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WILLIAM GRAY (1823 Will)
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
May 14, 1821
In the name of God Amen! I WILLIAM GRAY of the State of North Carolina and County of Camden being of sound mind & memory this 14th day of May 1821 do make this my Last Will & Testament in manner & form following Viz.
Imprimis. I give & bequeath unto my Daughter LENA CHAPLIN one dollar to her & her heirs forever.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son PETER GRAY one dollar to him & his heirs forever.
Item. I give unto my Son EDMUND GRAY one dollar to him & his heirs forever.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son NATHAN GRAY one dollar to him & his heirs forever.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son NATHANIEL GRAY one dollar to him & his heirs forever.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Daughter SALLY GREAVES one dollar to her & her heirs forever.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Daughter SOPHIA GRAY one dollar to her & her heirs forever.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Daughter ELIZABETH GRAY one feather bed & furniture not to be delivered to her till she marries or comes of age to her & her heirs forever.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son WILLIAM GRAY one gun to him & his heirs forever.
Item. I lend all the remainder of my estate after paying all my just debts & funeral expences to my Wife POLLY GRAY during her life or widowhood & if she marries I give her one third of the said remainder to her & her heirs forever (with this Promise) that she shall take care of & support the small children (viz) CHLOE GRAY, JANE GRAY, WILLIAM GRAY, & CYNTHIA GRAY till she or they come of age.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my four following children viz CHLOE GRAY, JANE GRAY, WILLIAM GRAY, & CYNTHIA GRAY at the marriage or death of my wife the two thirds or the whole of the said remainder of my estate as the case may be, to be equally divided between them.
Lastly. I nominate & appoint my two friends CALEB PERKINS & MY Wife POLLY GRAY my Executors to this my Last Will & Testament REVOKING ALL FORMER Wills by me made heretofore, In witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the day & date above written
WILLIAM GRAY seal
Signed & sealed in presence of
LUKE G. LAMB
JON H. ROBERTS
State of North Carolina
Camden County
November Term 1823
This Last Will & Testament of WILLIAM GRAY dec’d was exhibited & proved in open Court by the oath of LUKE G. LAMB one of the subscribing witnesses thereto CALEB PERKINS one of the Executors therein named appeared & qualified agreeable to Law. Ordered that the Will be Recorded & Letters Testamentary Issue.
Test.
M.S. LEWIS CLK.
Will Book C
Pages 24, 25
Contributed and transcribed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse
THOMAS GREGORY (1740 Will)
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
April 10, 1736
In the name of God Amen. I THOMAS GREGORY of Pasquotank Preseink for North Carolina Planter. Being ??? perfect mind & memory Thanks be given unto God almighty. Calling to mind the mortality of my body knowing that its appointed for all men once to die do make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament that is to say ??????? first of all I give & recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave to & for my Body I recommend to ???? to be buried in a Christian like desent manner ????? descretion of my Executor nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God. & as touching such worldly estate whorwith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner following.
Imprimis. I give & bequeath unto my Son NATHAN GREGORY his heirs & assigns for ever all my manner plantations where I now dwell & half of a certain tract of land containing two hundred & sixty seven acres lying on ye head of the Eataron(?)(Edenton?) Branch of Arronuse Croock on ye NE side of Pasquotank River ??? ye’s County aforsd. As more fully appoint(?) by ye pattent afore?? To be equally divided between my Sons NATHAN & SAMPSON without hurting one another after my dis??? & ??????? Son NATHAN should die without issue ye aforsaid manner plantation with it go two hundred & sixty seven acres should fall to my Son SAMPSON & his heirs forever. ???? Son SAMPSON should die without issue the aforsaid tract of land shall fall to my Son JACOB & his heirs for ever.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son JACOB aka JOB after my diseas my negro man Tonsy.
Item. I also give & bequeath —— my Son RICHARD GREGORY five shillings current money to RICHARD by my Executors (can’t make out rest ink has bled through)
Item. I give and bequeath unto my Son WILLIAM GREGORY five shillings current money to be paid by my executors herein after mentioned—
Item. I also give & bequeath ???? my Grandson FREDZICK GREGORY five shillings current money to be paid by my executors herein after mentioned.
Item. I give & bequeath after my deseas unto my Son JACOB GREGORY, ELISABETH GODFRE, JOB GREGORY, SAMPSON GREGORY, NATHAN GREGORY, PRISILLARY GRAY all my moveable estate to be equally divided after my desseas to the above mentioned—–
Item. I do also constiute & ordain my well beloved Son JACOB GREGORY with my Son JOB GREGORY to be my only and sole Executors of this my Last Will & Testament Disallowing & disannuling all other former wills ratifying & confirming only this to be my Last Will & Testament In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this tenth day of April in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred & thirty Six
THOMAS GREGORY
His “T” Mark
Signed sealed published
Pronounced & declard in
Presence of us
The day & year above written
JOHN BELL
JO. ROBERTS
JOHNN BEERCOCK
June 23d 1740
Came befor me JOHN BELL & made oath that he saw THOMAS GREGORY sign seal & publish the above as his Last Will & Testament that he was of sound mind & memory at that time & that JOHN ROBERTS & JOHN BEERCOCK signd as witnesses thereto at the same time. JACOB GREGORY took the oath appointed by Court to be taken by Executors.
