Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Gay, Kinchen 1870 ************************************************ 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: 1870 Gay, Kinchen, will date 8 May 1859, date recorded Oct 18, 1870; In the name of God Amen I Kinchin Gay of Edgecombe Co...being infirm in body but in perfect health...I give Mary Carline Williams 100 acres of land where I now live also one feather bed, first choice and furniture belonging to it and one chest; I give to Kinchen Abner Gay 500 acres of land where I now live; I give to Betsey (Henderson) $10 in money; I give (Feby) William Gay one feather bed; I give all the rest of my estate after the above is given to William T. Gay and appoint him executor of my estate; the land is to be divided (north) and south and the house tract to belong to the said Mary Carline Williams; signed Kinchen Gay (A as middle initial or mark), wit. Nathaniel Gay, Whitmel Williams. Entered for probate on Oct 18, 1870 and Wm. T. Gay appointed executor. Application for Letters Testamentary by Wm. T. Gay states that Kinchen Gay’s estate is valued at about $500 and Phebe W. (Gay written in but scratched out and name written in that may be Long), Betsey Henderson and “himself” are of full age & residing in this county, dated 18 Oct. 1870. Pheby, Betsey and Wm. T. Gay were only heirs mentioned in Letters Testamentary. Will appears to have been written so that land was given to Kinchen Abner Gay and Mary Carline Gay on 8 May 1859. Abstracted from copy of original, NC Archives CR.037.801.13. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/edgecombe/wills/gay1885gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb