{"id":1714,"date":"2013-11-01T03:59:03","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T07:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2015-03-23T01:45:17","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T05:45:17","slug":"william-gray-1823-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/william-gray-1823-will\/","title":{"rendered":"WILLIAM GRAY (1823 Will)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

<\/a>WILLIAM GRAY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

May 14, 1821<\/span><\/p>\n

In the name of God Amen! I\u00a0WILLIAM GRAY<\/strong>\u00a0of the State of North Carolina and County of Camden being of sound mind & memory this 14th<\/sup>\u00a0day of May 1821 do make this my Last Will & Testament in manner & form following Viz.<\/span><\/p>\n

Imprimis. I give & bequeath unto my Daughter\u00a0LENA CHAPLIN\u00a0<\/strong>one dollar to her & her heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son\u00a0PETER GRAY<\/strong>\u00a0one dollar to him & his heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give unto my Son\u00a0EDMUND GRAY<\/strong>\u00a0one dollar to him & his heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son\u00a0NATHAN GRAY\u00a0<\/strong>one dollar to him & his heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son\u00a0NATHANIEL GRAY<\/strong>\u00a0one dollar to him & his heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give & bequeath unto my Daughter\u00a0SALLY GREAVES<\/strong>\u00a0one dollar to her & her heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give & bequeath unto my Daughter\u00a0SOPHIA GRAY<\/strong>\u00a0one dollar to her & her heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give & bequeath unto my Daughter\u00a0ELIZABETH GRAY\u00a0<\/strong>one feather bed & furniture not to be delivered to her till she marries or comes of age to her & her heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son\u00a0WILLIAM GRAY\u00a0<\/strong>one gun to him & his heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I lend all the remainder of my estate after paying all my just debts & funeral expences to my Wife\u00a0POLLY GRAY<\/strong>\u00a0during her life or widowhood & if she marries I give her one third of the said remainder to her & her heirs forever (with this Promise) that she shall take care of & support the small children (viz)\u00a0CHLOE GRAY<\/strong>,\u00a0JANE GRAY<\/strong>,\u00a0WILLIAM GRAY<\/strong>, &\u00a0CYNTHIA GRAY<\/strong>\u00a0till she or they come of age.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give & bequeath unto my four following children viz\u00a0CHLOE\u00a0GRAY<\/strong>,\u00a0JANE GRAY<\/strong>,\u00a0WILLIAM GRAY<\/strong>, &\u00a0CYNTHIA GRAY\u00a0<\/strong>at the marriage or death of my wife the two thirds or the whole of the said remainder of my estate as the case may be, to be equally divided between them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lastly. I nominate & appoint my two friends CALEB PERKINS<\/strong> & MY Wife\u00a0POLLY GRAY<\/strong>\u00a0my Executors to this my Last Will & Testament REVOKING ALL FORMER Wills by me made heretofore, In witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the day & date above written<\/span><\/p>\n

WILLIAM GRAY\u00a0<\/strong>seal<\/span><\/p>\n

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

LUKE G. LAMB<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

JON H. ROBERTS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

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

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

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

This Last Will & Testament of\u00a0WILLIAM GRAY\u00a0<\/strong>dec\u2019d was exhibited & proved in open Court by the oath of LUKE G. LAMB<\/strong> one of the subscribing witnesses thereto CALEB PERKINS<\/strong> one of the Executors therein named appeared & qualified agreeable to Law. Ordered that the Will be Recorded & Letters Testamentary Issue.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\n

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

Pages 24, 25<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF WILLIAM GRAY May 14, 1821 In the name of God Amen! I\u00a0WILLIAM GRAY\u00a0of the State of North Carolina and County of Camden being of sound mind & memory this 14th\u00a0day of May 1821 do make this my Last Will & Testament in manner & form following Viz. Imprimis. I … Continue reading “WILLIAM GRAY (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":[30174,29589,30175,6952,29584,30173],"class_list":["post-1714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wills-and-estate","tag-chaplin","tag-gray","tag-greaves","tag-lamb","tag-perkins","tag-roberts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Yemh-rE","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714","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=1714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3184,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions\/3184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}