assign my soul to a gracious God who gave it in hopes of a glorious resurrection through Christ by _

2nd
I order all my lawful debts to be paid, and my body to be decently interned at the discretion of my Executor.

3rdly
I give and bequeath unto my wife Catherine all the goods and chattel already set off to her _ full of _ sight of dower in my estate.

4thly
I give and bequeath unto my brother John Shaver's oldest son John all the residue of my estate both real and personal.

5thly
I constitute and appoint my trusty and good friends David Wilson and John Wilson of said County and State Executors of this my last will and testament in witness _ hand and seal, this eleventh day of February 1789.
Michael Shaver
His
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Mark
Signed and sealed in presence of
James Rice
William Wilson

Recorded and examined Jany 10th 1792 (1793?)



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