Last WILL & TESTAMENT OF JOHN HAGLER In the name of God Amen Whereas I JOHN HAGLER of Wilkes County State of North Carolina being of sound and disposing mind & memory thought weak in body, do make & ordain this as my last Will & Testament as follows, viz. My just debts funeral expenses to be paid. The residue of my estate both real and personal I do give & bequeath my Negro woman Milly and her son John likewise my Negro girl Rosy during her life and also my plantation, farming tools, horses, cattle, hogs & sheep & bed & bedding & household furniture of every kind. The said Negroe Rosy to belong to my son Benjamin HAGLER at his mother’s decease. My Negroes Milly and John, household furniture and so forth to be divided as hereafter mentioned at my said wife Elizabeth’s decease.

Second, to my sons BENJAMIN & WILLIAM HAGLER I do give & bequeath my lands, buildings and so forth at (their) mother’s decease to be divided between them by a conditional line beginning upon a marked cherry tree near the bank of the river running an eastward course the upper part to belong to WILLIAM the lower part to belong to BENJAMIN. And in both cases I do give my said two sons BENJAMIN and WILLIAM my said land and (so forth?) to them their heirs or assigns forever free and clear of all encumbrances of claims whatsover.

Third, to my son BENJAMIN HAGLER I do give & bequeath my Negroe boy Jim and my Negroe girl Rosy forever together with my waggon & guns and farming tools his bed bedstead clothing & one pewter dish one Bason? and six pewter plates one pot & one oven such as he may choose knives, forks and tin ware at my said wife Elizabeth’s decease.

Fourth, to my son JOHN HAGLER I do give & bequeath the sum of fifty dollars exclusive of his equal part in the dividend of my estate.

Fifth, to my daughter BETSY KENDALL I do give and bequeath my Negro girl Bet valued by myself at one hundred dollars fifty whereof I allow her the balance left viz the other fifty dollars to be deducted out of her equal part of my estate.

Sixth all the residue of my Negroes or other estate not bequeathed as above said to be valued by two or more such men as my children may appoint and the value to be equally divided between my several legatees hereafter named, viz: JOHN HAGLER, JACOB HAGLER, ABRAHAM HAGLER, ANNA BROWN, BENJAMIN HAGLER, ISAAC HAGLER, BETSY KENDALL, my daughter CHRISTIANA MAGEE’S children viz JOHN WILEY MAGEE & WILLIAM RILEY MAGEE to have their mother’s part of my estate equally divided between them and put out to interest upon sufficient security till they respectively arrive at the age of maturity and when the principal and interest to be delivered to them. My son WILLIAM HAGLERto have his equal part of my estate.

Seventh, I do constitute & appoint my sons, BENJAMIN, ISAAC & WILLIAM HAGLER executors of this my last will and testament & I do most earnestly recommend my said executors to see duly and faithfully carried into execution all and every part of this my last will & Test-ament. I the aforesaid JOHN HAGLER do annul, revoke and disallow all and every will and testament heretofore made by me and in the presence of Almighty God & the undersigned witnesses do publish, pronounce, and declare this to be my only true last Will and Testament. Sign’d Seal’d & delivered in presence of the undersigned Witnesses the 9th day of March 1815

ANDREW WALSH, Jus.
JOHN HAGLER (seal)
CORNELIUS HOWARD PETER REAY

Codicil to be annexed to the foregoing Will & Testament:

I the aforesaid JOHN HAGLER of State & County as aforesaid being of sound and disposing Mind and memory, seeing it hath pleaed Almighty God to remove from this transitory world my son BENJAMIN HAGLER all that part of my land that I bequeathed to my said son BENJAMIN as designa-ted in my foregoing Will & Testament I do give and bequeath to my sons ISAAC and WILLIAM HAGLER under the same restrictions and limitations as I did give it to my son BENJAMIN viz at their mother’s decease. It is my utmost desire that my sons ISAAC and WILLIAM divide the said land between them as equally as possible in the spirit of amity and brotherly love. My said sons ISAAC & WILLIAM to take care of my Negroe woman Luce during her life. Sign’d, Seal’d & (so forth?) the 3rd day of July 1816.