Will Probated June 30, 1740
Contributed and transcribed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse
ASA TUTTLE (1824 Will)
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
April 29, 1824
In the name of God Amen, I ASA TUTTLE being of perfect mind and memory but knowing that life is uncertain & death certain do make this my Last Will and Testament, disanuling of all others this the 29 day of April One Thousand Eight Hundred & Twenty Four.
To Wit. I give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife POLLY one feather bed & furniture, one small chest, beaufat etc. one linnen wheel her choice, one large pot & small one, one pot transmel, one loom & harness, one quilt wheel, six setting chairs, one tea kettle & creeper, one cow & calf her choice, all of my corn pork fish & hogs lard now on hand two of her first choice of the large hogs & also two her first choice of the last winter piggs & one stock of flax to her & her heirs forever.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son in Law ARCHIBALD SAWYER one feather bed & furniture, one blue chest and one heffer my Wife’s choice and sixty dollars after paying all my just debts, to him & his heirs forever.
The balance of my estate after paying my just debts in manner above mentioned to equally divided between my children namely HAPEL (HASSEL?), POLLY, JOSEPH, PETER and ASA TUTTLE to them & their heirs forever. I also nominate and appoint my friend JESSE BELL Executor to this my Last Will and Testament.
ASA TUTTLE seal
His X mark
Sign’d, seal’d in the
Presents of
JON H. ROBERTS
DANIEL TUTTLE
Camden County
May Term 1824
This Last Will and Testament of ASA TUTTLE dec’d was exhibited & proved in open Court by oath of DANIEL TUTTLE one of the subscribing witnesses thereto—-JESSE BELL the Executor therein named appeared and qualified according to Law. Ordered that the Will be recorded and letters testamentary issue.
Test.
M.S. LEWIS CLK
By A.C. EHRINGHAUS
Will Book C
Pages 34, 35
Contributed and transcribed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse
WRIGHT, BURFOOT
Camden County, N.C. Deed Book “S” page 263
In obedience to the annexed order of the court. We the commisioners therein named having wit on the lands set forth in said order on the 7th day of December eighteen hundred and twenty five and presented to divide and appropriate said lands among the heirs in the following manner to wit.
Lot No.1 To Jacah Wright, beginning on the main road at Seth Wright’s heirs line, thence down the warf road to a lambardy poplar the line of the heirs of Thos. Wright dec’d. thence N 46 degrees W to Raymonds creek thence up the creek various courses to Enoch Sawyers line thence binding said Sawyers land to the main road, then down the said road to the first station containing by estimation eighty five acres as also one other tract called the Neck tract. Beginning at a beach in Enoch Sawyer line thence binding said Sawyers line to a corner white oak thence binding the same to a holly in John Cartwrights line thence binding said Cartwrights line to a dogwood James Cartwrights line thence S 66 degrees E to a corner black gum thence by a ? various courses to the beginning containing by estimation twenty nine acres.
Lot No. 2 To Edmund S. Barco in right of his wife Jane Barco. Beginning in the main wharf road at Seth Wrights heirs line thence binging the same to the beaver dam swamp thence down that swamp the stream thereof to the river thence up the riverto the mouth of Raymonds creek to the lot belonging to the heirs of Robert Harrison dec’d thence to Levi Wrights line and to the main road thence along said road to the beginning containing by estimation one hundred acres.
Given under our hands and seals the day and year first written.
Jon H. Roberts
John H. Wright
C.C. Bryant
H. Williams
Enoch Dailey
Contributed by: Harry Schoettle
ALEAPH WRIGHT (1824 Will)
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
ALEAPH WRIGHT
April 3, 1820
In the name of God amen, I Aleaph Wright of the county of Camden and state of North Carolina being of sound mind and perfect memory do this third day of April One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say.
Imprimis. I give all of my clothes to be equally divided between the following persons hereafter named that is to say Franky Berry, Elish Wright, Macky Squires, Bathian Tillett, and Bigha Riggs the Wife of Thomas Riggs to them and their heirs forever.
Item. I give unto my daughter Bathan Tillett one bed and furniture as following one bolster, two pillows, two sheets and two counterpiny, and one cow and calf, if there is one belonging to my estate at my death to her and her heirs forever.
Item. I give my son William Tillett one teaster bedstead bed and furniture first choice and all other property belonging to my estate in doors and out that is not already given away, and at my death the property given to my Son I wish to be sold as much in as little as my Executor hereafter named may think proper at six months credit to him and his heirs forever.
I hereby nominate and appoint my friend Thomas Roberts Executor to this my Last Will and Testament revoking all other Wills heretofore made by me acknowledging this to be my Last in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and date above written.
Aleaph (“A” her mark) Wright
Signed, sealed witnesses of
Rich. (x) Barnard
James Sanderlin
Camden County May Term 1824
This Last Will & Testament of Aleaph Wright dec’d was exhibited & proved in open Court by the oath of Richard Barnard a subscribing witness thereto. Thomas Roberts the Exor. Therein named appeared and qualified according to Law. Ordered to be recorded & that letters Testamentary issue.
Test.
M.S. Lewis CLK
By A.C. Ehringhaus
Will Book C
Pages 35, 36
Contributed and transcribed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse