Kate’s Notes: What I have provided here is not Thomas’ will but some supplementary documents relating to his estate, including an inventory. There were many more papers than I actually transcribed, most just small receipts written on scraps of torn paper to various members of the family. Gillelands recorded among these documents (some not transcribed here) were his widow Mary, William, David, Allen, George and Thomas.
    The documents which served as the source of these transcriptions may be found at the FamilySearch website of the LDS Church https://familysearch.org
                                                                                              -Kate Maynard 2013

THE ESTATE OF THOMAS GILLELAND, LINCOLN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, 1824-1827

    Some comments here. I did the best I could to interpret the document below but there are still some words I could not decipher, which I have indicated by brackets. In some cases I thought the phonetic spellings might be confusing for some readers, so I have placed the correct spellings within parentheses.
    The “hogsheads” referred to here are large casks, sometimes used to store liquids such as cider or in colonial times, the term referred to a barrel used to transport tobacco.

Thomas Gilleland [paper torn]
Settlement of E[paper torn]

State of North Carolina } October Session 1824
             Lincoln County} Inventory of the personal Estate of Thomas Gilleland Decease that was not Sold one horse one mare three Grown Cattle and five hed of young Cattle fourteen hed of hoges four hed of Sheep one Rifle Gun four fether Beds and furniture two Chests one walnut table one cherry table one pine Cubbaord (cupboard) Six frame Chairs two arm Chairs two flax Wheals one flax [hackle] one Cotton wheale one pair of Cotton Cardes two Set delph plates one Set puter(pewter) plates one puter Dish one Lot of tea ware five [----] four Bottles one fire Shovle one Looking Galass (glass) one Set of knives forks two Set of Spoons one Lot of tin ware four pots one oven two Scillets(skillets) one flat Iron one Set of fire dogs one Loom [--  -----] two mens Saddles one woman Saddle five Common Bridls (bridles) two pairs of Gears one Bare Sheer plow (bar share plow) Six Shovel plows one Single [C-----] one Log Chain one pair of double trees two Single trees three axes one mattoc (mattock) four hoes one hand saw one Cross cut Saw three Drawing knives and Som Cooppering tools one [Crelling] [Box] and knife two Caythe (Scythe?) and Cradle two moing (mowing) Cyths one [---] one Iron wedge ten hogsheads one pair of Saddle wallets one Bible one testament one psalm Book one hyme Book two Stone [-----] one hand [------] two Stands of Bees

Sworn                                                                    Returned By  Allen Gilleland Admin [-----]
                                                                                                    William Gilleland

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Thomas Gilliland
Dec’d. Returns of Estate

State of North Carolina } October
Lincoln County             } Session 1824

A Return of the Estate of Thomas Gilleland dec’d by William Gilleland Ex’r
                                                          Property to the amount of $114.26
An Inventory with and Sales
Proved and filed Money & Notes}    30.12 ½
                                      Total amt. $144.38 ½
                            A True copy from the Records
                                         Vardry McBee   CC
                                     by J. T. Alexander  D.C.

                                                     $    Ct
Seven head of Sheep ________  4 -- 20
fifteen head of hogs ________  11 -- 41
fore head of Cattle _________  37 – 15
Sorrel horse _______________ 35 – 50
One gray Colt _____________ 26  – 00
                           The amount   114 -- 26 
            Money and notes _____ 30 – 12 ½ 
            Return by Allen Gilleland  adm’r
            Return by William Gilleland adm’r

Sworn to in open Court

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Note: there were a number of receipts of this type among various members of the family.

No. – 3
$7 – 76

Mary Gillelands
Receipts

Received of Wm. And Allen Gilleland Executors of
Thomas Gilleland Deceased $ 7 – 76 – Received by me October 13 - day - 1824
        her
Mary X  Gilleland
      Marke

[----] Gileland

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Order for Selling the Estate of Thomas Gilleland dec’d
No. 1
[$] 0. 60

State of No Carolina } October Sessions 1827
Lincoln County         }
                   Ordered by court that John [-------], Alexander Ward & Nathaniel Edwards or any two of them be a Committee to Settle the estate of Thomas Gilleland Senr Decd with William Gilleland Executors and Make return to next Court
                                                                                                Witness  Vardry McBee

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This note written on a scrap of paper appears to be an IOU signed by Thomas Gilleland in 1822:

Six Months after Date I promise to pay William Sutton or [order] Thirty five Dollars and twelve and half cents for [------] received of Him this ninth day of November Eighteen hundred and twenty two
                                                                                   his
Test   B Bragg                                              Thomas X Gilliand  {seal}
                                                                                 Mark

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Transcriber: Kate Maynard, 2013
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