Etheldred Pridgen - 1856 - Columbus County, NC - Wills


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56
Etheldred Pridgen
WILL
Recorded in Will Book A
Page 66, 4th Feby 1856
(Original In NC Archives)

W.S. Williamson clk

In The Name of God, Amen

        I Etheldred Pridgen of the County of Columbus and State of North
Carolina, being of sound and disposing mind and memory for which blessing
I am humbly thankful, and knowing the certainty of death and the
uncertainty of the time therof and that all men must die, and being
desirous of disposing of my property which it has pleased God to bles me;
do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and for as
follows. ovg;

1st.   I do give my soul into the hands of my maker from whom I received
it, and my body to be decently buried at the discretion of my friends;

2nd.  I do give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Elizabeth one third
part of my Lands and my negro fellow Ned, One horse and Cart, one bed and
its furniture, Two Cows and calves Two Sows and  pigs, Six seting chairs,
One Table, One Loom, One Wheel and Cards, One womans saddle, One pot, One
dutch oven, and sufficient support for one year, all of the above named
property I do give and bequeath unto my said wife Elizabeth to be hers,
only during her natural lifetime, all the above mentioned property which
I have bequeathed unto my wife, it is my wish and will that at her death
should return unto and belong unto my two sons John C. Pridgen and James
Henry Pridgen including the lands as well as the perishable property.

3rd.   I do give and bequeath unto my Sons John C. Pridgen and James
Henry Pridgen all my lands including the plantation wheron I now live, at
the death of my wife to be equally divided between them, the lower half
to belong to John and the upper half to belong to James.
4th.   I do give and bequeath unto my son James Henry Pridgen one horse
bridle and saddle; also one bed of furniture;

5th.    I do give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha the sum of Two
hundred dollars, one bed and furniture;

6th.    I do give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Two hundred dollars,
one bed and furniture;

7th.    I do give and bequeath unto my daughter Winny Two hundred
dollars, one bed  and furniture;

8th.    I do give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Theny Two
hundred dollars, one bed and furniture;

9th.    I do give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah one dollar.

10th.  I do give and bequeath unto my son Richard the sum of one dollar.

11th.  It is my will, if there would not be perishable property left at
my death sufficient to discharge the above named legacies to my five
daughters and son Richard, that my two sons John C. and  James Henry
Pridgen make up and ballance that may be needed to pay off said Legacy
out of the portion of property that I have herein bequeathed to them.

12th   I do hereby constitute nominate and appoint my son John C. Pridgen
Executor to this my last will and testament and to invest herin with full
power and authority  to act in that capacity. In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal this fifteenth day of November AD1848.

Signed Sealed and declared by the           )
testator to be his last will and testament  )
in the presence of us                       )
        his
Kintchen X Wade
        mark
W. M. Baldwin
                                       Etheldred Pridgen  (Seal)   


State of North Carolina   )   Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Columbus County            )   November Term 1852
                                    It appears to the satisfaction of
this court that this paper writing has been heretofore duly proved as the
last will and testament of Etheldred Pridgen it is ______by the Court
that John C. Pridgen, the Executor named therein do qualify as Ececutor
of the Same and that the same be recorded. Accordingly said John C.
Pridgen appeared in open Court and took the oath prescribed by law to
qualify as Executor.
Let the Will be recorded---   Thoa M Smith Clk.

State of North Carolina)                 Superior Court of Law
Columbus County        )                  At Fall Term 1852
                                     Be it remembered that the forgoing
will was duly proved in open court by the oath after suscribing witnesses
thereto as the last will and testament of Etheldred Pridgen.      Wm
Baldwin CSC

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