CHATHAM COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Fereby Morgan, 16 Oct 1843 ==================================================================== 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: Sue Ashby sueashby@earthlink.net ==================================================================== Will of Fereby Morgan - 16 Oct., 1843. Chatham Co., N.C. Will Bk. C. 1834-1857 Microfilm # C.022.80001, pg. 546 ( old pg. #163-164) In the name of God Amen. I Fereby Morgan of the County of Chatham & State of North Carolina being of sound & perfect mind & memory blessed be God do this sixteenth day October 1843 doe & make & publish this my last will & testament in manner following that is to say that first of all my just debts are to be paid out of my estate the balance of my property I dispose of in the following manner First. I give & bequeath unto my grandson Andrew Jackson Morgan One cow & calf one bed & furniture one sow & pigs & one small chest, the balance of my Estate after paying my debts and the above Legacies if any remain let it consist of what it may I lend unto my son John Morgan during his life time and after his death to go to the above named Andrew Jackson Morgan & Zachariah Morgan them and their issue. I consider that my daughter Polly Brewer (inserted 'the') wife of Abel Brewer my daughter Rachel "RICHARD" wife (of) Samuel "RICHARDSON" (NOTE: the difference in the last name) & the children of my daughter Jemima Taylor who is now dead have had their full share of my Estate and I hereby make and ordain my worthy friend Lucien Burnett Executor to this my last will & testament, In witness whereof I the said Fereby Morgan have to this my last will & testament set my hand and seal the day & year above written & signed sealed & published & declared by the said Fereby Morgan the Testatrix as her last will & testament of whoever present at the time of signing & sealing thereof Fereby (her mark- looks like a blob) Morgan {seal} Test A. H. Dismukes pg. 164 Chatham County May Sessions 1844 this certifies that the foregoing last will & Testament of Pherebe Morgan dec'd was proved in open court by the oath of A. H. Dismukes the subscribing witness thereto & ordered to be recorded whereupon Lucian Burnett the Executor therein named appeared in open Court & was duly qualified. Test. N.A. Stedman, C. C. C.