Will
of
JOHN HALEY
RICHMOND COUNTY, NC
1834

NOTE: This is not the complete text of the original will....just the important facts. Source unknown.

Wife - Nancy, the estate joins lands of Harry Haley. Estate left to wife. "All Negroes will belong to my wife her lifetime. To be set free at her death, but if contrary to the laws of the state I wish them divided equally between my brother Holden Haley's children: William,John and Harriet Haley and the children of my sister Roxy Ann Burgess. The one half going to the children of my brother and the other half going to the child or children of my sister Roxy Ann Burgess."

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