CHATHAM COUNTY, NC - WILLS - John Moore, 19 Sep 1843 ----¤¤¤¤---- Will Bk. C. pg. 539a,b-540a,b " In the name of God Amen. I John Moore of the county of Chatham and State of North Carolina being of sound mind & memory as usual thanks be to God for it, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner & form following, that is to say, first, that all my just debts be paid - 2nd Item - I give & bequeath to my beloved wife Pheriby Moore the following negro slaves, namely, Ellis, Sylvia & her child Dinah, Nancy & Albert, Also two feather beds bedsteads and furniture, two Horses, four cows & calves two sows & pigs fifteen shoats, four Ewes & lambs all her choice twenty five Dollars in Money and one year's provisions for her & family. Also my entire interest in two Tracts (or parcels) [marked out] of Land leased & conveyed to me by Eusby (or Easley) Council for the term of time therein specified adjoining of Dempsey Johnson & others containing by estimation One Hundred & Forty seven Acres in satisfaction of and in lieu of her dower and thirds of and in all my landed Estate. I leave to my beloved wife aforesaid my old negro man Sam during her natural life and after her death it's my desire that my trusty friend Michael Thrilkill should take charge of said negro man Sam, and I do hereby direct & require Three Hundred dollars of the proceeds of my Estate to be placed in the hands of said Michael Thrilkill for the purpose of supporting said negro man Sam when he may become past laboring for his own support by the said Thrilkill giving bond with approved security for his faithful performance of said Trust and at the death of said negro man Sam should there be any surplus money left after supporting old Sam as aforesaid and Thrilkill being well paid for his trouble, I direct that such surplus money so remaining be refunded back as part of my Estate and divided as hereafter directed in the general division or residue of my Estate. 3rd Item - I give & bequeath to each of my children now living & to the heirs of them that may be dead all the property both real & personal together with its increase which I have heretofore put in his or her possession that has not heretofore been divided to them, to them & their heirs in fee simple forever. 4th Item- I give & bequeath to my Grandson James Moore, son of Council?? Moore dec'd, his choice of my negro Slaves that I have not heretofore disposed of and Two Hundred Dollars in money on condition that he gives up, or causes to be given up to one? or to those that may administer on my Estate a certain note of hand that I gave to his guardian Henry Moore some twelve or thirteen years past, for about Two Hundred and sixty two dollars, then I confirm the gifts as aforesaid to him & his heirs forever. 5th Item - It is my will and desire that all the remaining part of my Estate not heretofore dispersed of both real & personal be sold as hereinafter directed; that is to say my lands on a credit of one two & three years, the balance of my property on a credit of six nine or twelve months and the proceeds arising therefrom be divided amongst my children and Grand Children as hereinafter directed - Viz: 6th Item- I give and bequeath to Mary P. Hill, Romulus Moore and Rachel Moore, heirs of my son Henry Moore, dec'd Two Hundred & fifty dollars in lieu of Fifty Acres of Land sold by my son Wooten Moore which I owed design'd or intended? for said Henry Moore to them and their heirs forever. 7th Item- Now it is my desire that all the remaining part of my Estate that is not heretofore dispersed of shall be divided amongst my children & grandchildren in the following manner, to wit- 8th Item - I give and bequeath to the heirs of my deceased daughter Mary Headon (or Herndon?) one Eighth part of said residue or remainder with the exception of One Hundred and fifty Dollars to them & their heirs forever. 10th Item - I give & bequeath to my daughter Sarah Warren and her two children, John Myett & Betsey Ann Warren, One Eighth part of said remaining residue to be divided between them in the following manner to wit- Sarah Warren to have One Hundred dollars, John Myett to have two third of the remaining part and Betsy Ann Warren to have the other third part of said Eighth to them and their heirs forever. 11th Item- I give and bequeath to the heirs of my son Council Moore One Eighth part of said remaining residue to them & theirs forever. 12th Item - I give & bequeath to Mary P. Hill, Romulus Moore & Rachel Moore heirs of my dec'd son Henry Moore, in addition to what I heretofore given them, one Eighth part of said remaining residue to them & their heirs forever. 13th Item - I give & bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Huckaby, one Eighth part of said remaining residue to her & her heirs forever. 14th Item- I give & bequeath to my son Wooten Moore One Eighth part of said remaining residue to him & his heirs forever. 15th Item - I give & bequeath the remaining Eight part of sd remaining residue to the bodily heirs of my dec'd daughter Louiza Rencher namely, John Rencher, Josefius Rencher & Nancy Rencher, to them & their heirs forever & it is my desire & I do hereby direct & request my two sons Alfred Moore & wooten Moore of the State of Alabama to take charge of said part or share that my be coming to them under the provisions this will with the negro slaves they now have the care of viz- Calvin, Newet? & Elenor that I have previously given to said John Rencher, Josefius Rencher & Nancy Rencher by a deed in gift & the proceeds arising from the hire of said negro slaves with the profits of their part of portion of my Estate as heretofore given be applied to the support and education of said Children or so much thereof as the said Alfred Moore & Wooten Moore may think necessary. 16th Item - And lastly I do hereby request the Court of the County aforesaid to appoint some suitable person or persons to execute and carry out the true interest and meaning of this paper writing. And I do hereby acknowledge this paper writing to be my last will & testament in manner and form as above stated revoking & declaring utterly void all other wills & testament by me heretofore made. In witness whereof I the said John Moore do hereunto set my hand & seal this nineteenth day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & forty three. The words has been deleted?, interlin'd before assigned. [My NOTE: think they are saying that some words were deleted (marked out before signing?] John Moore {Seal} Test. Thos. Bell } Allen Ellis } Thomas Whitehead } Chatham County November Session 1843 This certifies that the foregoing last Will & Testament of John Moore dec'd was proved in open court by the oaths of Thos. Bell & Allen Ellis, subscribing Witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded and there being no Executor named therein, general letters of administration with the said Will ___? upon said estate been granted to Thomas Bell & Nathaniel Warren who entered into bond in the sum of Ten thousand Dollars with Dempsey Johnson, Redding Hatley, & Michael Thrailkill as their sureties & was duly qualified. Teste: N.A. Stedman, Clk. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Sue Ashby sueashby@earthlink.net ___________________________________________________________________