Johnston County NcArchives Wills.....Messer, William 1800

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Will of William Messer

Johnston County, North Carolina Original Wills, North Carolina State 
Archives, Raleigh, NC.

Devised January 3, 1800. 
No Probate Date.

in the Name of god amen, I William Messer of Johns[t]on Countey & state 
of North Carlonar being of sound & perfect M[ind] do thes 3 day of 
Jan[u]a[r]y 1800 I do Make and publish this My Last will & testement as 
folith that is to say.
I give & Bequ[e]ath to My Luving wif[e] Eliseb[e]th one Mar[e] & a parsel 
of hogs a Bout 14 h[e]ad & all My hous[e] hold & furn[i]tu[re] & a copel 
of ten pound Notes hur Life tim[e] & after her de[a]th to John Messer 
[and] sun William Messer.
allso I give to My Belovid soninlaw James Langdon five pound as to Be 
Ra[i]sed and levi[e]d out of My astate.
also to My Belovid son William Messer I give fiv[e] pounds to Be Rased out 
of the a state as Be fore Menchid.
& all so to My Be Lovd daughter Mary Stevens five shillings starling.
My son John Messer & James Langdon My Execuars of this My Last will & 
testement & I doe hear by utterly desallow revok and disanull all & Every 
other former testaments, wills, leg[ac]i[e]s, beque[a]th, & Executor by 
Me in any wis be fore named, wil[le]d & bequ[ea]thed Ratifiend & Conforming 
this & no other to be my last wil[l] & testamen[t] in wit ness wher[e] of 
I have here unto set my hand & seal this 3 day of Jan[u]ary in the y[e]ar 
of our Lord Eightteen hundard si[g]ned se[a]l[e]d published pronounced & 
declar[e]d by th[e] sa[i]d William Messer as his Last will & testamen[t] 
in the pr[e]sentes of us.

William (S) Messer

Wit. Noel Johnson					
     Winney (x) Langdon
     Nanny (x) Messer

John Messer only Qfd. Exr [Crossed out]


Johnston County, NC Record of Estates, Volume 3, 1795-1800, p. 303.

February 20, 1800, A list of all the property of William Messer, deceased.
To 14 head of hogs, to 1 bed and furniture, 1 chest, to 7 plates, 1 pewter 
dish and 1 wooden dish, to 2 basons, to 1 woolen wheel and 3 pairs of cards, 
to 1 mug and 6 spoons and 5 chairs, to 1 table, to 2 pails and a piggin, to 
1/2 dozen knives and forks, to 1 tray and 1 beal?, to 2 guns and 1 hogshead, 
to Bacon and lard, to 1 mare, to 1 skillet and 2 pots, to 1 top and blade 
stack, to 2 flat irons, to 2 kealors, to 1 chunck? bottle and a parcel of 
corn and some cotton, to 2 bulls, 1 pair of shaves and 1 book, to 1 saddle 
and br____?, to 3 baskets and 1 pair pothooks, to 2 L10 notes, to 1 Flax 
Wheel and 1 pair of scissors, to 2 Judges?
Proven May Term, 1800.		
							John Messer, Exr.


Johnston County, NC Court Minutes, November 1800-November 1804, p. 221.
Elizabeth Messer vs. The Exor. of William Messer, Petition for Legacy:  
Petition taken Pro Confesso.  In this Cause it being Satisfactory made appear 
that the Defendant had been duly Served with a Copy of the Petition & Summon 
Agreeably to the Requisites of the Act of Assembly.  The Court Order and 
Decree that the Defendant Pay and deliver over to the Petitioner the legacies 
in the Will as her Petition Sets forth, and the Costs of the Suit.  


Transcribed by Mark Valsame, Raleigh, NC