Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Boothe, Daniel August 18, 1850 ************************************************ 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: Ben Franklin ben.franklin.ffru@gmail.com May 2024 Source: Loose Will, NC Archives CR 073.801, Will Book Volume F, pages 472-473 Written: August 18, 1850 Recorded: Nov 1850 Testator: Daniel Boothe I Daniel Boothe of the County of Orange & State of North Carolina, being of Sound mind & memory, but considering the uncertainty of my Earthly exis- tence, do make & declare this my last will and testament in manner & form following that is to say First. That my Executrix (hereinafter named) shall provide for my body a decent burial suitable to the wishes of my relations & friends, & pay all funeral expenses together with my Just debts, howsoever & to whomsoever owing, out of the moneys that may first come into her hands as a part or parcel of my estate. Item I give & devise to my beloved wife Nancy Boothe the house & lot where I now reside (which I bought from A Hatch) to have & to hold during her natural life, also all my household & Kitchen Furniture of every description, my horses, Cows, hogs - corn & wheat, in like manner, that is during her life, & at her death all the that I have willed to her shall be sold at public sale, & the proceeds, equally divided between her children Viz William Marcom Mary Ann Yates (wife of Careless Yates) & Henderson Marcom Item I Also give & devise to my beloved wife Nancy Boothe for the term of her natural life, two Negroes, one named Morrice, the Other named Brinks, at her death the said boy Morrice shall belong to Mary Ann Yates (wife of C_ Yates) & at the death of my said wife the boy Brinks shall belong to Sarah Ann Marcom (daughter of Henderson Marcom) Item I give & devise to William Marcom (my wifes eldest son) a negro man named Craff (or Cafford)[Crawford?] Item I also give & devise to my Said wife the store house & lot (at present occupied by Jones Watson & Co) for the term of her natural life, & at her death, it is my will that said store house & lot shall be sold to at public Sale & the proceeds equally divided between James Turner Marcom [page 2] (Son of Wm A Marcom) John Marcom (son of Henderson Marcom) Lemuel Vann & John Vann (sons of Willis & Emaline Vann (now Emaline Henderson) Item I give & devise to my Said Wife All the money I may have on hand at the time of my death, also all notes and accounts due me at that time And lastly I do hereby constitute & appoint my beloved wife Nancy Boothe my lawful executrix to all in- tents & purposes, to execute this my last will & testament according to the true intent & meaning of the same & every part & clause thereof, hereby revoking, & declaring utterly void all other wills & testaments, by me heretofore made In witness whereof I the Said Daniel Booth do hereunto set my hand & seal this 18th day of August AD 1850 Signed Sealed published & declared by the said Daniel Booth to be Daniel Booth seal his last will & testament, in the presence of us, who at his request & in his presence do subscribe our names as Witnesses thereto W C Kelly } jurat William Lawrence } Executrix qualified [Will Book Volume F, page 472] I Daniel Boothe of the County of Orange and State of North Carolina being of sound mind & memory, but Considering the uncertainty of my earthly existence, do make & declare this my last will and testament in manner & form following that is to say First. That my Executrix (hereinafter named) shall provide for my body a decent burial suitable to the wishes of my relations & friends, & pay all funeral expenses together with my Just debts, howsoever & to whomsoever owing, out of the moneys that may first come into her hands as a part or parcel of my estate Item I give & devise to my beloved wife Nancy Boothe the house & lot where I now reside (which I bought from A. Hatch) to have & to hold during her natural life, also all my household & Kitchen furniture of every description, my horses, Cows, hogs corn & wheat, in like manner, that is during her life; & at her death all the that I have willed to her shall be sold at public sale, & the proceeds, equally divided between her children. Viz: William Marcom. Mary Ann Yates (wife of Careless Yates) & Henderson Marcom Item. I also give & devise to my beloved wife Nancy Boothe for the Term of her natural life, two negroes one named Morrise the other named Brink, at her death the said boy Morrise shall belong ["shall belong" x-out] to Mary Ann Yates (wife of C. Yates) and at the death of my said wife, the boy Brink shall belong to Sarah Ann Marcom (daughter of Henderson Marcom) Item I give & devise to William Marcom (my wife's eldest son) a negro man named Craff (or Cafford)[Crawford?] Item I also give & devise to my said wife the Store house & lot (at present occupied by Jones Watson & Co) for the Term of her natural life, and at her death it is my will that [Will Book Volume F, page 473] said store house & lot shall be sold to at public sale & the proceeds equally divided between James Turner Marcom (Son of Wm A Marcom) John Marcom (son of Henderson Marcom) Lemuel Vann & John Vann (sons of Willis & Emaline Vann) (now Emaline Henderson) Item. I give & devise to my said wife all the money I may have on hand at the time of my death, also all notes & accounts due me at that time And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my beloved wife Nancy Boothe my lawful Executrix to all intents & purpo= ses, to execute this my last will & Testament according to the true intent & meaning of the same & every part & clause thereof, hereby revoking, and declaring utterly void all other wills & testaments by me heretofore made In witness whereof I the said Daniel Boothe do hereunto set my hand & seal this 18th day of August AD 1850 Signed Sealed published & declared } by the said Daniel Boothe to be his} Daniel Booth seal last will & Testament in the } presence of us, who at his } request & in his presence do } subscribe our names as witnesses } thereto W C Kelly } William Lawrence } Orange County Nov. Term 1850 The execution of the foregoing last will & Testament of Daniel Boothe decd was duly proved in open Court by the oath of W. C. Kelly & Wm Lawrence the subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded, at the same time Nancy Boothe the Executrix therein named appeared in Open Court & qualified accordingly Test Additional Comments: Will Book Volume F, pages 472-473 Recorded Nov 1850 Estate papers comprise six pages and are found in a folder labeled "Boothe, Daniel (1851)". Inventory of 22 Nov 1952 signed by "Nancy Brown", so perhaps re-married? A different inventory, dated 25 Feb 1851 lists her name as Nancy Boothe [Estate Papers - Inventory 22 Nov 1852] The following are the negroes beloing to the deceased at the time of this death, viz, Crawford, Morris[Marris?], & Brinkley [Estate Papers - Inventory 25 Feb 1851] 1 Negro man slave[?] named Morris 1 " Do D Do Crofford } 3 piggins 1 " Boy " " Brinkley } 1 pail 1 " Man " " Burrel } 3 tabs 1 " Do " " Ellie } 2 Stands Bees 1 Woman " " Violet } 1 Judg for 51.91 Bad