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HEZEKIAH BRITE, JR. (1823 Will)

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

OF

HEZEKIAH BRITE,Junr.

January 14, 1820

In the name of God Amen. I HEZEKIAH BRITE Junr. Of the County of Camden & State of North Carolina of perfect, sound, disposing mind and memory do make this my Last Will & Testament in the following manner to wit.

Item 1st. I leave to my beloved Wife ELIZABETH as long as she lives my widow, the use of fifteen thousand corn hills adjoining the houses—Also I give to my Wife ELIZABETH one bed & furniture, one linen wheel to her and her heirs forever.

Item 2nd. I give desire & bequeath to my Son ALMOND BRITE a certain tract or piece of lands containing twenty five acres more or less according to the following bounds beginning at a Red Oak a corner tree in the new survey then runing down a branch to WILLIAM JONES heirs line then along the line to SPENCE’S line, then along SPENCE’S line to the line of a piece sold to JESSE EASON then binding the same to ANNEY RHODES line then binding ANNY RHODES line to the first station to him and his heirs forever.

Item 3rd. I give devise & bequeathed to my Son MALACHI BRITE a certain piece of land containing fifteen acres more or less according to the following bounds—beginning on the road at the Gap then runing along the Causeway road leading to the house to the corner of the cyder roof then a streight course toward Sycamore stump, then runing down the old to the end slew(?) of & thence southerly to an Elm near the corn of the Island Tract then binding an old ditch to causeway or Big Ditch then binding the big ditch & ANNY RHODES line to the road then binding road to the first station to him & his heirs forever.

Item 4th. I give devise & bequeath to my Son SILAS BRITE a certain piece of land lying over the road called the Old Wheat Tract, according to the following bounds, beginning in ANNA RHODES line at the three corner Beaches then binding ANNA RHODES line to the road then along the road to JOHN JONES line then along his line to the first station or Beaches to him & his heirs forever.

Item 5th. I give devise & bequeath to my Son CHARLES BRITE all the personal estate of every description within doors or without that I may be possesed of at the time of my death, after paying all my just debts to him and his heirs forever.

Item 6th. I give devise & bequeath to my two Sons MALACHI & SILAS BRITE a small slip of land lying between the three corner Beaches & the Red Oak (being all the balance of my lands) to be equally divided between the two, to them & their heirs forever.

Item 7th. It is my will & desire that my Son ALMOND BRITE should have water course of aproper width & depth across the lands of his Brothers to the River Swamp & Big Ditch which ever he may find most convenient for the purpose of draining his lands.

I nominate & appoint GEORGE FEREBEE Executor to this my Last Will & Testament revoking all other Wills & Bequeaths heretofore made. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & seal this 14th day of January Anno Dom 1820.

HEZEKIAH BRITE seal

His x mark

Signed, sealed, published,

Pronounced & declared in

The presence of

J. EDNEY

JONATHAN RICHARDSON

Camden County Court

May Term 1823

This was exhibited in open Court, & proved to be the Last Will & Testament of HEZEKIAH BRITE by the oath of J. EDNEY a subscribing witness thereto and GEORGE FEREBEE an Executor therein named appeared & qualified by taking the oath prescribed by Law. Ordered to be Recorded.

Test.

M.S. LEWIS CLK

Will Book C

Pages 16,17

Contributed and transcribed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse

 

JOHN WHITEHURST (1822 Will)

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

OF

JOHN WHITEHURST

July 10, 1822

In the name of God Amen. I JOHN WHITEHURST of the County of Camden & State of North Carolina. Being in a reasonable state of health in body & of perfect sound mind & memory thanks be given unto God for the same. Calling to mind the mortality of my body knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to die, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in the manner following.

Item the First. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Son JOHN WHITE one half of my land where I now live where my houses are to him & his heirs forever.

Item the Second. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Son SIMON WHITEHURST the other half of my land the same to be equally divided between my two Sons JOHN & SIMON WHITEHURST and to begin at JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN’S line & run diametrically across to JOSEPH WHITEHURST’S line, with a free privilege to drain each others land through either parts of said JOHN WHITEHURST’S & SIMON WHITEHURST’S land, and one cow & calf that he claims to him & his heirs forever.

Item the Third. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Daughter MARY WHITEHURST one feather bed & furniture and one cow and calf to her & her heirs forever.

Fourthly. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter SALLY WHITEHURST one feather bed & furniture and one cow & calf to her & her heirs forever.

Lastly. I leave all the remainder of my property to be sold to pay my just debts any should remain after paying my just debts to be equally divided between CHARLES WHITEHURST, JANE TAYLOR, SALLY BRITE, MARY WHITEHURST and JACKY WHITEHURST. Furthermore it is my will and desire should either or both of my Sons JOHN WHITEHURST or SIMON WHITEHURST die without an heir lawfully begotten by their body for my two Daughters MARY & JACKY WHITEHURST to have the said deceased land.

I also appoint & constitute my Son CHARLES WHITEHURST & my Son in Law JOHN M’ALLEN BRITE Executors to this my Last Will and Testament to do according to the legacies bequeathed in witness I have hereunto set my hand & seal this the 10 of July 1822.

