{"id":1617,"date":"2013-10-31T06:26:30","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T10:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/?p=1617"},"modified":"2015-03-23T02:08:51","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T06:08:51","slug":"lemuel-jones-1825-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/lemuel-jones-1825-will\/","title":{"rendered":"LEMUEL JONES (1825 Will)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

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

July 1, 1824<\/span><\/p>\n

In the name of God Amen, I\u00a0LEMUEL JONES<\/strong>\u00a0of the State of N.Carolina and the County of Camden being of sound mind and memory and calling to mind the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death, do make this my Last Will and Testament in way and manner following to wit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give and bequeth unto my beloved Wife\u00a0MARY<\/strong>\u00a0one bed and furniture her choice, one beaufatt and crockery which it contains, two hogs her choice and one cow and calf her choice, to her and her heirs forever. I also leave the use of negro Phipe to her during her natural life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give and bequeth unto my Son\u00a0JOSIAH JONES<\/strong>\u00a0the plantation which I bought of SAMUEL TUMBLIN and also seven acres of the wood land atched to the land where I now live to be set of from the North end of this tract of land to him and his heirs forever, with the exception of two and fifty dollars to be paid out of said lands to my Daughter\u00a0CHLOE JONES<\/strong>\u00a0to her and her heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give and bequeth unto my Daughter\u00a0BETSEY JONES<\/strong>\u00a0the plantation whereon I now live and negro Dhiue(?) reserving the use of her to my Wife to her and her heirs forever with exception two hundred and fifty dollars to be paid out of said lands to my Daughter\u00a0CHLOE JONES<\/strong>\u00a0to her and her heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I leave the residue of my estate not allready given away to be sold for six months credit and after paying of just debts the balance I give and bequeth unto my Daughter\u00a0CHLOE JONES<\/strong>\u00a0to her and her heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

I also nominate and apoint my son\u00a0JOSIAH JONES<\/strong>\u00a0and my friend READING BROCKETT<\/strong> Executors to this my Last Will and Testament, This 1st<\/sup>\u00a0day of July 1824.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Sign\u2019d sealed in the presence<\/span><\/p>\n

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

THOS. TILLETT<\/strong> jurat<\/span><\/p>\n

ELIJAH S. STAPLES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

JOSIAH JONES<\/strong> qual\u2019d<\/span><\/p>\n

Pd. 3 of<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

This was exhibited in open Court and proved as the Last Will and Testament of\u00a0LEMUEL JONES<\/strong>\u00a0dec\u2019d by the oath of THOMAS TILLETT<\/strong> a subscribing witness thereto in due form of law, and JOSIAH JONES<\/strong> one of the Executors therein named appeared and qualified as Executor thereto. Ordered that letters Testamentary issue<\/span><\/p>\n

(Note: no clerks name given)<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Page 44<\/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 JONES July 1, 1824 In the name of God Amen, I\u00a0LEMUEL JONES\u00a0of the State of N.Carolina and the County of Camden being of sound mind and memory and calling to mind the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death, do make this my Last Will and Testament … Continue reading “LEMUEL JONES (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":[30205,6174,27008,30207,30206],"class_list":["post-1617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wills-and-estate","tag-brockett","tag-jones","tag-staples","tag-tillett","tag-tumblin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Yemh-q5","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1617","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=1617"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3205,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1617\/revisions\/3205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}