Mecklenburg County NcArchives Wills.....Carothers, John June 16, 1835 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn Beatty klbeatty@npgcable.com June 5, 2009, 8:59 am Source: Josiah V. Thompson Journals, Vol. 13 Written: June 16, 1835 Court House Charlotte, N.C. office of clerk of Superior Courts May 21, 1925Will Book E Page 175 Will of John Carothers I, John Carothers of Mecklenburg Co Give: 2. To my son James Sample Carothers a part of the tract I now live on ctg abt 46 A. 3. to my daughter Elizabeth Neely negro girl Sarah 4. to my daughter Jemima McKee negro girl Jude 5. to my daughter Esther Ratchford negro girl Phillis 6. to daughters of my decd daughter Mary Whitesides girl Violet 7. to my son William tract of land where I now live (except part willed above) & negro boy Paris etc. 8. to my grandson John Neely, a 2 yr old sorrell filley [sic] 9. to my daughter Elizabeth Neely for her care & services in my old age $50 over & above etc. 10. to my children, my books equally. 11. to my son Ezekiel Carothers $100 who he directed to sell his slaves & certain amts to be distributed among my other children viz John Carothers, David Carothers, J.S. Carothers, William Carothers, Elizabeth Neely, Jemima McKee, Esther Ratchford, & children of my daughter Mary Whiteside. Appoints son James S. Carothers sole Exr Dated June 16, 1835 John Carothers (seal) Attest Alex Grier, James Mason, James Warren. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mecklenburg/wills/carother1496gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb