ORANGE COUNTY, NC - Wills - Lorenzo Dunnagan, 2 Aug 1862 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Jacqueline Tilley Wilkerson jwilkerson@visionet.org ==================================================================== Orange County, North Carolina Will Book G, Page 423 Lorenzo Dunnagan - August 2, 1862 I Lorenzo Dunnagan of the State of North Carolina and of Orange County being of sound mind and disposing memory do make this my last will and Testament as follows. It is my will and desire that all my just debts burial and funeral expenses be first paid out of my estate. And Second I give and bequeath to my Nephew Joseph Lorenzo Dunnagan son of Charles L Dunnagan, Two hundred dollars which shall be placed in the hands of some suitable person as Guardian who shall be appointed by the court of said County to take charge of the same until he shall become twenty one years old. And provided nevertheless that if he the said Joseph Lorenzo Dunnagan shall die before he becomes twenty one years old then it is my will and desire that the above bequest of two hundred dollars and its conditions above be equally divided between the remaining surviving children of the said Charles L Dunnagan. Third I bequeath to my niece Elizabeth Nancy Brown two hundred dollars daughter of Absalum G. Brown which shall be under the same conditions of the second bequeath - as to being divided among the children of A. G. Brown. Fourth I bequeath to my sister Melissa N. Dunnagan my plantation consisting of four hundred and seventy nine acres known as the Thos Horner & Patterson Lands Fifth - I bequeath to my mother Nancy Dunnagan all the residue of my estate consisting of lands stock money and every thing. In Testimony whereof I do set my hand and do fix my seal this 2nd day of August 1862. In presence of witnesses H. W. Woods Nelson P Hall Lorenzo Dunnagan (seal) Orange County Court Feb Term 1864 The foregoing last will and testament of Lorenzo Dunnagan was duly proven in open court according to law and ordered to be recorded.