In presence of
ANDREW WALSH, Jus.
His PETER REAY
CORNELIUS HOWARD

John X Hagler (Seal)
Mark

North Carolina Nov. Term 1816 Wilkes County The within will was duly proven in open court by the Oath of ANDREW WALSH and WILLIAM HAGLER was duly qualified as Executor to said will.

John Hägler was born about 1730, possibly in Switzerland, and married about 1755 Elizabeth van Hooser (b. c.1738), the daughter of Johannes van Hoesen (Hooser) and Elizabetha Margrethem Lauck.

John and Elizabeth after their marriage lived in Anson County, North Carolina, then relocated about 1777 or 1778 on the Peedee River area of Wilkes County, where they owned a farm. They next moved to Yadkin in North Carolina, purchasing about 250 acres of land, most of which was river bottom with a lot of timber land at the mouth of King's River. They lived in Yadkin in large log cabin on a hill called Beacon Hill and Kendall overlooking the Yadkin River. John and Elizabeth had nine children.

John Hagler, Jr., b. c.1760 in Anson Co., North Carolina; and married Dorothy Shanklin.

Jacob Hagler, b. c.1761 in Anson Co., North Carolina; and married Frances (Frankey) Robbins (daughter of William Robbins and Nancy Ann Foster).

Abraham Hagler, b. c.1765 in Anson Co., North Carolina; and married Esther Nathery.

Ann Hagler, b. c.1772 in Anson Co., North Carolina; and married Joseph Brown.

Benjamin Hagler, b. c.1773 in Anson Co., North Carolina.

Isaac Wilson Hagler, b. c.1777 in Anson or Wilkes Co., North Carolina; and married Susannah McGee.

Elizabeth (Betsy) Hagler, b. c.1778 in Anson or Wilkes Co., North Carolina; and married William Kindall, Jr. (son William Kindall and Sarah Foster).

Christiana Hagler, b. 1780 in Wilkes Co., North Carolina; and married Rev. Ralph McGee.

William Hagler, b. May 10, 1781 in Wilkes Co., North Carolina; and married Sarah Elizabeth Mullins (daughter of John William Mullins/Mullens and Sarah Triplett).

Probate File 4 27 1043
Jackson County, Illinois

Know all men by these presents that I Peter Hagler of the County of Jackson and State of Illinois being of sound mind and discretion and knowing that it is appointed unto man once to die do make and publish this my last will and testament hereby ... and revoking all others this being my last will and testament.

First to my dear and beloved wife Sarah Hagler I bequeath all my real and personal property of every kind and description whatsoever to use as she may think best for her support during her widowhood, and if the said Sarah Hagler should change her name the property is hereby bequeathed to be equally divided between my lawful heirs, and at the death of the said Sarah Hagler all the property then in hand to be equally divided between my ... children.

2nd to Peter Hagler my grand son now living with me I will my bay horse colt.

And I hereby constitute and appoint my son Tilman Hagler executor of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto ... my hand and affixed my seal this tenth day of August AD 1855.

Peter Hagler

Probate File A 27 1014 (America Ann Grammer, Petition for Letters of Administration For Isaac Hagler)
Adm. from April 8, 1844 by Tilman Hagler, not his next of kin

State of Illinois
Jackson County

Tilman Hagler brang forth ... and saith that Isaac Hagler departed this life on or about the 3rd day of April AD 1844. In so far as this affidavit knows and as he ... believes that said Isaac Hagler died without making any Last Will and Testament, and further says that the estate of deceased is not worth more than two hundred dollars, and further saith that his father and next of kin relinquish their right to administer upon said estate, ... and further saith not.

Tilman Hagler