Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Gray, Etheldred 1846 ************************************************ 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, 11:49 pm Source: N C Archives Written: 1846 Gray, Etheldred will, 1846; In the name of God, Amen, I Etheldred Gray of the County of Edgecombe & State of North Carolina being of sound mind and memory do make publish & Declare this my last will and testament as follows= Item- if needed to pay debts, slaves Anashy, Louis & Sabra shall be sold for that purpose, if not sufficient, other may be sold as my wife prefers; Item- the balance of my estate should be managed by my executor by hiring out my Negroes and renting the land and the pounds or profits shall be applied first to the support & Education of my children till the youngest, Virginia Gray or Helen B. Gray shall attain the age of 16; after they reach the age of 16, all proceeds shall go to all my children (Martha Ann Gray, Mary E. Gray, William Francis Gray, Caroline Gray, Virginia Gray and Helen B. Gray) in equal shares; Item- So long as my wife and children or any of them remain single and unmarried and live together, I desire they should have the services of slaves Lucy, (Clansg) & Debbie without paying any heirs for them; Item- as long as my wife remains single and allow my single daughters to live with her rent free she shall have use of my house at Rocky Mount free from any charge for rent; Item- I appoint William Norfleet executor of my will. Signatures of witnesses not well written but appear to M. Weston and D. Ferguson. Etheldred’s signature is illegible. Signed 5 March 1846. Probated May Ct 1846 and William Norfleet qualified as executor. NCA file CR.037.801.13, abstracted 6-28-04, CTC. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/edgecombe/wills/gray1895gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb