Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Freedland, Nancy August 14, 1852 ************************************************ 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, pages 21-22 Written: August 14, 1852 Recorded: Aug 1852 Testator: Nancy Freedland In the name of God Amen I Nancy Freeland of the County of Orange and State of North Carolina Being of sound mind and memory But of feeble health, do make and pub lish this my last will & Testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills by me at any time hereto -fore made --- Item first I direct all my just debts & funeral expenses be paid as soon as possible out of the first monies that may or shall come into the hands of my Executor from any portion of my estate. Item second. I direct my two negro slaves Aggy & Green to be each valued by three disinterested neighbors, and each slave to choose his and her master who is to take him or her at the valuation of said men, and in the event the chosen master refuses to take either of the slaves choosing him for his or her Master. Then the said negroe or negroes to be sold by my Executor according to law at such credit as he may think the most advisable for the interest of the Estate and the proceeds in either case to be Equally divi ded amongst all of my children -- Item 3rd All other property of every denomination what soever I may possess at my decease, I direct to be sold at a credit of nine months - and the proceeds of the sale of such property to be equally divided amongst all my chil- dren - And I do hereby make and ordain my esteemed neighbor David K. Blackwood Esqr. Executor of this my last will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Nancy Freeland Testatrix have to this my will written set my hand and mark and seal this 14th day of August Anno Domini 1851 her Signed seal[e]d & delivered Nancy (4) Freeland (seal) In the presence of us who have mark subscribed in the presence of each other C. W. Johnston Wm. S. Kirkland, Jurat Recorded May 1852 [Will Book Volume G, page 21] In the name of God Amen I Nancy Freeland of the County of Orange and State of North Carolina being of sound mind and memory but of feeble health, do make and publish this my last will & Testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills by me at any time heretofore made ~~ Item first I direct all my just debts & funeral expenses be paid as soon as possible out of the first monies that may or shall come into the hands of my Executor from any portion of my estate ~~~ Item second. I direct my two negro slaves Aggy & Green to be each valued by three disinterested neighbors, and each slave to choose his and her master who is to take him or her at the valuation of said men, and in the event the chosen Master refuses to take either of the slaves choosing him for his or her Master. Then the said negroe or negroes to be sold by my Executor according to law at such credit as he may think the most advisable for the interest of the estate and the proceeds in either Case to be equ= ally divided amongst all of my Children ~~~ Item 3rd All other property of every denomination what= soever I may possess at my decease, I direct to be sold at a credit of nine months ~~ And the proceeds of the sale of such property to be equally divided amongst all my children, And I do hereby make and ordain my esteemed neighbor David K. Blackwood Esqr. Executor of this my last will and Test= ament ~~~ In Witness whereof I the said Nancy Freeland Testatrix have to this my will [Will Book Volume G, page 22] written set my hand and mark and seal this 14th day of August Anno Domini 1851 her Signed, sealed & delivered Nancy (4) Freeland (seal) in the presence of us who have mark Subscribed in the presence of each other C. W. Johnston Wm. S. Kirkland Orange County Court August Term 1852 The execution of the foregoing last will & testament of Nancy Freeland decd. was duly proved in open Court on the Oath of Wm. S. Kirkland on of the subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded At the same time David K. Blackwood the Executor therein named appeared & qualified accordingly Test Additional Comments: Will Book Volume G, pages 21-22 Recorded Aug 1852 Estate Papers comprise 10 pages and are found in folder labeled "Freeland, Nancy (1852)". Legatees listed as: A. C. Murdock Mrs Faucett James Kimbre Hugh McAdams Charles Jorden [Estate Papers - Estate Sale Ledger 15 Nov 1852] 1852 November 15th A List of property that came into my hands from the Estate of Nancy = Freeland Decd. and sold according to the directions of her will., Names Property $ A. H. Ray Negro Boy Green 700.00 Charles Jorden Negro Woman Aggy 250.00 [sundry articles omitted]