Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Gray, James 1797 ************************************************ 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, 11:48 pm Source: N C Archives Written: 1797 Gray, James will, 1797; In the name of God Amen, I James Gray of Edgecombe County in the State of North Carolina came empty handed into this world empty handed I quit it, I brought nothing into this world & it is certain I can carry nothing out of it...I give and bequeath to nephews James Gray of the county of Southampton in Virginia my Negro slaves (Sabra) & Harry; I give and bequeath to my kinsman Charles Gray of the County of Edgecombe my Negro salves Abraham & Solomon & all the rest of my estate of what nature or kind; I appoint my kinsman Lamon Ruffin executor of my estate; 4 May 1797, signed James Gray, wit wit John G. Davidson, William Davidson. Entered for probate Aug Ct 1797. NCA file CR.037.801.13, abstracted 6-29-04, CTC. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/edgecombe/wills/gray1893gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb