Johnston County NcArchives Wills.....Carrell, John 1814
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Will of John Carrell

Johnston County, NC Original Wills, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, 
NC; Recorded Copy, Johnston County, NC Will Book 1, 1760-1859, pp. 275-277.
Devised November 11, 1814, 
Probated February 26, 1817.

In the Name of God Amen, I, John Carrell of the County of Johnston in the 
State of North Carolina, being in a low state of health but of Sound and 
disposing mind and memory, for which I am truly thankful to the great and wise 
disposer of all events, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, as 
follows, to wit,
First, I give and bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Sally Carrell, wife of 
Mitchell Carrell, Fifty-five dollars in cash.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Lucy Carrell, wife of 
William Carrell, Fifty-five dollars in cash.   
Item, I give and bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Delilah House, wife of 
Warren House, one Negro boy named Salisbury, now in their possession to her 
and her heirs forever.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Susanna Griffeth, wife of Laban   
Griffeth, one negro girl named Silvy, now in their possession to her and her 
heirs forever.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Winnefred Johnson, wife of 
Willie Johnson, one negro boy named Hardy, now in their possession, to her and 
her heirs forever.  
Item, I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Benjamin Carrell one negro girl 
Laury, now in his possession, to him and his heirs forever.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my beloved Son Matthew Carrell Two Hundred 
Acres of Land lying in said County on the Waters of Middle Creek to be taken 
off the South side on part of a tract of land I purchased of Jonathan Austin, 
one negro boy by the name of Frank, one bay filly, my ____ saddle to him and 
his heirs and assigns forever and also one feather bed, bedstead, and furniture.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my beloved Son Merrill Carrell Two Hundred and 
Twenty-five acres of Land, being the remaining part of the aforesaid tract 
purchased of said Jonathan Austin and out of which I have given to my son 
Matthew Carrell Two Hundred Acres.  Two Negro boys named Jo and Abram, to him 
and his heirs and assigns forever, also one feather bed, bedstead, and furniture.
Item, I give unto my beloved Son Ransom Carrell, the land and plantation 
whereon I now live containing about Three Hundred acres.  Also one small tract 
of land I have lying on Swift Creek on the South side thereof adjoining the 
lands of Drury Johnson and Starling Johnson, Two negro boys named Bob and 
Charles, One Feather bed, bedstead, and furniture to him, his heirs and 
assigns forever, and also one mare colt called his.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Penny Carrell one woman's 
saddle, one feather bed, bedstead, and furniture, Two negro girls named Tiller 
and Tamer, to her and her heirs forever.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Aly Carrell one negro woman 
named Cloe, two negro girls named Rose and Misty, one woman's saddle, one 
feather bed, bed-stead, and furniture to her and her heirs and assigns forever.
Lastly,  I  give  and bequeath unto my dearly  beloved  wife  Aly Carrell all 
my Stock of Cattle,  my two work Stays and Cart,  all my stock of sheep,  all 
my ___ hogs,  all my fatting hogs, except five  head of the best of them which 
are to be sold,  they  being first dried into Bacon,  Forty barrels of corn 
her choice, all my fodder  including corn shucks,  all my plantation tools of  
every kind,  all my geese,  turkeys,  and fowls,  my bay horse and gray filly,  
my cidar casks,  all my household and kitchen  furniture, four feather beds,  
bedsteads,  and furniture,  and I hereby lend unto my said wife during her 
widowhood or natural life,  the Land and  plantation whereas I now live (not 
withstanding the bequeath of the same to my Son Ransom Carrell) but should she 
marry,  then and in that case she is not to have any further use or hereto  of 
said Land and plantation lent her as aforesaid, I also give to my wife part of 
a barrel of peach brandy.
And it is further my will and desire that all my estate of every kind not 
heretofore willed away [to] be sold at six months credit and the money arising 
therefrom (of the above said legacies) to be  applied to the payment of the 
approved  legacies,  Fifty-five dollars  each  to  Sally Carrell  and  Lucy  
Carrell,  and  beds, bedsteads,  and  furniture  except those given to  my  
wife,  and should  there  be any remaining sum or sums of monies  after  the 
payment of all my just debts and settling of my estate,  the same is  to  be  
applied  towards the education of  my  four  youngest children,  and  it is to 
be hereby understood that  my  Tennessee lands  which  fall  to  me by the 
death of  my  Brother  Benjamin Carrell be included in the aforesaid last 
mentioned sale.   And I hereby constitute and appoint my friends Simon Turner 
and Reuben Sanders Executors of this my last Will and Testament, revoking and 
making null and void all and any other wills and testaments by me heretofore 
made, ratifying and confirming this and only this to be my last will and 
testament.   In witness whereof I the said John Carrell have to this my Last 
Will and Testament set my hand and affixed my Seal this 11th day of November 
A.D.  1814.  Signed, Sealed, Published, and Declared by the said testator in 
the presence of
M. McCullers                      		
Brittain Barber                                  John (+) Carrell
David (+) Dodd                    

Proven February Term, 1817.


Johnston County, NC Court Minutes, Book 10, 1816-1818, p. 86.

February 26, 1817, Reuben Sanders Exor. of John Carrell decd. vs. Benjamin 
Carrell & Others. Contested Will: The following Jury was sworn and impannelled 
to [try] this Case (To wit). . .Find the paper writing adduced in evidence to 
be the last Will & Testament of John Carrell decd. which was Ordered to be 
Recorded. 


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