{"id":1547,"date":"2013-10-31T02:22:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T06:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2015-03-23T02:54:56","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T06:54:56","slug":"lemuel-standly-1824-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/lemuel-standly-1824-will\/","title":{"rendered":"LEMUEL STANDLY (1824 Will)"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT<\/span><\/p>\n

OF<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>LEMUEL STANDLY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

June 12, 1823<\/span><\/p>\n

In the name of God Amen. I\u00a0LEMUEL STANDLY<\/strong>\u00a0of 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I lend the use of all my lands, stock, household and kitchen furniture to my dearly beloved Wife\u00a0RHODA STANDLY<\/strong>\u00a0during 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give & bequeath unto my dearly beloved Son\u00a0THOMAS B.\u00a0STANDLY<\/strong>\u00a0my tract of land down the River near\u00a0Raymonds Creek<\/i>\u00a0containing by estimation fifty acres to him and his heirs lawfully begotten of his body forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0JOHN\u00a0FORBES,<\/strong>\u00a0THOMAS B. STANDLY<\/strong>,\u00a0SARAH STANDLY<\/strong>\u00a0&\u00a0MARY\u00a0ANN STANDLY<\/strong>\u00a0to them and their heirs lawfully begotten of their bodies forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Its further my will that if my Son\u00a0JOHN S. FORBES<\/b>\u00a0should 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last of all I appoint and denominate my faithful friend SILAS FORBES<\/strong> and THOMAS STANDLY<\/strong> to be my whole and sole Executors. This 12th<\/sup>\u00a0day of June 1823.<\/span><\/p>\n

LEMUEL STANLEY<\/strong>\u00a0seal<\/span><\/p>\n

Signed and sealed and<\/span><\/p>\n

Acknowledged in presence<\/span><\/p>\n

Of us<\/span><\/p>\n

JOSE BURGES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

SPENCE WHITE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

His x mark<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Camden County Court<\/span><\/p>\n

August Term 1824<\/span><\/p>\n

This Last Will & Testament of\u00a0LEMUEL STANDLEY<\/strong>\u00a0dec\u2019d was exhibited and proved in open Court by the oath of JOSE BURGES<\/strong> a subscribing witness thereto. And THOMAS STANDLEY<\/strong> one of the Executors therein named appeared and qualified according to Law. Oredered that the Will be recorded and letters Testamentary issue.<\/span><\/p>\n

Test.<\/span><\/p>\n

M.S. LEWIS CLK<\/span><\/p>\n

By A.C. EHRINGHAUS<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Will Book C<\/span><\/p>\n

Pages 37, 38<\/span><\/p>\n

Contributed and transcribed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF LEMUEL STANDLY June 12, 1823 In the name of God Amen. I\u00a0LEMUEL STANDLY\u00a0of 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 … Continue reading “LEMUEL STANDLY (1824 Will)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26916],"tags":[30229,27004,7067,26772,30230,12229],"class_list":["post-1547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wills-and-estate","tag-burges","tag-burgess","tag-forbes","tag-spence","tag-standly","tag-white"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Yemh-oX","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3245,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions\/3245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}