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This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Sue Ashby canova@tstar.net ============================================================== Will of Charles Letterloh Chatham Co., NC Record of Wills, 1858-1866 Vol. D, pp. 14, 15, 16 NC State Archives film # C.022.8003 In the name of God Amen I Charles Letterloh of the County of Chatham and State of North Carolina being of sound mind and memory but knowing the uncertainty of my earthly existence do make and publish, and declare This my last Will and testament. hereby revoking and annulling all former Wills by me made ITEM 1st I Give and bequeath to my living wife Elizabeth all the land south of Dry Creek now owned by me during her naturel life ITEM 2nd I Give and bequeath to my said wife Elizabeth during her natural life the following negroes to wit. Haywood, Oliver, Jim & Senderella and her Two children. ITEM 3rd I Give and bequeath to my loving Elizabeth Ten Good Milch cows four Good mules, thirty head of hogs a choice waggon and Gear. A buggy & Harness The black smiths Tools and farming utensils and Tools sufficient to cultivate the the land Given her for her lifetime in Item 1st and the household & kitchen furniture ITEM 4th I Give and bequeath to my loving son Washington and to his heirs forever at the death of his Mother my said wife Elizabeth the land south of dry Creek. Given in Item 1st to the said Elizabeth during her natural life. ITEM 5th It is my Will and desire that at my Death all the property both real and personal of which I Die in any manner possessed or seised (seized) and not otherwise disposed of in this will shall be divided into eleven equal shares, one of which shares I Give and bequeath to my loving son Charles and his Issue forever A second I Give and bequeath to my loving son Thomas and to his issue forever A Third I Give and bequeath to my loving son Edward and his Issue forever A fourth I Give and bequeath to my loving son William and his issue forever A fifth I Give and bequeath to my loving son Washington and to his Issue forever A sixth I Give and bequeath to my executors herein after named and their heirs in trust for my loving son Frederic and his Issue forever A seventh I Give and bequeath to my Executors hereinafter appointed and named, and to their heirs forever in trust for the sole and seperate use of my loving Daughter Sophia free from the claim or claims of her present or of any future Husband and after her death to her issue forever An Eighth I Give and bequeath to my said Executors and their their heirs forever in trust for the sole and seperate use of my loving Daughter Ellen wife of Nathaniel Alston free from the claim or claims of her said husband Nathaniel or of any other future husband and after her Death to her issue forever, A ninth I Give and bequeath to my said Executors in trust for the sole and seperate use of my loving Daughter Louisa wife of Esly Hunt free from the claim or claims of her said husband Esly or any future husband and after her death her issue forever- A Tenth I Give and bequeath to my said Executors in trust for the sole use and seperate use of loving Daughter Norma (or Hannah?) wife of J.J. Rogers free from the claim or claims of her said husband or any future husbands and after her death to her issue- An Eleventh I Give and bequeath to my Executors hereinafter appointed in trust for the sole and seperate use of my loving daughter Catherine Wife of Alfred Smith free from the claim or claims of her said husband Alfred or any future husband and after her death to her issue forever ITEM 6th If any of my children shall died before or after the division mentioned in Item 5th without issue surviving them it my will and desire that the portion which would have gone to the child or children so dying without issue surviving shall go and be divided equally among my surviving children or their issue in the same manner and my said Executors hereafter appointed and named shall be declared trustees in the same manner and for the same purposes of the portion coming to any one fo my children for whom they have been appointed trustees in Item 5th as if the property had been conveyed to them directly and specially upon saId trusts ITEM 7th It is my will and desire that if any of my children shall died either before or after the division mentioned in Item 5th leaving Issue surviving the issue of such child or children so dying shall be entitled to the portion to which hs her or their parent would have been entitled to had he or she survived ITEM 8th It is my will and desire that at the division mentioned in Item 5th each of my children shall be charged with that property I have given off to each of them at the valuation put upon the property by me at the time fo the Giving for which valuation See a book kept by me for that purpose. ITEM 9th At the Division Washington is not to be charged with the value of the land Given him in this will after the death of his Mother my wife Elizabeth but it is my will and desire that he shall have the land entire. ITEM 10th It is my will and desire that the property to wit. The negroes Haywood Oliver, Jim and Cenderrela and the two children given by this will to my loving wife Elizabeth during her natural life, shall at her death be divided equally, among all my children in the same manner and my Executors declared Trustees for the same purposes as provided in item 5th ITEM 11th I hereby authorise and empower my Executors hereinafter nominated and appointed as trustees to sell the property given to them as trustees for the benefit of my said children and also to rent hire or otherwise dispose of the same provided the profits of such selling renting or hiring be disposed of in good faith to the use and benefit of my said children for whom they are appointed trustees as aforesaid. ITEM 12th I hereby nominate and appoint my son Thomas S.Letterloh and my loving friend William P. Hadly Executors Executors(repeated) of this my last will and Testament Witness my hand and seal This 18th day of September in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and fifty four C. Letterloh Sen. {Seal} Signed declared and published by the above named Charles Letterloh as and for his last will and testament in presence of the underwritten persons who at his request and in his presence have attested the same Sidney Smith Carney Bynum I Charles Letterloh named as the Testator in the will to which this is annexed do hereby make this present codicil which I do order and direct shall be taken as a part of my annexed last will and testament and which will in all respects, excepting wherein it is altered or changed by the codicil to my said Will. I do hereby republish and affirm I hereby nominate and appoint my loving son Washington J. Letterloh co-executor with my son Thomas S. Letterloh of this my last will and testament in the place of my friend Wm. P Hadly. in Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal this 23rd day of March 1835 Jno Manning A. F. Olmsted C. Letterloh Sen {Seal} Nov. Session 1838 The foregoing last will & testament of Charles Letterloh was duly proved in open court by the oath of Sidney Smith & Carney Bynum the witness thereto as also the codicil by Jno Maning & A. F. Olmsted & the Executors therein named were duly qualified.