{"id":1596,"date":"2013-10-31T05:19:06","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T09:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/?p=1596"},"modified":"2015-03-23T02:23:05","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T06:23:05","slug":"thomas-lamb-1825-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/thomas-lamb-1825-will\/","title":{"rendered":"THOMAS LAMB (1825 Will)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

<\/a>THOMAS LAMB<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

August 20, 1822<\/span><\/p>\n

In the name of God Amen! I\u00a0THOMAS LAMB<\/strong>\u00a0being of sound and perfect memory, blessed be God do make and publish this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following Thath is to say—–<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give and bequeath to my Brother\u00a0ISAAC LAMB\u00a0<\/strong>the remainder of the plantation whereon I now live which I gave GIDEON LAMB<\/strong> a and for part of the same tract all joining his land to him and his heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

I also desire of my Brother\u00a0ISAAC LAMB<\/strong>\u00a0if Dina my cook should live longer than I, for him to give her four or five acres of the land that I gave him and build her a house thereon and give her her wheells and chards(?) and one years provisions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give and bequeath to my Sister\u00a0MARY FERRELL<\/strong>\u00a0one negro girl named Tular<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give and bequeath to my Brother\u00a0JOHN LAMB<\/strong>\u00a0the tract of land that I bought of NASH to him and his heirs and assigns forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give and bequeath to\u00a0SAMUEL ETHERIDGE<\/strong>\u00a0Son of my Sister\u00a0PEGGY ETHERIDGE<\/strong>\u00a0a negro named Smith to him and his heirs and assigns forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give and bequeath to my Nephew\u00a0CORNELIUS LAMB<\/strong>\u00a0Son of\u00a0CORNELIUS LAMB<\/b>\u00a0a negro named Tom to him and his heirs and assigns forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give and bequeath to my Sister\u00a0MARY FERRELL\u2019S<\/b>\u00a0Son\u00a0MARK GREGORY<\/strong>\u00a0one negro man named Mustasshee to him and his heirs and assigns forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item I give and bequeath to my Nephew\u00a0DEMPSEY GREGORY<\/strong>\u00a0one negro man named March to him and heirs and assigns forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give and bequeath to my Nephew\u00a0ISAAC GREGORY<\/strong>\u00a0one negro boy named Dorsey to him and his heirs and assigns forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give and bequeath to my four Nieces\u00a0NANCY,\u00a0PHEBEE,\u00a0CLARKY<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0MARY<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0my Sister\u00a0MARY FERRELL\u2019S\u00a0<\/b>Daughters all my real and personal estate except my boy Glascow after my just debts are paid and also the note which my Nephew\u00a0HENRY N.\u00a0LAMB<\/strong>\u00a0gave to me for two hundred dollars and thirty nine and a half or two hundred thirty nine and a half dollars—— to them the aforesaid four Nieces, for ISAAC GREGORY<\/strong> to have the mannagement of the same and also to deal out the property to the aforesaid persons as he may think proper.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give and bequeath to my Nephew\u00a0HENRY N. LAMB\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>the note he gave me in part payment for ??? sum amounting to two hundred thirty nine dollars and fifty cents payable in promissory notes and also the land which I loaned(?) of him, to him and his heirs and assigns forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give and bequeath to my Nephew\u00a0JOHN FERRELL<\/strong>\u00a0one negro boy call Glascow to him and his heirs and assigns forever.l<\/span><\/p>\n

And I likewise nominate and appoint my two brothers\u00a0ISAAC\u00a0LAMB<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0JOHN LAMB<\/strong>\u00a0Executors to this my Last Will and Testament This the 20th<\/sup>\u00a0day of Agust 1822<\/span><\/p>\n

THOMAS LAMB<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Witnesses<\/span><\/p>\n

HENRY N. LAMB<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

BALEY SPRUELL<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

State of North Carolina<\/span><\/p>\n

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

May Term 1825<\/span><\/p>\n

This Last Will and Testament of\u00a0THOS. LAMB\u00a0<\/strong>dec\u2019d was exhibited in open Court by JNO. LAMB the Executor thereof and it appearing that the issue Dem Savit Velnor(?) had been decided an favour of the Exrs. And devisers in the Superior Court Spring Term as appears by the record of the decision issued in the minute Docket of this Court, the same was proved in due form of law by H.N. LAMB the subscribing witness thereto and the hand writing of BALEY SPRUILL<\/strong> the other subscribing witness was proved in due form of law by H.N. LAMB<\/strong> and JAMES W. DUKE<\/strong> is appearing to the Court that the said BALEY SPRUELL<\/strong> being dead. Ordered that the said will be recorded and that letters testamentary issue. JOHN LAMB<\/strong> the Executor appeared in open Court and qualified as Exrs. To the said will in due form of law.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\n

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

Pages 51, 52<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THOMAS LAMB August 20, 1822 In the name of God Amen! I\u00a0THOMAS LAMB\u00a0being of sound and perfect memory, blessed be God do make and publish this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following Thath is to say—– Item. I give and bequeath to my Brother\u00a0ISAAC LAMB\u00a0the … Continue reading “THOMAS LAMB (1825 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":[18334,6999,6924,15848,6952,37604],"class_list":["post-1596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wills-and-estate","tag-duke","tag-etheridge","tag-ferrell","tag-gregory","tag-lamb","tag-spruell"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Yemh-pK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1596","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=1596"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3220,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1596\/revisions\/3220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}