Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Gray, Martha D. 1868 ************************************************ 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, 11:50 pm Source: N C Archives Written: 1868 Gray, Martha D will 1865; In the name of God , Amen, I Martha D. Gray being of sound mind & memory do make & declare this my last will & testament as follows: Item- I give and devise to my daughters Mary & (Fannie) the Thomas tract of land which I purchased from Wm. S. Battle and in the event of the death or marriage of either of them the other is to have the whole tract; Item I devise the tract of land in Nash Co purchased by me of Dr (N.H) Murphey to be sold for the payment of my debts & expenses of settling my estate, the balance if any after payment & expenses to be divided between my children, & Caroline G. Bonner; Item I give & bequeath to my granddaughter Caroline Bonner two beds, one mattress, two bed steads & the usual furniture for two beds; Item I give & bequeath to my daughters Martha Gray & (Fannie) my carriage & harness & three choice mules; Item I give & bequeath to my daughter, Hellen Chapman & Virginia Woodard each a bed, bedstead & usual bed furniture in addition to those given them & now in their possession; Item In case of the death or marriage of Martha, Mary or (Fannie) or any two of them, the survivor or survivors or one or two not married shall have the carriage & three mules mentioned in item 4; Item all the balance of my household & kitchen furniture I give to Martha, Mary & (Fannie) and if one or more marries or dies, all to belong to the others or other; Item I give to Martha, Mary & (Fannie) two cows &calves & two sows & pigs to go in case of death or marriage as in item 6; Item I give all the crops growing or matured, corn & all other provisions on hand to my daughters Martha, Mary & (Fannie) & all the fat hogs or those intended to be fattened the following fall or winter after my death & in case of death or marriage as in item 6; In case that the land devised to be sold for payment of debts & expenses & the personal estate disposed of should not be sufficient for that purpose the tract of land devised to Martha & (Fannie) in item 1 shall be sold for the payment of a note payable to Dr J.J. Philips, gdn. For Jennie Howell to which Mary & (Fannie) & J.L. Lyon are surities; Item I appoint John Norfleet executor; 13 June 1865, Martha D. Gray, wit. C.C. Bonner, W.T. Dortch. Stamped and marked “Martha D. Gray Will of 13 June 1865. 1868. Very faint writing appears to note bond of $5000. NCA file CR.037.801.13, abstracted 6-29-04, CTC. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/edgecombe/wills/gray1896gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb