Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Proctor, Absolom 1845 ************************************************ 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 21, 2011, 11:07 am Source: N C Archives Written: 1845 Recorded: 1858 Proctor, Absalom will, 1858, date of will 2 Oct. 1845, date proved Aug Ct. 1858, In the name of God Amen, I Absolum Proctor Sen. of Edgecombe County being sick and weak of body but of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding.... my beloved wife, Leassa (probably Letha) Proctor her life time or widowhood “all the lands and tenement that I am now possessed of” ... except 40 acres I give to my son, Absolum Proctor to be cut of (tract) next to Elza Taylor... to my son Joshua L. Proctor all the lands on the east side of a large branch ... to my son Josiah P. Proctor all the lands on the west side of the big branch except the 40 acres I first gave... to my daughter Harriet Proctor $125 in cash... to my daughter Mary Proctor $125 in cash ... to my daughter Elizabeth Proctor $125 in cash... I expect Joshua L. Proctor to stay with my wife during 1847 and have one third of all that is made; son John Proctor to be sole executor, Absolum Proctor Sen. (X), wit. (Andrew) Cohoon, Theo. Thomas, Absalom Proctor Jr. signed but scratched out. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/edgecombe/wills/proctor2630wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb