MALACHI GODFREY (1824 Will)

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

OF

MALACHI GODFREY

June 17, 1822

In the name of God Amen! The Seventeenth of June in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred & Twenty Two. I MALACHI GODFREY of the County of Camden in the State of North Carolina being very weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to almighty God for the same, and calling to mind the mortality of my body, & knowing that it appointed for man once to die, do make, ordain and publish this my Last Will and Testament—viz.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter WEALTHY GODFREY one chest & feather bed & to my Daughter MARY GODFREY I give one chest & ???

I lend unto my beloved Wife LYDIA GODFREY, all my lands & plantation together with all my household goods and chattels. Rights & credits, and all my stock of every kind unto her her life time and at her dec I give to my two children MARY GODFREY & WEALTHY GODFREY all my lands and plantations together with all the remainder part of my household goods & chattels rights & credits, and all my stock of every kind unto them and their heirs and assigns forever to be equally divided between the two children at her dec’d.

I also appoint my beloved Wife LYDIA GODFREY and my two children my hole and sole Executors to this my Last Will and Testament disalowing all & every other Will by me made before this confirming this to be my Last & Testament.

MALACHI GODFREY seal

His X mark

Sealed, signed, published & declared

By the testator to be his Last

Will in the presence of us who

Were present at the signing thereof

HENRY BRAY

JOHN KITE


Camden County

May Term 1824

This Last Will & Testament of MALACHI GODFREY dec’d was exhibited and proved in open Court by the oath of JOHN KITE one of the subscribing witnesses thereto. LYDIA GODFREY the Executrix therein named appeared & qualified according to Law. Ordered that the Will be recorded & letters Testamentary issue.

Test.

M.S. LEWIS CLK

By A.C. EHRINGHAUS


Will Book C

Pages 33, 34

Contributed and transcribed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse