CHATHAM COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Rachel Pugh - 1862

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF
RACHEL PUGH
Will dated:  March 16, 1862
From:  NC State Archives.  Recorded in Book D, page 93.
Proved August 1862


State of North Carolina
Chatham County

I Rachel Pugh being of sound mind and disposing memory, do make, 
publish, and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form
following, to wit.

Item.  I desire my executor to provide for my body a decent burial and 
pay all my just debts together with my funeral expenses out of the 
money of my estate which shall first come into his hands.

Item.  I will and devise unto my beloved cousin, Isham Cox, the tract 
of land which was willed to my by my father, Thomas Pugh, it being the 
north part of the plantation on which said Thomas Pugh lived, divided 
by and set apart to me by an east and west line between me and Abner 
Lamb, to have and to hold the same to the said Isham Cox, his heirs, 
and assigns in fee simple forever.

Item.  I give and bequeath unto my said cousin, Isham Cox, all the 
personal property which I took to his house when I first went to live 
with him, with the exception of one half my beds and bedclothes, and 
also one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) in money, together and in 
addition to the amount which I contributed in building the house which 
I now live, to have and to hold the above named property and money to 
the said Isham Cox and his heirs and assigns forever.

Item.  I give and bequeath unto my beloved sister Lydia Mendenhall 
(wife of Mordicai Mendenhall) the remaining half of my bed and bed 
clothes.

Item.  I give and bequeath unto the said Lydia Mendenhall's daughter, 
Naomi, and son, Milton M., twenty-five dollars each, and also to my 
nieces, Rebecca Lamb, Rachel Lamb, Naomi Lamb, and Mary Lamb, 
twenty-five dollars each in money.  Provided there is so much on hand 
after my decease beside what I have herein otherwise disposed of.  
Should there not be so much, I desire that what there is, be divided 
equally between my nephew & nieces above named.

Item.  Lastly I nominate, constitute, and appoint Isham Cox executor of
this my last will and testament.

In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed my seal, 
this 3rd month (March) 16, 1862 signed and sealed in presence of

Rachel (X-Her mark) Pugh

Witnesses:  D. W. Woody, John Thompson