GUILFORD COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Charles McDorman - 1799 ======================================================================= USGenWeb Archives Notice: This document has been contributed to the USGenWeb Archives so that it can be shared with others. It remains the property of the contributor, but permanent publication rights have been given to the USGenWeb Archives, who will insure that this information will remain freely available to the public. No person or organization outside of the USGenWeb may use this document without the expressed written consent of the contributor. The document may be used by any activity or project within the USGenWeb so long as it contains the following statement: "Contributed to the USGenWeb Archives by: Tim McDorman tmcdorman@columbus.rr.com " ======================================================================= The will of Charles McDorman Charles McDarmon Dated: August 15, 1799 "First, I give and bequeath to Hannah, my dearly beloved wife all ______every of my estate after paying all my just debts (here it gets quite light, but looks like it says) the money for which I wish to be raised out of the present crop and my stock of _____s and cattle and one still ___ the balance to be hurn [sic] during hur [sic] natural life or widowhood and thereto my son James McDarmon." Executors: "My good friends" Isaac Gray and Williamson Brown Witness: Michael McDarmon, William Gray, & Robert Bell Probated: November 1799 From: Will Book A, File # 0262, page 259, Guilford County, North Carolina Note: Estate was sold in 1801 by Sheriff to Hezekiah Sanders for 53 pounds(?) Note: In 1801, James Gray was appointed guardian of James (son of Charles)