{"id":1709,"date":"2013-11-01T03:46:29","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T07:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/?p=1709"},"modified":"2015-03-23T01:46:31","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T05:46:31","slug":"elizabeth-gregory-1823-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/elizabeth-gregory-1823-will\/","title":{"rendered":"ELIZABETH GREGORY (1823 Will)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

<\/a>ELIZABETH GREGORY<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

March 3, 1823<\/span><\/p>\n

In the name of God Amen! I\u00a0ELIZABETH GREGORY<\/strong>\u00a0being in sound mind & memory but weak in body hath this day March 3, 1823. make this my Last Will & Testament in the following manner.<\/span><\/p>\n

First of all I recommend my Soul to God who gave it me and my Body to the earth from whence it come. And as Touching such worldly goods as it hath pleased God to bless me with I give in the following manner to wit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I gave and bequeath unto my four Sons\u00a0ISAAC GREGORY<\/strong>,\u00a0DORRIS GREGORY<\/strong>,\u00a0NELSIN B.GREGORY<\/strong>, and\u00a0CASIN M. GREGORY<\/strong>\u00a0all that land and plantation where in I now live to be equally divided between them, share and share alike to them & their heirs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give my Son\u00a0ISAAC GREGORY<\/strong>\u00a0one Roan horse Callia(?) his to him & his heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son\u00a0DORRAS GREGORY<\/strong>\u00a0his choice in the spring the old mare or the colt which she is now with fold with\u2014and I give my Son\u00a0NILSON B. GREGORY<\/strong>\u00a0the other after his Brother takes his choice and the colt to stay with the mare until weaned at the expence of my estate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give my Daughter\u00a0POLLY GILBERT<\/strong>\u00a0one linnen wheel that is to say the use of it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. Give unto my Grand Son\u00a0FRANKLIN GILBERT<\/strong>\u00a01 feather bed & furniture one cow & calf, but her mother to have the use of both.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give my Son\u00a0FRANCIS MITCHEL<\/strong>\u00a0one looking glass to him and his heirs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give my Son\u00a0JOHN MITCHEL<\/strong>\u00a0four bushels of wheat to him & his heirs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give my Daughter\u00a0ANN GREGORY<\/strong>\u00a0four bushels wheat to her & her heirs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I leave all the balance of my estate to be sold by my Exec. At private sale, and after paying all my just & lawful debts the balance to be applied as follows<\/span><\/p>\n

First for my three children to have a quarters schooling each, and I want my Son\u00a0ISAAC GREGORY<\/strong>\u00a0to purchase one & half acres of land for the use of my Grand Son\u00a0FRANKLIN GILBERT<\/strong>\u00a0but his Mother to have the use of it her life and the balance to be equally divided between my four Sons\u00a0ISAAC GREGORY<\/strong>,\u00a0CASIN M. GREGORY<\/strong>,\u00a0DORRAS GREGORY<\/strong>, and\u00a0NELSON B. GREGORY<\/strong>\u00a0share & share alike.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lastly I nominate my Son\u00a0ISAAC GREGORY<\/strong>\u00a0& my friend CALEB PERKINS<\/strong> my whole & sole exec. To this my Last Will & Testament.<\/span><\/p>\n

ELIZABETH GREGORY<\/strong>\u00a0seal<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Signed & sealed in<\/span><\/p>\n

Presence of us<\/span><\/p>\n

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

HANNAH GODFREY<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

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

May Term 1823<\/span><\/p>\n

This was exhibited in open Court & proved to be the Last Will and Testament of\u00a0ELIZABETH GREGORY<\/strong>\u00a0dec\u2019d by the oath of HANNAH GODFREY<\/strong> a subscribing witness thereto and ISAAC GREGORY<\/strong> one of the Executors therein named appeared & qualified as Executor thereto. Ordered to be Recorded.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\n

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

Pages 18, 19<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ELIZABETH GREGORY March 3, 1823 In the name of God Amen! I\u00a0ELIZABETH GREGORY\u00a0being in sound mind & memory but weak in body hath this day March 3, 1823. make this my Last Will & Testament in the following manner. First of all I recommend my Soul to God who … Continue reading “ELIZABETH GREGORY (1823 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":[27065,29494,15848,30176,29584,12229],"class_list":["post-1709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wills-and-estate","tag-gilbert","tag-godfrey","tag-gregory","tag-mitchel","tag-perkins","tag-white"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Yemh-rz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1709","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=1709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3185,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1709\/revisions\/3185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}