ANSON COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Moses Stegall - 1841 ============================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: K. McGee kmcgee03@earthlink.net ============================================================== Wills, Other Documents - MOSES STEGALL STEGALL, Moses 1841 B:126 Will of Moses Stegall Of Anson County (Union County), North Carolina In the name of God, Amen. I, Moses Stegall, being in sound mind, blessed be God, doth this tenth day of April in the year of 1835 make and publish this my last will and testament in manner as follows: First, I give to my son George Stegall, one dollar to be raised out of my estate -2- I give to my son, James Stegall, one dollar to be raised out of my estate -3- I give to my daughter, Martha Sharp, one dollar to be raised out of my estate -4- I give to my daughter, Nancy Griffin, one dollar to be raised out of my estate -5- I give to my daughter, Elizabeth Treadway, one dollar to be raised out of my estate. I will that my property as follows to wit: One Negro Man named Jacob, one hundred ninety-five acres of land on the crooked prong of Jack's Branch, 10 acres on Negrohead Creek, one horse beast called Dick, four cows, three calves, three sows and twelve pigs, two brds [beds?] and furniture and all my work tools and c and c [corn and cotton] to be sold after my death and equally divided among my sons and daughters as follows: Solomon Stegall, William Stegall, John Stegall, Thomas Stegall, and Frances Griffin, and I hereby make and ordain my friend, Thomas Griffin, executor to do this my last will and testament, set my hand and seal the day and year above written. Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said, Moses Stegall, the testator, as his last will and testament in the presence of Enoch Griffin. Moses Stegall. NOTES of acknowledgement: Copied: Mrs. Cora Stegall Rice; from Dept. of Archives, Raleigh, N.C. Recopied: Elizabeth Stegall (Ala.) and John A. Stegall (Ky.) Shared: Marguerite Stegall (AR). NOTES of comment: "A note [made by some one unknown and put] in some information on Moses, et al (said to have been 'copied from Stegall, Steagal, Stigall genealogy by Charles Stegall on Microfilm in the LDS Genealogy Library in Salt Lake City, Utah') stated the following: 'Nichodemus, son of Moses married against will of Moses and in consequence was disowned by Moses. He is not named in the will of Moses on file in Anson Co. Courthouse, N.C.' " Personal note: This material has been copied and recopied, and has, hopefully, remained true to the original. It is always recommended that one go to the original source of any document to assure oneself of a copy's correctness. K. McGee