Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Daugherty, Sally April , 1859 ************************************************ 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 G, page 217 Written: April , 1859 Recorded: May 1859 Testator: Sally Daugherty I Sally Daugherty of the county of Orange and state of North Carolina being of sound mind and memory but considering the uncertainty of my earth =ly existence do make and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say: Item 1st I give and devise to my two sons Thomas and William Daugherty the tract of land whereon I now live and it is my will also that my two daughters shall have a home on the above named tract of land so long as they remain un =married. Item 2nd I give and devise to my four children Jointly for their support and use my stock of hogs Household and kit =chen furniture and all other property that I leave at my death 3rd And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my trusty friend James Turner my lawful executor to all int =ents and purposes to execute this my last will and testament according to the true intent and meaning of the same hereby invoking and declaring utterly void all other wills and testa =ments by me heretofore made. [page 2] In witness whereof I the said Sally Daugherty do hereunto set my hand and seal this the ____ day of April A.D. 1859 her Sally(+) Daugherty (seal) mark Si[g]ned sealed & published and declared by the said Sally Daugherty to be her last will and testament in the presence of us who at hir request and in her presence do subscribe our names as witnesses thereto Witness by Lambert W. Hall Jurat Philip Walker [Will Book Volume G, page 217] I Sally Doherty of the County of Orange and state of North Carolina being of sound mind and memory but considering the uncertainty of my Earthly existence do make and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following: that is to say: Item 1st I give and devise to my two sons Thomas and William Daugherty the tract of land whereon I now live and it is my Will also that my two daughters shall have a home on the above named tract of land so long as they remain unmarried Item 2nd I give and devise to my four children jointly for their support and use my stock of hogs household and Kitchen furniture and all other property that I leave at my death 3d And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my trusty friend James Turner my lawful Executor to all intents and purposes to execute this my last Will and Testament according to the true intent and meaning of the same hereby invoking and declaring utterly void all other wills and testaments by me heretofore made In witness whereof I the said Sally Daugherty do hereunto set my hand and seal this the ____ day of April AD 1859 Signed sealed published and her declared by the said Sally Sally(+) Daugherty (seal) Dougherty to be her last Will mark and testament in the presence of us who at his request and in her presence do subscribe our names as witnesses thereto Witness by Lambert W Hall Phillip Walker Orange County Court May Term 1859 The foregoing last Will and testament of Sally Dougherty deceased was duly proved in Open Court and ordered to be Recorded and filed. [large x-out] See minutes Test Additional Comments: Will Book Volume G, page 217 Recorded May 1859 Estate Papers comprise three pages and are found in a folder labeled "Dorhety, Sally (1859)". These consist of the appointment of Thomas Dorhety as administrator, bond made 26 May 1859. No family history