Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Clark, Arabella 1860 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tommy Colbert clycolbert@aol.com June 20, 2011, 11:18 pm Source: N C Archives Written: 1860 CLARK, ARABELLA will, date 16 Apr 1859, probate date May Ct 1860; I, Arabella E. Clark, Edgecombe Co...being of sound mind and memory, do make and declare...to my son, Henry T. Clark, my Negro man, Lewis; to my daughter, Maria T. Weddell, my Negro woman Huldah and her increase and also my best bed and pillows; to my daughter, Laura P. Clark, my Negro woman Patience and her increase; to my daughter, Mary S. Thomas, my Negro woman, Clarisa and her increase; to my granddaughter, Arabella C. Cotton, my Negro woman, Jane and her increase; to my granddaughter, Arabella T. Thomas, my Negro boy, Theodore; to my grandson, George G. Thomas, his choice of the children of my Negro woman, Huldah; to my granddaughter, Laura P. Clark, the next choice of the children of my Negro woman, Huldah, it being my desire that the other child of Huldah should go with its mother to my daughter, Maria T. Weddell; to my other grandchildren, not herein named, I give $100; to Margaret E. Toole, I give the sum of $100, one bed, bedstead, bolster and two pillows; to Edward B. Engelhard, my first great grandchild, I give the sum of $100; to my niece, Arabella C. Parker, I give my “castors;” to my daughter in law, Mary W. Clark, I give all my table and tea spoons; to each of my grown servants, I give $5; all the rest of my estate shall be equally divided between my four children; whereas some of my grandchildren and great grandchild and Margaret E. Toole are minors, I direct that their legacies to their guardians; my Negro man Sam, Ned and John sold “in the family” and the money used to pay legacies and any remaining money to be equally divided between my four children; son Henry T. Clark to be executor; signed A.E. Clark, wit (Jos Blount Cheshirel), James W. Ross. Abstracted 8-28-04, NCA file CR.037.801.7, CTC. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/edgecombe/wills/clark1847gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb