Anson County NcArchives Wills.....Lindsey, Senr., George 1808 ************************************************ 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: Earline L. Zlotkowski EarlineLZ@aol.com September 5, 2009, 11:03 am Source: Anson County, Nc, Will Book 2, Pages 95 And 96 Written: 1808 Note from transcriber: I am typing these wills EXACTLY as they are, grammatical, punctuation and spelling errors included. Some of the errors may have been made during earlier transcription, so I will indicate whether they are copies of the original handwritten document which I am transcribing, or copies of previously done transcriptions. STATE OF NO. CAROLINA, ANSON COUNTY IN THE NAME OF GOD, I George Lindsey Senr. of the County aforesd. being of sound mind and Memory (Blessed be God) But calling to mind the mortality of Body and that all men is appointed to Die Do make ordain and constitute this my Last Will and testament and first of all I Recomend my Body to the Dust and my Soul to Almighty God that gave it nothing Doubting but that I shall Receive the same again at the general Resurection and tuching the worldly goods that god has pleased to indow me with Do dispose of in the following Manner to wit Item I Lend and unto my Beloved wife Peggey during her natural Life al my crop of Corn and cotton and all Stock of hogs one Clow and Earling [NOTE: I suspect that this may be a transcription error and that perhaps this should be "one cow and yearling," but this is just a guess.] one Heifer one feather Bed and furniture one Beadstead and one fifth part of all my moveable property for and during her natural life and at her death to be disposed of as is hereafter directed also one note of Hand on John Linsey of one Hundred Dollars During her Life then the same to be Equally divided Between Peggy and Jenny Bailey, George Hailey and heirs [NOTE: I suspect that this is a transcription error and Bailey and Hailey should be the same name, but at present don't know which ... probably Bailey as I know there are Bailey descendants], George Linsey Junr. & John Linsey. Item I give and Bequeath to my Beloved Daughter Elizabeth Liles Ten Shillings to her and her heirs forever Item I give and Bequeth to my Beloved Sons Wm Linsey Ten Shills to him and his heirs forever. Item I give and Bequeath to my Beloved Son James Linsey Ten Shillings to him and his heirs forever Item I give and bequeath to my Beloved Daughter Elizabeth Liles and to the Heirs of George Hailey one Negro girl named Dinah to them and their heirs forever and I do hereby Constitute make and ordain my son John Linsey my whole and Sole Executor of this my Last will and testament Revoking all manner of former wills or wills declaring this to be my last will and testament in witness whereof him the sd George Linsey Senr. hath hereunto set my hand and seal this 12th day of May 1807. George Lindsey [signed by mark] Signed and Sealed and Delivered by sd George Linsey Senr. the testator or his last will and testament in presents of us who were present at the signing sealing thereof. James Hough Wm. Henry Isaac Dunn STATE OF NO CAROLINA ANSON COUNTY OCTOBER SESSION 1808 Then the last will and testament of George Linsey was duly proved in open Court by the oaths of William Henry and Isaac Dunn Witness thereto and ordered to be recorded. Ted Robinson, Clk File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/anson/wills/lindseys1145wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb