Edgecombe-Nash County NcArchives Wills.....Gay, John 1922 ************************************************ 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, 11:43 pm Source: N C Archives Written: 1922 Gay, John, will date 15 Aug. 1883, date recorded 19 June 1922 in Nash Co., certified copy recorded in Edgecombe Co.... I John Gay of Nash Co... being of sound and disposing mind and memory... I give to my wife, Amanda Gay, to my sister Martha Gay and to my niece Mattha Ann Gay during their natural lives all my landed estate lying in the counties of Nash and Edgecombe Co. to have in equal interest and if any one of them dies the land is to be held in common benefit for the other two and in the event of the death of my sister Martha Ann and my niece Mattha Ann, before mentioned, it is my desire that my land shall be to my wife and my heirs at the death of my wife my sister Martha and my niece Mattha Ann; I give my household and kitchen furniture to my wife; I wish all my other personal property to be sold and after all my just debts are paid I give all the money I may have at the time of my death and the money from the sale of my personal property to my wife; I appoint my friend Thomas M. Arrington as my executor,(typed) John Gay, wit. A.G. Deans, B.F. Proctor. Abstracted from copy of original, NC Archives CR.037.801.13. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/edgecombe/wills/gay1884gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb