Wills: BYERS, Joseph : Iredell County NC Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by DFThomas t_deanna@hotmail.com **************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. COMPILED AND FORMATTED BY Kelly Courtney-Blizzard KELLYGIRL3398@MPINET.NET Copyright 2000 DFThomas t_deanna@hotmail.com **************************************************************************** Excerpt from Will of Joseph Byers ..western country an Swift Creek joining General Rutherford’s 1500 Acres divide 250 Acres each to JOSEPH SIMONTON, son of Henry Smith and POLLY SIMONTON, JOSEPH FALLS, son of ESTHER FALLS, and the balance to sons and daughters of JAMES and MARGARET BYERS. Each of my BROTHER JAMES' children giving up unto JANES SMITH and WASHINGTON BYERS, the old place their father lived on and JAMES SMITH BYERS quitting his claim to WASHINGTON BYERS when of age, then western land to be divided. Nephew WASHINGTON BYERS - land north of Mill Creek to Montgomery's line then to the Catawba River. Nephew: ROBERT, son of JAMES and MARGARET BYERS - 10 Acres. Niece, MARGARET SMITH FALLS, eldest daughter of JOHN and ESTHER FALLS - $250 when of age. JOSEPH WASHINGTON BYERS, son of nephew ROBERT BYERS and ANN, his wife, when of age. JAMES S. BYERS and WASHINGTON BYERS to share balance and Negroes, Bacus, Dick, Watt, Edwin, Mindy, Young Bacus Old Molly, Berk, Edmon, Say--ge, Mar-t, Wallace, Murray, Ned, Old Anny, Peter-, and Charles Executors: Nephew JAMES S. BYERS and WASHINGTON BYERS. Witnesses: William Falls and H.W. Cannon.