LEMUEL STANDLY (1824 Will)

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

OF

LEMUEL STANDLY

June 12, 1823

In the name of God Amen. I LEMUEL STANDLY of the county of Camden & State of North Carolina being weak in body but of perfect sound mind and memory thanks be given unto God and calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this to be my Last Will and Testament.

Item. I lend the use of all my lands, stock, household and kitchen furniture to my dearly beloved Wife RHODA STANDLY during her natural life or widowhood after selling enough of my estate to pay all my just debts & lawful expences such articles as my Executor shall think proper and at her death or marriage as hereafter named.

Item. I give & bequeath unto my dearly beloved Son THOMAS B. STANDLY my tract of land down the River near Raymonds Creek containing by estimation fifty acres to him and his heirs lawfully begotten of his body forever.

Its further my will that at my Wife death or marriage the residue of my estate to be sold and equally divided amongst my children JOHN FORBES, THOMAS B. STANDLYSARAH STANDLY & MARY ANN STANDLY to them and their heirs lawfully begotten of their bodies forever.

Its further my will that if my Son JOHN S. FORBES should not have no heir lawfully begotten of his body or die before he comes to lawful age that his part should be equally divided amongst the surviving heirs above named.

Last of all I appoint and denominate my faithful friend SILAS FORBES and THOMAS STANDLY to be my whole and sole Executors. This 12th day of June 1823.

LEMUEL STANLEY seal

Signed and sealed and

Acknowledged in presence

Of us

JOSE BURGES

SPENCE WHITE

His x mark


Camden County Court

August Term 1824

This Last Will & Testament of LEMUEL STANDLEY dec’d was exhibited and proved in open Court by the oath of JOSE BURGES a subscribing witness thereto. And THOMAS STANDLEY one of the Executors therein named appeared and qualified according to Law. Oredered that the Will be recorded and letters Testamentary issue.

Test.

M.S. LEWIS CLK

By A.C. EHRINGHAUS


Will Book C

Pages 37, 38

Contributed and transcribed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse


 

MATHIAS WRIGHT (1836 Will)

Will of

MATHIAS WRIGHT

1836

State of North Carolina, Camden county

In the name of God amen. I Mathias Wright being of sound mind and memory bless be God and calling to mind the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time hereof do make, publish and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following.

Item: I lend to my wife Susan Wright during her natural life, the tract of land I bought from Arthur Gregory also a piece of land I bought from Batson Berry. I also lend her during her natural life negro man George, negro woman Fannah, negro boy Andrew and negro girl Jane, one gray mare, six stool chairs, one large table, one yoke of oxen and ox cart, two new bed stand. My will is the negroes I lent to my wife shall not be moved out of the county during her life.

Item: I give to my wife three feather beds and furniture her choice, one horse and gigg and the harness belonging thereto, one desk, two tables, two stands, one case of knives and forks, one pair hand irons, one case, six flaged bottom chairs, one loom and harness belonging thereto, two powdering tubs, two hogs heads, one large iron pot, one small iron pot, one spider, one pair smothing irons, one dutch oven, two chests her choice, three linnen whereis hr choice, one horse cart, two cows and calves her choice, eight head of sheep her choice, pne pair of working bars and screws. Eight head og hoggs her choice, one plow and harness her choice, two weeding hoes her choice, two axes her choice, four empty barrels, two metal tubs, one pair of tongs and shovel, one coffee mill, one beaufat and all the crockery ware, one looking glass, two iron pot trammels, one hand mill her choice, two sows and their pigs her choice, one dennijohn, one heiffer, two steer yearlings which was hers before I married her. I also save for my wife to have her years provisions set off to her out of my estate. I also give her all the poultry on hand and one pair of stilyards.

Item: I leave the bricks and lime I have on hand and all the cypress and juniper plank I have on hand, also for my executor to purchase three thousand shingles for the repairs of my buildings where I now live. Also for my executor to pay over to my wife fifty dollars, to pay the expense of the repairs of said buildings.

Item: I leave negro boy Joseph to be sold by my executor.

Item: I give to my grand daughter Margaret Wright at my death negro woman Bridgett and her increase. Also at my wifes death I give the lands I bought from Arthur Gregory and Batson Berry to my grand daughter Margaret Wright and one turned bed stand.

Item: I give Delphy Daley at my wifes death one of the bed stands I lent to my wife/

Item: I give to my grand daughter Maragret Wright one bed stand, one bed and furniture and one chest.

Item: I give to my son Benjamin Wright the following piece of land that is to say beginning at the main road at the corner of the fence near where my son Gamiel Wright made bricks thence running down the road fence a westwardly course, a straite course until it strikes the main road near where my son Benjamin Wright had a garden. I also give him all the lands I bought from Benjamin Wilson and Jess Torksey, one negro boy Harry, one half of negro man Simon and at my wifes death one half of negro man George.

Item: I give my son Gamiel Wright all the lands I bought from Leonard Martin except what I have already given away to my son Benjamin Wright. I also give him negro man Isaac, one half negro man Simon and at my wifes death I give him half of negro man George, at my death I give him negro boy Grandy.

Item: I give to my daughter Chloe Poter, negro woman Rhody and her youngest child.

Item: I lend to my daughter Francis Garrett, negro girl Venis during her natural life and at her death I leave her to be divided between her children.

Item: I lend to my daughter Presilla Standly during her natural life, negro woman Isabelle and her increase and after her death I give them to her children to be equally divided between them and my grand daughter Lydia Standly.

Item: The negroes that I have not already disposed of in this will I leave in the following manner that is to say, one fourth of them I lend the use of to Presilla Standly during her natural life, one fourth I lend the use of to Francis Garrett during her natural life and the other two fourths I give to my grand daughter Margaret Wright and my daughter Chloe Poter to be equally divided between them at my death.

Item: The negroes that I have lent to Presilla Standly I give at her death to her children and Francis Garrett my grand daughter, to be equally divided between them.

Item: The negroes that I have lent to Francis Garrett my daughter, I give at her death to be equally divided between her children.

Item: The negroes that I have lent to my daughters Presilla Standly and Francis Garrett, my will is for them not to be removed out of the county until their death.

Item: The property I have not already given away in this my last will I leave to be sold to pay my just debts and should there be any money left in the hands of my executor I wish to equally divided between Presilla Standly, Francis Garrett, Chloe Poter and my grand daughter Margaret Wright.

Lastly I appoint my worthy friend Joseph G. Hughes as executor to this my last will and testament and should he fail to qualify I leave Noah Hughes as executor, this July 8, 1835.

Mathias Wright
Signed, sealed and delivered in the present of us

Noah Berry
A. Walston
Wm. Berry


Camden county court Feb term 1836

This last will and testament of Mathias Wright dec’d was exhibited and the executor thereof was proven in open court by the oath of William Berry one of the subscribing witnesses thereof in due form of law and Joseph G. Hughes the executor therein named appointed in open court and qualified as such and on motion it was ordered recorded.

Test C.G Lamb, clerk


 Contributed and transcribed by Harry Schoettle