Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Gay, Nathaniel 1894 ************************************************ 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, 11:45 pm Source: N C Archives Written: 1894 Gay, Nathaniel, will date 12 Mar. 1891, “Letters Testamentary” date 26 Sept. 1894, I, Nathaniel Gay of the county of Edgecombe and State of North Carolina being of sound mind and memory but considering the uncertainity of my everlasting existence do make and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say first I give Fenner McCollins Gay, my sun, the house and land where he now lives. I desire my land to be divided as follows that is I want the dividing line to run as follows. I want you to start in the rode whear the ditch runs across the road out of my field in James Gay’s or Prices field thence eastward along side ditch to the woods on the east side of the field thence a southward course along the out side of the fence to the south side of the field thence a direct east coast to Charles Harpers line. I give the sade F.M.C. Gay all the land I own on the north and east side of the line. I (?) mentioned to haave and to exspose of at his own will al so I give to sade F.M.C. Gay my intier stock of tools anll my farming tools and Buggy one mule. I give the sade F.M.C. Gay all these tools buggy mule an doxon previded he will pay all my just debts and bearing exspences and if he will not pay my debts let all these things be sold and pay my debts and I give the sade F.M.C. Gay my silver watch . Secon I give my daughter Corneler Frances Gay the house and all the buildings and land where she now lives. I give the sade C.G. Gay all the land that I own on the south and west side of the sade line. I (?) mentioned to have and to exspose of at her own will. I all so give sade C.F. Gay one bed and stid the other three beds and stids is her own raising and does belonng to the sade C.F. Gay. I all so give her all the yusing things that belongs in the kitchen. I all so give the sade C.F. Gay my desk. I give her my clock. I give her all my hogs all the chickens all the corn all the meaat and lard that I havve on hand at my deth. I give the sade C.F. Gay all the things that is in the house. I give her my testament bible hym book note book and the bible looking glass all the rest of my books I give to the sade (?). I want nothing sol I give C.G. Gay to pay enny of my debts. F.M.C. Gay my will is for the sade F.M.C. Gay to settle all my bisness and dwo it with daut enny cammishians this is my will and I do desire from all my heart for it to be carryed out rite and just. I do hear by declearing utterly void all other wills and testaments by me heretofore made in witness her of I the sade Nathaniel Gay do hereunto set my hand and seal this the 12 day of March A.D. 1891 I Nathaniel Gay do hear acknowledge hear befour these witnesses that this is my true and just will I do hearunto set my hand and seal. Nathaniel Gay, witness B.(F) Lancaster of Edgecombe county, (WT) Adams of Edgecombe county. LETTERS TESTAMENTARY names Fenner Gay executor and Fenner M.C. Gay and Cornelia F. Gay as heirs of all property under the will. Abstracted from NC State Archives, Edge. Co. 7-23-99. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/edgecombe/wills/gay1888gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb