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TAMER GODFREY (1822 Will)

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

OF

TAMER GODFREY

November 13, 1821

In the name of God Amen! I TAMER GODFREY of Camden County & State of N. Carolina, being of sound & perfect mind & memory calling to mind the certainty of death & the uncertainty of the time thereof do make, publish & ordain this my Last Will & Testament in manner & form following that is to say.

Imprimis. I give & bequeath to my Brother SAMUEL GODFREY, five shillings to be paid him out of my estate.

Item. I give to my Brother WILLIAM GODFREY five shillings to be paid him out of my estate.

Item. I give to my Brother JAMES GODFREY one note of hand signed by him & payable to me for fifty nine dollars & sixty cents, dated the 8th of February 1821. Also one bed & furniture. Also one Red Cow to him & his heirs forever.

Item. I give & bequeath unto my Brother MALACHI GODFREY forty five dollars, which he now owes me.

Item. I give & bequeath unto POLLY SNOWDEN, one sorrel horse, one mahogany table ½ dozen tea spoons, one seit of bed curtains, also one negro girl by the name of Molly, all my wearing apparel to her & her heirs forever.

Item. I lend to BETSEY GODFREY Daughter of WILLIAM GODFREY one bed & furniture, one cow & calf & one linen wheel, her choice, & in case she has a lawful heir or heirs, then I give her the afsd. articles to her & her heirs forever, & in case she should die without a lawful heir, then in that case I give the said property which I have lent her to my Brothers JAMES & MALACHI GODFREY share & share alike.

Item. I give negro man Charles to my neighbour WILLIS WILSON that is to say to be under his care & direction. To be hird out & the one half of the net proceeds of his hire to be paid over to my Brother MALACHI GODFREY, annually for & during the term of his natural life. And at the death of my Brother MALACHI I give the one fourth of the net proceeds of the hire of negro man Charles to WELTHY GODFREY Daughter of MALACHI GODFREY & the other fourth of his hire I wish my friend WILLIS WILSON to retain for his trouble.

Item. It is my will that my Executors hereafter named pay to my negro man Charles, five barrels of Indian Corn, and one sow & shots which I owe him, to be delivered to my friend WILLIS WILSON for him.

Item. All the remainder of my estate which I have not already given away I leave to be sold by my executors, and after paying all my just debts I give the net proceeds if any, to my Brothers JAMES & MALACHI GODFREY to them & their heirs share & share alike.

Lastly I nominate & appoint my Brother JAMES GODFREY & my friend WILLIS WILSON Executors to this my Last Will & Testament revoking & disannulling all wills heretofore by me made ratifying this & this only to be my Last Will & Testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 13th day of November in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & Twenty one.

TAMER GODFREY seal

Her x mark

Signed, sealed & acknowledged

In the presence of us

SAMUEL WILLIAMS

ABNER H. GRANDY

Camden County Court

May Term 1822

The foregoing was exhibited in open Court & proved as the Last Will & Testament of THAMER GODFREY dec’d. by the oaths of SAMUEL WILLIAMS & ABNER H. GRANDY the subscribing witnesses thereto. And at same time JAMES GODFREY one of the executors therin named appeared & qualified as executor thereto. Ordered to be Recorded.

Test.

M.S. LEWIS Clk.

Will Book C

Pages 9, 10

Contributed and transcribed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse

 

WRIGHT, THOMAS

Camden County N.C. Deed Book “S” page 326 Division of Land 1826

We the undersigned commissioners being duly gradified have in obedience to the annexed order of the county court of Camden and state of North Carolina this the 3rd day of August AD one thousand eight hundred and twenty six to set apart and divide the lands of Thomas Wright dec’d son of Austin Wright dec’d among his legal heirs in the following manner.

Lot No. 1 to Edmund Barco in right of his wife beginning at a delombardy poplar thence S 50 W one chain, thence N 41 ½ West 2 chains 30 links then N 50 E 1 chain thence S 41 ½ E 2 chains 30 links to the first station containing 37 poles.

Lot No. 2 to Stephen S. Snowden beginning at the corner of the first lot then S 50 W 30 links then N 41 ½ W 3 chains 20 links then N 43 W 1 chain 40 links then S 41 ½ E 1 chain 45 links then S 50 W 1 chain containing 37 poles.

Lot No. 3 to Elizabeth Wright infant of William Wright dec’d beginning at the corner of the 2nd lot N 41 ½ W 320 links then S 30 W 80 links then S 43 E 285 links then N 50 E 60 links to the first station containing 37 poles.

We further order that Lot No. 1 pay over to Lot No. 2 & 3 sixty eight dollars to be equally divided between Staphen S. Snowden & Elizabeth Wright.

Given under hands & seals day & date above written.

Padrick Gallop

Elijah S. Staples

W. Mercer

THOMAS WRIGHT (1825 Will)

The Last Will and Testament of

THOMAS WRIGHT

1825

In the name of God amen. I Thomas Wright of the county of Camden and state N. Carolina being weak in body but of sound mind and memory blessed be God, do this nineteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and twenty four make and publish this my last will and testament in manner following, that is to say.

I bequeath my friend Stephen S. Snowden and his wife Pressilla Snowden all my land and plantation and one negro boy by the name of Luke and one negro man by the name of George during their life and no longer.

Item: My will and desire is that after the death of my friend Stephen S. Snowden and his wife Prisilla Snowden, I give and bequeath unto Lydia Snowden daughter of Stephen S. Snowden all my land and plantation to her and her heirs forever.

Item: My will and desire is that after the death of my friend Stephen S. Snowden and his wife
Prisilla Snowden I give and bequeath unto Lydia Snowden daughter of Stephen S. Snowden one negro man George to her and her heirs forever.

Item: Also my will and desire is that after the death of my friend Stephen S. Snowden and his wife Prisilla Snowden, I give and bequeath unto Lydia Snowden daughter of Stephen S. Snowden one negro boy by the name of Luke to her and her heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my aunt Prisilla Snowden wife of Stephen S. Snowden one horse bridle and saddle and ___ to her and her heirs.

And I hereby make and ordain my worthy friends Stephen S. Snowden and Samuel Phillips
executors of this my last will and testament in witness I said Thomas Wright have to this my last will and testament set my hand and signed this day and year above written.

Thomas Wright

Signed, sealed, Published and declared by the said Thomas Wright this ___ as his last will and testament in the presents of ___ were present at the time of signing and sealing.

John Right

John W. Berry

Camden County Court May Term 1825

This will of Thomas Wright dec’d was exhibited in open court and ___ as the last will and testament of said dec’d unto the persons ___ and as farther (he being an infant under the age of twenty one ___ by the oaths of John Right and John W. Berry ___ ___ ___ thereto and S. S. Snowden one of the executors therein named ___ and qualified as executor thereto.

Contributed and transcribed by Harry Schoettle