ANSON COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Daniel Gould, Sr. - 1827

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Last Will and Testament of Daniel Gould, Sr.

State of North Carolina

Anson County


I Daniel Gould Sr., being unwell but in sound mind and memory, knowing that 
all men must die, do make, ordain and constitute this my last will and testament 
in manner following:

Item: I lend all my estate both real and personal for and during her natural life, 
to my well beloved wife Jamia Gould and after her death it is my desire that all 
my estate both real and personal shall be sold at twelve months credit and when 
the money is collected for the land the average price of one hundred acres to be 
given to my son Daniel in order to make him compensation for one hundred 
acres of land which I give to my son Malachi Gould.

Item: All the rest of my money that is left to be equally divided between my 
son Daniel Gould, and my three grand sons, Daniel Gould, John May Gould, 
and William Pemberton Gould, to them and their heirs forever.

Item: It is my will and desire that my grandsons receive their legacies as they 
become of age.

Item: I nominate, constitute and appoint my three trusty friends, James H. 
Martin, John Smith, Esqr., & John Pearson my Executors of this my last will 
and testament, revoking all former wills, declaring this my last Will & 
testament.  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal, this 14th 
day of July in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-
seven and fifty first and second of the Independence of America.

                            Daniel Gould Sr.   seal

Attest--Joseph Seago

      his
James (x) Seago
      mark


Anson Oct. Ct -- 1828 -- Then the executors of this will was duly proven in 
open Court & ordered to be recorded--N. Dismukes, Clk

Oct. Ct. (1829)


Source: Microfilm Copy of Anson County, North Carolina Wills found at the 
Clayton Genealogical Library in Houston, Texas.


Additional Notes:
 Daniel Gould, William Pemberton Gould and John May Gould were sons of 
Malachi Gould. Malachi migrated to present day Greene County, AL in 1819 
where Malachi died ca1821. Daniel, John May & William Pemberton Gould 
moved from Green to Sumter County, AL ca1840 or earlier. All were residents 
of Sumter Co., AL at the time of their deaths.

Submitted by:   Douglas R. Anderson
                          Danderson@pdg.net