{"id":1564,"date":"2013-10-31T03:09:53","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T07:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/?p=1564"},"modified":"2015-03-23T02:47:32","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T06:47:32","slug":"malachi-sawyer-1824-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/malachi-sawyer-1824-will\/","title":{"rendered":"MALACHI SAWYER (1824 Will)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

<\/a>MALACHI SAWYER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

March 30, 1824<\/span><\/p>\n

In the name of God Amen! I\u00a0MALACHI SAWYER\u00a0<\/strong>of the County of Camden and State of North Carolina, being sick, but of sound disposing mind and memory and having in mind that it is appointed unto all men to die, and being willing to dispose of my worlaly affairs do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item the first. I give & bequeath unto my beloved Wife\u00a0SUSANNA\u00a0SAWYER<\/strong>\u00a0all of my negroes viz. boy March, Jerry, John, Miles, Rose and Jane to her and her heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I also give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife\u00a0SUSANNA\u00a0SAWYER<\/strong>\u00a0one tract of land lying in said County bounded on the South and Westside by the lands of ISAAC LAMB and on the North & East by the lands of JOHN GRANDY being all of the land which I bought of NATHANIEL WILROY and that which I now live on to her & her heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I also give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife\u00a0SUSANNA\u00a0SAWYER<\/strong>\u00a0one tract of land in said County near the Court House being all of the land which I bought of THOMAS BELL, bounded as follows on the East by the lands of ISAAC LAMB, on the West by THOMAS GORDON & on the N. by the main road & the walking lands, to her and her heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife\u00a0SUSANNA<\/b>\u00a0SAWYER<\/b>\u00a0one tract of land lying about one half mile below Camden Court House on the W. side of the main road bounded as follows, on the West by the lands which belong to the heirs of JOHN WILROY and on the North by the lands which formerly belonged to CALEB PHILLIP\u2019S and on the East by JOSEPH DOZIERS\u2019 lands & the lands of ISAAC LAMB it being all of the tract which belonged to JOHN WATKINS to have & hold the same she and her heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I also give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife\u00a0SUSANNA\u00a0SAWYER<\/strong>\u00a0a certain tract of land lying in\u00a0Forty Pound Neck<\/i>\u00a0bounded as follows, bounded on the West by the lands of MARK UPTON, on the North by the lands of HENRY AYDELETT\u2019S heirs, on the East by the lands of THOMAS ETHERIDGE and on the South by the lands which belong to the heirs of JOHN GREAVES being by estimation Seventeen & three quarters of acres which formerly belonged to the estate of JOHN WADKINS to her and her heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I also give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife\u00a0SUSANNA\u00a0SAWYER<\/strong>\u00a0after paying of all my just debts all the residue of my estate of every kind & nature whatsoever to her and her heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lastly. I hereby nominate and appoint my Wife\u00a0SUSANNA\u00a0SAWYER<\/strong>\u00a0whole and sole Executrix to this my Last Will and Testament revoking all other wills and Publishing this and this only to be my true Last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this the 30th<\/sup>\u00a0day of March One Thousand Eight Hundred & Twenty Four. 1824<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

MALACHI SAWYER<\/strong>\u00a0seal<\/span><\/p>\n

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

By the Testator as his Last Will in<\/span><\/p>\n

Our presents<\/span><\/p>\n

JOSIAH EARLE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

SILAS O. NORRIS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

MARY NORRIS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

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

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

This Last Will and Testament of\u00a0MALACHI SAWYER<\/strong>\u00a0dec\u2019d was exhibited and proved in open Court by the oath of SILAS O. NORRIS<\/strong> one of the subscribing witness thereto\u00a0SUSANNAH SAWYER<\/strong>\u00a0the Executrix therein named appeared & qualified according to law. Ordered that the Will be recorded & that letters testamentary issue<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

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

\n

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

Pages 31-33<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF MALACHI SAWYER March 30, 1824 In the name of God Amen! I\u00a0MALACHI SAWYER\u00a0of the County of Camden and State of North Carolina, being sick, but of sound disposing mind and memory and having in mind that it is appointed unto all men to die, and being willing to dispose … Continue reading “MALACHI SAWYER (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":[30223,4862,12316,30212,6999,30225,26749,30175,6952,30224,6194,8394,27034,27058,30214],"class_list":["post-1564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wills-and-estate","tag-aydelett","tag-bell","tag-dozier","tag-earle","tag-etheridge","tag-gordon","tag-grandy","tag-greaves","tag-lamb","tag-norris","tag-phillip","tag-sawyer","tag-upton","tag-watkins","tag-wilroy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Yemh-pe","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564","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=1564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3237,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564\/revisions\/3237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}