{"id":3052,"date":"2013-05-03T01:39:57","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T05:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pasquotank\/?p=3052"},"modified":"2022-02-15T16:47:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T21:47:53","slug":"lemuel-pritchard-1850-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pasquotank\/lemuel-pritchard-1850-will\/","title":{"rendered":"LEMUEL PRITCHARD (1850 Will)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Last Will and Testament of<\/span><\/p>\n

LEMUEL PRITCHARD<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

October 9, 1843-December 1850<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Dec. Term 1850<\/span><\/p>\n

In the name of God Amen! I LEMUEL PRITCHARD<\/strong> of the County of Pasquotank & State of North Carolina being of sound mind & memory blessed be God for the same do make and ordain this Instrument of writing to contain my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following viz:<\/span><\/p>\n

First: I give to my Nephew JAMES PRITCHARD<\/strong> the land & the end of the Sextons land next to John Harris heirs beginning on the road near where the house now stands at a cross fence & running to John Harris Sen. Live, also one bofat & crockery ware, one clock & red table & six stool chairs.<\/span><\/p>\n

I give to my Nephew JESSE PRITCHARD<\/strong>, the balance of the Sexton land next to Ephram Brites land & one blue chest.<\/span><\/p>\n

I give to my Nephew MILES R. PRITCHARD<\/strong>, the land on the creek called the Murden land, beginning on Adam Staffords heirs road & running as the road now stands straight to the creek between the Two plantations also a piece of swamp that I bought of Wm. Beddle.<\/span><\/p>\n

I give to my Nephew JOSIAH CARTWRIGHT<\/strong> the Stafford land & improvements and the road above named to be the line from Adams road to the creek & one bed & furniture.<\/span><\/p>\n

I give to my Nephew WM. B. PRITCHARD<\/strong> one bed & furniture<\/span><\/p>\n

I give to my Nephew MARTIN PRITCHARD<\/strong> one bed & furniture<\/span><\/p>\n

I give to my Brother SAMUEL PRITCHARD<\/strong> heirs Ten Dollars out of my estate.<\/span><\/p>\n

I give my Brother THOMAS PRITCHARD<\/strong> heirs Five Dollars out of my estate.<\/span><\/p>\n

I give to my Nephew MILES SAWYER<\/strong> Five Dollars out of my estate.<\/span><\/p>\n

I give to my Sister ELISABETH CARTWRIGHT<\/strong> Twenty Dollars out of my estate.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is my will & desire\u00a0 that all the rest of my estate to be equally divided between my Brothers ARTHUR <\/strong>& ISAAC PRITCHARD<\/strong>, it is my will that they take care of my Two Sisters POLLY <\/strong>& SUSAN<\/strong> during their natural life, after paying all my just debts, furthermore I do nominate constitute & appoint my Nephew WM. B. PRITCHARD<\/strong> to be executor of this my Last Will & Testament hereby disannulling all former wills by me made. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 9th<\/sup> day of October 1843.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Witnesses<\/span><\/p>\n

Stephen Stafford<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Seth Morgan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions<\/span><\/p>\n

Dec. Term 1850<\/span><\/p>\n

A paper writing purporting to be & contain the Last Will & Testament of LEMUEL PRITCHARD<\/strong> decd. Was produced in open court by Wm. B. Pritchard<\/strong> the executor therin named & the execution thereof proved by the oath of Seth Morgan<\/strong> one of the subscribing witnesses thereto who swore that he saw the sd. LEMUEL PRITCHARD <\/strong>sign the said paper that at the time there of the said LEMUEL PRITCHARD<\/strong> was of sound & disposing mind & memory, that he declared said paper to be & contain his Last Will & Testament & that the same was subscribed by himself & the other witness Stephen Stafford<\/strong> as witness at the request of the said LEMUEL PRITCHARD <\/strong>in his presence & in the presence of each other & that the said subscribing witness Stephen Stafford<\/strong> is now dead. Where upon it is produced by the exec. That the said paper writing is the Last Will & Testament of LEMUEL PRITCHARD<\/strong> & is in law sufficient to pass both real & personal estate. Let the same be recorded on motion Wm. B. Pritchard<\/strong> the executor therein named appeared in open court & qualified as Executor thereto.<\/span><\/p>\n

Test. W.W. Griffin Clk<\/p>\n

Recorded January 22, 1850<\/p>\n

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Contributed and t<\/strong>ranscribed by Judy Merrell Brickhouse<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Transcribed as written, including errors in spelling and grammar.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Last Will and Testament of LEMUEL PRITCHARD October 9, 1843-December 1850 \u00a0Dec. Term 1850 In the name of God Amen! I LEMUEL PRITCHARD of the County of Pasquotank & State of North Carolina being of sound mind & memory blessed be God for the same do make and ordain this Instrument of writing to … Continue reading “LEMUEL PRITCHARD (1850 Will)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18029],"tags":[36760,29496,5937,8394],"class_list":["post-3052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wills-and-estate-records","tag-beddle","tag-cartwright","tag-harris","tag-sawyer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pasquotank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pasquotank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pasquotank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pasquotank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pasquotank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3052"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pasquotank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7833,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pasquotank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3052\/revisions\/7833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pasquotank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pasquotank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/pasquotank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}