JOHN WHITEHURST seal

His x mark

Signed, sealed in the

Presence of

JOHN M’ALLEN BRITE

FANNY GRIMES

Her x mark

Camden County Court

November Term 1822

This instrument of writing was exhibited in open Court & proved as the Last Will & Testament of JOHN WHITEHURST dec’d. by the oath of IRA McPHERSON a subscribing witness thereto—–And at same time CHARLES WHITEHURST one of the Executors therein named appeared & qualified as an Executor thereto Ordered that Testamentary letters issue, & that the same be Recorded.

Test.

M.S. LEWIS CLK

Will Book C

Pages 14, 15

Contributed and transcribed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse

 

MCPHERSON Family BIble (JOSHUA MCPHERSON born 1743)

Joshua McPherson – Pasquotank and Camden Counties

BIRTHS

  • Joshua McPherson, the son of Joseph McPherson and Lydia his wife was born 30 November 1743 and Courtney Hixon daughter of Timothy Hixon and Courtney his wife was born 25 August 1745. They were married November 1765.
  • Lovey McPherson the daughter of Joshua McPherson and Courtney his wife was born 24 September 1766 at South Mills, NC
  • Mary McPherson, the second daughter of Joshua McPherson and Courtney his wife was born 23 March 1768 at South Mills, NC.
  • Courtney McPherson, the third daughter of Joshua McPherson and Courtney his wife was born 6 February 1770, at South Mills, NC.
  • Joshua McPherson the first son of Joshua McPherson and Courtney his wife was born 16 November 1770 at South Mills, NC
  • Lydia McPherson the fourth daughter and the fifth child of Joshua McPherson and Courtney his wife was born 23 March 1775.
  • Kezia McPherson the fifth daughter and sixth child of Joshua McPherson and Courtney his wife was born 4 February 1778 at South Mills, NC
  • Sarah McPherson the 6th daughter and 7th child of Joshua McPherson and Courtney his wife was born 9 February 1780.
  • Timothy McPherson the second son and eighth child of Joshua McPherson and Courtney his wife was born 12 April 1782.
  • Joseph McPherson the third son and ninth child of Joshua McPherson and his wife Courtney was born 22 march 1784.
  • Charlotte McPherson the 7th daughter and the tenth child of Joshua McPherson and Courtney his wife was born 17 September 1786.

MARRIAGES

  • Courtney McPherson the daughter of Joshua McPherson and Courtney his wife was married to Charles Gardner Trafton 11 day of July 1791.
  • Mary McPherson the daughter of Joshua McPherson and Courtney his wife was married to Joseph Jones 6 September 1795.
  • Joshua McPherson the son of Joshua McPherson and Courtney his wife was married to hannah Cartwright the daughter of Peter Cartwright and Jane his wife, were married—-.
  • Kezia McPherson the daughter of Joshua McPherson and Courtney his wife was married to Willie (pronounced Wylie) McPherson 14 January 1806.
  • Lydia McPherson the daughter of Joshua McPherson and Courtney his wife was married to Isaac Stokely—-.
  • Timothy McPherson, the son of Joshua McPherson and his wife Courtney and Marianne McPherson, daughter of Jesse McPherson and Luraney Brite his wife were married—-.
  • Joseph McPherson the son of Joshua McPherson and Courtney his wife, and Sarah McPherson the sister of Wiley McPherson were married—-.
  • Courtney Hixon McPherson the daughter of Joshua(jr.) McPherson and Hannah his wife married Wiley McPherson 6 July 1823.

DEATHS

  • Lovey McPherson, the daughter of Joshua McPherson and Courtney his wife and the wife of Charles Gardner Trafton, died 1 April 1802.
  • Joshua McPherson, Jr., the son of Joshua McPherson and Courtney his wife and the husband of Hannah Cartwright died 2 December 1807.
  • Kezia McPherson the daughter of Joshua McPherson and Courtney his wife and the wife of Wiley McPherson, died 28 March 1823.
  • Timothy McPherson the son of Joshua McPherson and Courtney his wife, died 18 October 1831.
  • William Hixon McPherson the son of Joshua(jr.) McPherson and Hannah, his wife died 29 October 1804.
  • Kizziah Brite, the daughter of Joshua Mcpherson and Hannah his wife died 18 march 1842. Age 37 years and 6 months.

CHILDREN

  • Joshua McPherson, Jr., the son of Joshua McPherson and Courtney Hixon his wife, born 16 November 1772 died 2 December 1807 married Hannah Cartwright, the daughter of Peter Cartwright and his wife Jane, she was born 10 December 1780 and died 4 June 1798.
  • William Hixon McPherson the son of Joshua McPherson and Hannah his wife was born 2 June 1802
  • Courtney Hixon McPherson the daughter of Joshua McPherson and Hannah, was born 17 August 1798
  • Kizziah McPherson the daughter of Joshua McPherson and Hannah his wife was born 30 September 1804.

Contributed by Bob Stokley