Below are Wills that I have copied and transcribed to the best of my ability.  I will be adding to this page as time permits so please check back often.  If you have records that you would like to have added to this page, please send email to [email protected]

In the name of God Amen.  Knowing that it is appointed  for all man once to die & after death the Judgment.  I, T.WHITLEY being in sound mind and Good health, do consider my worldly estats.  I recommend my soul to God & my body to the Grave in christian burial at the directions of my Executors, after paying all my just debts.  I Give and bequeath my son John W. WHITLEY Sixty Acres of land on the south end of the Alexander Tract adjoining S H EFRID & the widow EUDYs land it shall be laid off by a due east & west line this tract was bought from Geo. C. MENDENHALL (sp) and I also give him one Colt sela-- & I also give & bequeath to my beloved wife all of my personal & real estate to have & occupy and distribute to my Children as she many think rite.  She shall have the land on which I live two hundred & twenty four acres, Sixty Eight acres known as the Tillman COLEY tract and the balance of the Alexander tract.  She shall have the power to give & make title to the land as she may see fit amongst my children, but if my my wife Anna WHITLEY shall marry again, or if she shall brak up or scatter my children, then she shall no longer have the right to my property.  She shall have one good bed & furniture one wheel and carts one boro & calf & all the rest of my personal property shall be sold and my wife Anna WHITLEY & Julian her son, Belin, C.F. WHITLEY Alexander M WHITLEY, Tillman F. WHITLEY, Israel A. WHITLEY Sara F. WHITLEY an my daughter Anny R. WHITLEY shall have an equal division and all the land before named to my wife, Shall be equally divided in Eight lots and the seven last named Each shall shall have one lot & my son John W. WHITLEY Green D. WHITLEY, Son, William Hatley, Son.  I appoint for Executors, as witness my hand & seal this the eleventh of October 1863.  Temple WHITLEY {Seal} Attest.  B.S. WHITLEY.  North Carolina, Stanly County}  Nov. Sessions 1865.  There the foregoing last will and testament of Temple WHITLEY was produced in open court and duly proven by the oath of the subscribing witnesses.  The said will was admitted to probate & ordered to be recorded.  L. GREENE, Clk.

In the name of God Amen.  I, John R. WHITLEY of the County of Stanly and State of North Carolina being of sound mind and memory and considering the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life do therfore make ordain publish and declare this to be my last will and testament.  That is to say, First after all my lawful debts are paid and discharged the resedue of my estate real and personal I give bequeath and dispose of as follows, to wit., 1.To my beloved wife the land and appurtances situated theron known and 9unreadable) as the Russell WHITLEY tract lying in Stanly County on the waters of Long Creek together with one sorrel horse named Buck and one Bay mare named Sal, and also 50 Bushels of wheat and 200 Bushels of corn of said amounts shall belong to me at the time of my death, also I will and bequeath to my beloved wife, on Buggy now owned by me togeather with all the bacon that may belong to me at the time of my death, together with (word "all"  scratched out) the use and benefit of all my stock of hog, Cattle, House hold & Kitchen furniture and farming utensils.  Also my beloved wife shall have the benefit of all my land until my son George is free by age or until he shall marry, then he shall have the Jesse WHITLEY tract of land, and my wife shall have the benefit of the rest of my land until my daughter Sarah Jane gets free or marries, then my wife ceases to have any right to any of my land except the Russell WHITLEY tract which I have bequeathed to her, the above bequest to my beloved wife shall belong to her during her natural life or until she shall marry again but is she shall marry again, then the above bequest to my beloved wife is void except that she shall have one cow, & one bed and furniture and the sum of fifty dollars, my beloved wife shall the use and benefit of my wagon until my son George is free or marries, If my beloved wife shall marry again, then and in that case the Buggy and the wagon shall belong to my son George & the Russell WHITLEY tract of land that is bequeathed to my (word son scratched out) wife shall belong to my female children, equally and hte resiudes of my personal estate shall in sold and my beloved wife shall have fifty dollars of the proceeds of said sale and the remainder if any shall be divided equally among my female hiers at the death of my wife, the Russell WHITLEY tract belongs to the Girls, and  I will and bequeath to my son George the tract of land known and described ast the Jesse WHITLEY tract lying & being in Stanly County adjoining Joshua HEARNE and others together with all woods waters mines minerals & hereditaments to the dame belonging or appertances I also will and bequeath and bequeath to my son George my two horse wagon and at the death of my wife he shall have the Buggy, also I bequeath to my son George one Rifle gun and all my Books, I also will and bequeath to my son George one sorrel mare named Blaze.  3rd. And lastly I will and bequeath to the rest of my hiers the tract of land known and described as the CORCON (sp) tract lying and being in Stanly on the waters of Long Creek adjoining the Russell WHITLEY tract and others said land shall belong to said heirs equally shear and shear alike. likewise I make, consititute and appoint my said son George and my trusty friend Solomon HATHCOCK to be excutor until my son George is free or marries then my son George & my Freind Solomon HATHCOCK are my excutors.  In Witness wherof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal the 3rd day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty two.  John R. WHITLEY {Seal}  Whereas I John R. WHITLEY of the county of Stanly and State of North Carolina have made my last Will and testament in writing bearing the date the 3rd day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty two, in and by which I have given and bequeathed to my beloved wife the sum of fifty dollars, Now therefore I do by this my writing which I hereby declare to be a codicil to my said last will and testament and to be taken as a part of thereof order and declare that my will is that my beloved wife shall Seventy five dollars as the full amount of said bequest in money and that she shall have all the property belonging to me that is not bequeathed in my said last will and testament to belong to her during her natural life or until she shall marry again and then to be sold and the amount of siad property to be divided equally among my girl children also I will and bequeath to my beloved wife one set of Smiths tools until my son George is free or marries then said tools shall belong to him not withstanding my wife shall have the use of (word "them" scratched out) of siad tools free of charge during her natural life and lastly it is my desire that this codicil be annexed to and made a part of my last will and testament as aforesaid to all intents and purposes.  In Witness wherof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal the first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty three.  John R. WHITLEY {Seal}  I will and bequeath to my son George one grain scythe and cradle & one grass scyth.  In Witness whereof I have hereunto (word "sit" is scratched out) subscribed my name and affixed my seal the 18th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty three.  John R. WHITLEY {Seal}North Carolina, Stanly County} November Sessions in 1863.

To Be Continued......

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