Granville County, NC - Will of Samuel Sneed, 1806

Background:

Capt. Samuel Sneed (1723-1806) was born in Virginia and settled in 
Granville County, NC by 1761.  He is believed to be connected to the 
Sneed family found in Caroline County, Virginia.  He married Jane 
Dudley (died c1821) daughter of Thomas Dudley of Caroline and Amelia 
Counties of Virginia.  Samuel Sneed acquired large land holdings in the 
Island Creek District of Granville and later settled in Caswell County 
along the Flat River in that part of Caswell that became Person County.  
Samuel farmed this land with slave labor numbering 15 to 35 people.  
The couple had issue, all believed to be by Jane Dudley:  Emily Sneed 
(died c1803) wife of William Ragland who settled in Elbert Co., GA; 
Stephen Sneed (1756-1821) married Mary Williams; Hannah Sneed (died by 
1814) married Samuel Farrar Williams who moved to Henderson Co, KY; 
Philip Sneed who married Jemiah Ann Mitchell and settled in Salisbury, 
NC;  John Sneed (died c1808) married his cousin Susannah Redd, Nancey 
Sneed (1766-1822) married Daniel Gooch of Granville Co, NC; Dudley 
Sneed (died c1810); Col. Thomas Sneed (1772-1825) married Anne Parker; 
Lemuel Sneed (died 1825) married his cousin Elizabeth Redd.  The Redd 
sisters are daughter of Catherine Sneed Redd, believed to be Samuel’s 
sister. Stephen, Thomas and Dudley all served in the American 
Revolution and Dudley received land located in Georgia, where he and 
his descendants settled.  Jane Dudley Sneed survived her husband and 
left her own will dated May 25, 1813.  She also left one document in 
her hand found in Philip Moore Papers in the Southern Historical 
Collection at the University of NC at Chapel Hill.


Transcription of will: 

December Term 1806

I Samuel Sneed being in perfect health & sound mind and memory do make 
and ordain this my last will & testament (Viz)

First I recommend my Soul to Almighty God

2ndly.  I lend the plantation where on I now live in the County of 
Person Containing 583 1/2 acres of land to my beloved wife Jane Sneed 
during her life & at her decease it is my will that my beloved son John 
Sneed should have all the land that is on the South side of Flat River 
& also it is my will that my beloved son Lemuel Sneed should have all 
the land that is on the North side of the said River to remain to them 
and their heirs forever

Thirdly  It is my will and desire that all such property as I have 
heretofore given and put in possession of my children already married & 
settled remain to them their heirs & assigns forever

Fourthly It is my will & desire that my Grand Daughter Nancy Sneed 
should have one feather bed & furniture also one Black horse named 
Damont to remain to her & her heirs forever

Fifthly I lend unto my beloved wife Jane Sneed all & singular the 
residue of my estate during her life & at her decease to be equaly 
divided among all my children to remain to them their heirs & assigns 
forever.

Sixthly & Lastly I as hereby constitute & appoint my beloved wife Jane 
Sneed Executor and my sons Stephen, John, Thomas & Lemuel Sneed 
Executors of this my last will & testament.  In Witness whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand & seal this 22nd day of November 1800

Sign’d Sealed & delivered in presence of 
Woodson Hubbard
Josiah Browne

Person county December 1806
The Execution of this will was duly Proved in open court by the oath of 
Josiah Brown and ordered to be recorded    Test Jesse Dirkensley

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