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<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> Henry Petree's Will, 1966 </TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <HR> Will of Henry Petree Stokes County, NC, 1866 <P> <HR> "In the Name of God Amen.� I, HENRY PETREE of the County of Stokes and State of North Carolina do make and declare this my last will and testament, that is to say, I will that my Executor herein after named, sell at public auction the whole of my personal property upon a credit of six months and after paying all my just debts, I will an bequeath one half the proceeds thereon an one half of all the money which I may have at the time of my death, to my beloved wife SARAH PETREE and the other half of the proceeds of my personal property and money I give and bequeath to my children.� To my son RILEY F. PETREE I give and bequeath the sum of twenty five cents and no more.� The remainder I equally divide between WILLIAM H. PETREE, MARGARET F. ANDERSON, ELIZABETH DOUB, CATHERINE SPAINHOUR, EZEKIAL B. PETREE and REBECCA HELSABECK.� "I also will...and devise the whole of my lands with all improvements to my said wife SARAH PETREE, for and during her natural life, and at her death, I will the said lands and improvements to my said children.� To my son RILEY F. PETREE I give and bequeath twenty five cents and no more.� The remainder I equally divide between WILLIAM H. PETREE, MARGARET F. ANDERSON, ELIZABETH DOUB, CATHERINE SPAINHOWER, EXEKIAL B. PETREE and REBECCA HELSABECK, and their heirs forever.� "And I do hereby constitute and appoint my nephew WILLIAN WESLEY PETREE and DAVID R. LEAK Executors of this last will and testament in Witness where I the said HENRY PETREE do hereunto set my hand and seal this 31st day of July A.D. 1866.<P> s/ HENRY PETREE� SEAL<P> Signed in presents of <BR> JOHN A. BURNETT�����<BR>��� JOHN G. WHITE<P> In settling this estate when the lands were finally sold most of the property was bought by F. E. PETREE.� Whether he disinherited RILEY FROST, who incidentally signed a receipt indicating he was paid $1.00 rather than $0.25 in the final settlement, or intended the note to be excused, there is some tradition that they disagreed on taking sides for the Confederacy and the Union during the Civil War.<P> <HR> <a href="petree.html"> Return to Petree Family Page </a><P> <a href="wills.html"> Return to Family Wills Page </a><P> <a href="index.html"> Jarvis Homepage </a><P> <HR> </BODY> </HTML>