According to the Gentry Family Gazette and Genealogy Exchange:
John Norment Gentry's will was proved in July 1850, Buncombe County, NC. He was
allegedly a soldier during the war of 1812. He was a member of the Flat Creek Baptist
Church of or near Weaverville, NC.
I found this will on the internet in the Buncombe County Gen Web page:
Last Will of John N. Gentry
Will Docket July Term 1850 The last will and testament of John N. Gentry
State of North Carolina, Buncombe County
I, John N. Gentry of the county and state aforesaid viewing the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death and to avoid the many difficulties which arise from the neglect of men not preparing in health
for difficulties after death to their families in the distribution of their worldly affairs or substance and believing it to be my duty in as much as I am sorely afflicted in body but of sound and disposing mind
and memory thank be to God, do this the second day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine make and deliver this to be my last will and testament in the following manner.
I bequeath my soul to god who gave it being and my body to the dust to be interred in the Burrying (sp) Ground on the Hill near the old Gentry House (where my father and mother was buried) in a plain and
decent manner. It is my will and desire that all my just debts should be paid first out of my estate. It is further my will and desire that my beloved wife, Sarah Gentry shall keep and enjoy all my estate both
personal and real, and as to my personal property to dispose of as she chooses, But to have free privileges on the land during her natural life. It is further my will (after the death of my wife) that my son
John H. Gentry have all my land (two hundred and twenty five acres in all) to have as his own and to dispose of as he chooses. It is my will after the death of my wife that all the personal property, shall be
equally divided between my son John H. Gentry and my daughters Lucy Buckner wife of James Buckner and Elizabeth Buckner wife of Absolem Buckner, and as to my son William Gentry I leave to him a certain brown mare which he has already in possession. It is my will and desire that my executors hereinafter mentioned shall carry out my desires according to my will and divide my property and estate accordingly. It is my will and I wish it distinctly understood that after the death of my wife, I want my son John H. Gentry to have all my land as aforesaid and the personal property to be disposed of as above directed. It further my will and desire that my children be kind and obliging to their mother during her lifetime and endeavor to be friendly towards each other and all other persons in this world and above all prepare to meet each other in heaven, which is my last and greatest desire. I herby (sp) nominate
constitute and appoint my son and sons in law my executors namely John H. Gentry, James Buckner and Absolem Buckner, and I wish them to execute the same according to my will.
I testimony where of I have hereunto signed sealed and published this
to be my last will and testament
In presence R.V. Blackstock and Joshua Roberts.
Buncombe Co., NC US Gen Web Genealogy
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