Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Braswell, James - Estate 1853
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Written: 1853

	Braswell, James 1853 estate file; Feb Ct. 1853, petition of 
William J. Armstrong, Polly Calhoun, Willie G. Barnes and his wife, 
Mary E. Barnes, James G. Armstrong, Chrissy Armstrong, and George W. 
Armstrong, the last three being infants and suing in their behalf by 
their next friend, (    ) Norfleet, the Clerk Of Court, Ex parte, state 
that James Braswell, late of this county departed this life about the 
year (blank) having made a will devising all his land to his wife, 
Crissy Braswell during her lifetime or widowhood and after her death or 
marriage to his son B. Braswell in fee, that the said will also 
containing the following clause; “after the death or marriage of my 
wife, my will and desire is that all the residue of my estate not 
already given away be equally divided among my four daughters, Harriet, 
Polly, Betsy and Crissy Braswell” that the said Henry B. Braswell and 
Crissy Braswell the child both died during the lifetime of the said 
testator without issue; said Harriet, Polly and Betsy were the only 
surviving children and heirs at law and entitled to said lands after 
the termination of said Crissy, the widow of said testator; that the 
said Polly Calhoun is a child of the said testator and unmarried, that 
the said Harriet died unmarried and intestate and that the said Betty 
is dead leaving your petitioners Mary E. Barnes, who is the wife of 
said Willie G. Barnes, James G. Armstrong, Crissy Armstrong, and George 
W. Armstrong her children and only heirs at law and that said William 
J. Armstrong under a decree of court became the purchaser of the 
undivided interest of the said Harriet and has a deed for such; the 
said Crissy, widow of said testator has recently died; land consists of 
two separate tracts in Edgecombe Co., one lying on the north side of 
Mercer’s Mill Branch adjoining the lands of the devisees of David 
Baker, Jesse Mercer, Denson Brown and others containing (blank) acres, 
the other adjoining the lands of Hillery Peel, William G. Bullock, 
James Hinton and others containing (blank) acres; petitioners ask for 
commissioners to divide said land as follows: one part to William J. 
Armstrong, one part to Polly Calhoun, and the other part to the others.  
Feb Ct. 1853, petition of Polly Calhoun, William J. Armstrong, David 
Williams, James B. Thomas in right of his wife, Frances Thomas and 
Nancy C. Whitehead, an infant who sues by her guardian the said Jas. B. 
Thomas, Ex parte, stating that James Braswell died about 1825 and 
bequeathed all his slaves to his wife, said Chrissy during her life and 
after her death to his four children, Harriet, Polly, Betsy and Crissy 
Braswell, that said Crissy, the child died before the said testator 
without issue, her legacy lapsed and her share was vested in the other 
three; Crissy, the executrix (asseted) to the (bequeaths) of the said 
slaves to herself and the other persons, that petitioner Polly Calhoun 
is the widow of Orren D. Calhoun who died during the lifetime of said 
Crissy, the widow, and (one of the children of the said testator), that 
petitioner William J. Armstrong married the said Betsy who is dead and 
that he is her administrator and the said Harriet married one James 
Whitehead who died in the lifetime of the said Crissy leaving her 
surviving him and that the said Harriet is dead and said Jno. Whitehead 
(sic) is her administrator and the next of kin of said Harriet are her 
children, to wit Frances Thomas, wife of petitioner the said James B. 
Thomas, your infant petitioner the said Nancy C. Whitehead and James H. 
Whitehead and William A. Whitehead; the said James H. Whitehead hath 
sold his undivided interest in said slaves to (William) Lancaster who 
hath sold it to your petitioner David Williams; William H. Whitehead 
has sold his interest to William J. Armstrong, John Whitehead as 
administrator of the said Harriet is willing to deliver his share of 
slaves to the persons entitled to receive them; said Crissy has 
recently died; slaves have increased in number and their names are 
(Quinny, Charles, Blount, New, Lewis, (Proch), Berry, (Anneky), 
Lisette, Larry, Redin, Ann, Austin, Frenetty, Lucinda, Matilda, 
Lettice, Fliva, Harry and Henry; petitioners ask for commissioner to 
effect division of slaves as follows: one part to said Polly Calhoun, 
one part to William J. Armstrong, one part to be divided into four 
parts with one part to David Williams, one part to William J. 
Armstrong, one part to James B. Thomas, and one part to Nancy 
Whitehead.  Edgecombe Co. Estates, NC State Archives CR.037.508.17, 
7-7-01.


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