THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
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