{"id":1749,"date":"2013-11-01T06:23:41","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T10:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2015-03-23T01:07:20","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T05:07:20","slug":"asa-cartwright-1823-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/asa-cartwright-1823-will\/","title":{"rendered":"ASA CARTWRIGHT (1823 Will)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

<\/a>ASA CARTWRIGHT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

September 5, 1823<\/span><\/p>\n

In the name of God Amen! I\u00a0ASA CARTWRIGHT<\/strong>\u00a0of Camden County and State N. Carolina being sick in body but of sound and perfect mind & memory (blessed be God) do this 5th<\/sup>\u00a0day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand, Eight Hundred & Twenty Three, make and publish this my Last Will & Testament in manner following\u2014that is to say\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give & bequeath unto my Sister\u00a0NANCY CARTWRIGHT<\/strong>\u00a0the part of the plantation I now live on to include the house beginning at the main road GIDEON CARTWRIGHT\u2019S line, thence a straight course to the back line in the swamp for her part to bind on the Island road to her & her heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give & bequeath unto my Nephew\u00a0ASA GIBSON<\/strong>\u00a0the Southern part of said plantation adjoining BRITTAIN JONES and others to him & his heirs forever, also one states musket.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. I give & bequeath unto ANDALINA MELINA<\/strong> and ALEXANDER GIBSON<\/strong> all of my lands lying on the\u00a0Great Island<\/i>\u00a0to be sold when ALEXANDER GIBSON<\/strong> arrives to the age of sixteen years old and the money to be equally divided between them— the said Island to be rented out until that period for the support of said children\u2014to them & their heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Item. It is my desire that all my moveable property indoors and out of every kind and crop now growing to be sold, and all of my just debts paid out of the money arrising from said sale. If there should be any balance remaining after paying my just debts for it to be equally divided between my Sister\u00a0NANCY CARTWRIGHT<\/strong>\u00a0and JACOB GIBSON<\/strong> to them & their heirs forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lastly I hereby make and ordain my worthy friend STEPHEN MERCER<\/strong> Executor of this my Last Will & Testament in witness whereof I the said\u00a0ASA CARTWRIGHT\u00a0<\/strong>have to this my Last Will & Testament set my hand & seal this day & year above written.<\/span><\/p>\n

ASA CARTWRIGHT<\/strong>\u00a0seal<\/span><\/p>\n

Signed, sealed and declared<\/span><\/p>\n

In presence of us who were<\/span><\/p>\n

Present at the time of signing<\/span><\/p>\n

& sealing thereof<\/span><\/p>\n

WILSON B. WEBSTER<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

SIMEON BURGESS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

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

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

November T. 1823<\/span><\/p>\n

The Last Will & Testament of\u00a0ASA CARTWRIGHT<\/strong>\u00a0dec\u2019d was exhibited & proved in open Court by the oath of WILSON B. WEBSTER<\/strong> one of the subscribing witnesses thereto. The Executor therein named refusing to qualify. Ordered that the Will be Recorded.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\n

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

Page 23<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ASA CARTWRIGHT September 5, 1823 In the name of God Amen! I\u00a0ASA CARTWRIGHT\u00a0of Camden County and State N. Carolina being sick in body but of sound and perfect mind & memory (blessed be God) do this 5th\u00a0day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand, Eight Hundred … Continue reading “ASA CARTWRIGHT (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":[27004,29496,29575,6174,29576,6956,29577,29579],"class_list":["post-1749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wills-and-estate","tag-burgess","tag-cartwright","tag-gibson","tag-jones","tag-melina","tag-mercer","tag-simeon","tag-webster"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Yemh-sd","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749","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=1749"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3162,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions\/3162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/camden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}