{"id":1724,"date":"2013-11-01T04:24:29","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T08:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/?p=1724"},"modified":"2015-03-23T01:41:45","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T05:41:45","slug":"lydia-grandy-1822-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/lydia-grandy-1822-will\/","title":{"rendered":"LYDIA GRANDY (1822 Will)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

<\/a>LYDIA GRANDY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

November 13, 1821<\/span><\/p>\n

In the name of God Amen! Know all men that I\u00a0LYDIA GRANDY<\/strong>\u00a0of the County of Camden & State of North Carolina being in a poor state of health but in sound memory do make this my Last Will & Testament.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give & bequeath to my Son\u00a0CALEB GRANDY\u00a0<\/strong>my part of two negro girls that was sold, named Channy & Cloe.<\/span><\/p>\n

I give & bequeath to my Son\u00a0CALEB GRANDY<\/strong>\u00a0all my cattle, that has come since his Father\u2019s death & likewise all my sheep and three stocks of Bees his first choice.<\/span><\/p>\n

And I give & bequeath to my Son\u00a0CALEB GRANDY<\/strong>\u00a0all my crockery ware & one half of my sithye(?), and one half of my poultry, and one dutch oven & one frying pan.<\/span><\/p>\n

I do acknowledge this to be my Last Will in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this the thirteeth day of November 1821.<\/span><\/p>\n

LYDIA GRANDY<\/strong>\u00a0seal<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Signed in presence of us<\/span><\/p>\n

ELAS WILLIAMS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

PEGGY WILLIAMS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

And I\u00a0LYDIA GRANDY<\/strong>\u00a0do leave my Son\u00a0CALEB GRANDY<\/strong>\u00a0to be Executor to my will.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

November Term 1822<\/span><\/p>\n

The foregoing was exhibited in open Court & proved as the Last Will and Testament of\u00a0LYDIA GRANDY\u00a0<\/strong>by the oath of PEGGY WILLIAMS<\/strong> a subscribing witness thereto. And at same time CALEB GRANDY<\/strong> an Executor therein named appeared & qualified as executor thereto. Ordered that Testamentary letters issue & that the same be recorded.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

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

Page 12<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF LYDIA GRANDY November 13, 1821 In the name of God Amen! Know all men that I\u00a0LYDIA GRANDY\u00a0of the County of Camden & State of North Carolina being in a poor state of health but in sound memory do make this my Last Will & Testament. Item. I give & … Continue reading “LYDIA GRANDY (1822 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":[26749,6820],"class_list":["post-1724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wills-and-estate","tag-grandy","tag-williams"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Yemh-rO","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724","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=1724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3181,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724\/revisions\/3181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}