Macon County NcArchives Wills.....Ledford, George T. 1844
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Written: 1844
Recorded: 1857

Will of George T. Ledford

Macon County, NC Original Wills, George T. Ledford (1857), State Archives of 
North Carolina, Raleigh, NC; Recorded Copy, Macon County, NC Will Book 1, 
1830-1867, pp. 66-68.
Devised September 14, 1844, Codicil devised March 21, 1850,
Proven September 15, 1857.

In the name of God Amen.  I George T. Ledford of Macon County N. Carolina 
being about Seventy years of age & calling to mind that I cannot live many 
years at most do make publish, ordain & declare my last will & testament as 
follows (viz)
My Soul I have no control over & trust this to the mercy of God. I only 
desire with regard to my body that it be buried in a decent & Christian like 
manner.  This I trust to my Executor hereinafter named.
As to the property that it has pleased God to bless me with, I direct as 
follows (viz.)
My three living children and my deceased son Curtis Ledford have each 
received from me such property as I then felt able to give them.  Curtis 
received less than the others, & John H. Ledford more.  This I intended for 
reasons then operating with me.  To John H. Ledford I gave the negro boy 
Jack that he now has in possession & the tract of land on which he now lives 
Tho [though] he has a deed from me acknowledging the receipt of one thousand 
dollars it was nonetheless a gift & the consideration named was matter of 
form addopted by the drawer of it.  I also gave him other property.  To my 
son Hiram Ledford I gave money & the property that I placed in his hands. To 
my daughter Elizabeth & her husband William F. Passmore I have given a negro 
woman Jane & child & other property such as I allowed for them.  I confirm 
all the donations heretofore made to each & every one of them & do not 
desire that they be required to account any part of it.
I further will & devise to my son John H. Ledford the plantation on which I 
now live & the adjoining tract of land being all the land I now own; to him 
& his heirs & assigns forever.
As to the balance of my property of whatever nature or kind I direct it to 
be sold on a credit of twelve months by my Executor to the highest bidder & 
the procedes [proceeds] of the sale together with any & all moneys on hand & 
debts due to me at the time of my death when collected by my Executor I 
desire & direct shall be equally divided between my two Sons John H. Ledford 
& Hiram Ledford & the Children of my Deceased son Curtis Ledford by his wife 
Cassa being eight or nine in number.  Their names as well as recollected 
Allison, Mary, Andrew H., Curtis, Fletcher, Cassa, Emily & Thomas.  They 
live in the State of Georgia & are not well known to me.  But it is intended 
that all of said Curtis Ledford’s Children by his said wife shall share 
equally & alike & taken together that they shall represent their Deceased 
Father & take one third, & the said John H. & Hiram each one third of said 
money, debts, & the procedes [proceeds] of the sales of the personal 
property aforesaid.
As to my said Daughter Elizabeth & her husband William F. Passmore I think I 
have done my duty & do not intend them or either of them to have any thing 
more from me or my estate in any way.
I hereby make & appoint my son John H. Ledford my Executor of this my last 
will & testament.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 14th day of 
September 1844.
Signed, sealed, published &
declared by the Testator
as his las will & testament               George (x) T. Ledford (seal)
the date above in the 
presence of us & we
Subscribed in his presence & in
presence of each other
S. McDowell
J. K. Gray

And further I the said George T. Ledford have this day added the Following 
Item as a Codiscill (codicil) to the above Will (IE) I have paid to my Son 
Hiram Ledford four hundred & twenty Dollars which will appear by his Receipt 
for the Same Dated the 5th day of Aprill 1849 which shall be deducted from 
his Equil Shear [equal share] of the Proceeds ariseing from the Sale of my 
Property & Money in the hands of my Executor this 21st day of March 1859.
Thos. M. Angel
John McDowell                          George T. (x) Ledford 


The Last Will
& testament of
of George T. Ledford

Recorded in Book A pages 66 – 67 & 68

The within will was proven in open Court by the oath of Silas McDowell & Jas 
K. Grey & the Codicil thereto by the oath of T. M. Angel & John McDowell.
Sept. the 15th 1857
                                 R. C. Slagle CCC


Note: George T. Ledford is buried in Sugarfork Baptist Church Cemetery near 
Cullasaja, Macon County, NC.

Transcribed by Mark Valsame, Raleigh, NC.	


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