Anson County NcArchives Wills.....Allen, Drury 1823 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: B. Allen BAllen8095@aol.com September 5, 2009, 11:00 am Source: Will Book A, Page 15 Written: 1823 One of my ancestors was Drury Allen, born in Virginia (probably Mecklenburg County; birthdate unknown) d. April 18, 1823 in Anson County, NC. He was married sometime before 1775 to Eleanor "Nelly" Jarrett, a daughter of Thomas Jarrett Sr. of Lunenburg County, VA. I have copied his will from a book called "The Allens of Moscow & LaGrange, Fayette County, TN. DRURY ALLEN'S WILL Know all men by these presents that I Drury Allen of the County of Anson being sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect memory, do make, constitute and order this my last will and testament revoking all former wills by me made. Item - I leave all that I am posessed with together till my just debts are honested paid and then giving my son William Allen fifty acres of land beginning at William Brantley's corner on the big branch and running down it till contains fifty acres to my own line and then with my line to Brantley's line to the beginning. Item - I leave one black colt, one cow and yearling and a heifer with calf, one bed and furniture, bedstead and mat to be sold and pay my just debts with. Item- I leave my dear wife, Nelly Allen, all the rest that I possess, except she marries, and if she marries then it is to be divided amongst all my surviving children equally. Lastly - I nominate and appoint John Allen and Julius Allen to be executors of this my last will and testament to see to my business. Witness whereof I set my hand and seal this 10th day of March in teh year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three. Drury Allen (Seal) his (x) mark Test: Wyatt Nance Julia (her mar) Singly A TRUE COPY Clerk of Superior Court by: Neele Harrington Deputy Clerk Superior Court (Seal) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/anson/wills/allen1144wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb