Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Jones, Cadwallader ca 1860 ************************************************ 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 251-253 Written: ca 1860 Recorded: Feb 1861 Testator: Cadwallader Jones In the name of God Amen - I Cadwallader Jones of the County of Orange & State of North Carolina do make & ordain this my last will & testament Viz 1st I give & bequeath the farm on which I live in the County aforesaid, to my dear Wife her heirs & assigns forever, toge- ther with all its appurtainances[sic], the furniture in the house of every discpription[sic], the plate included - the farm tools, the carriages & horses & every kind of stock, together with the crop on hand, to her heirs and assigns forever. 2nd I give to my sons Cadwallader & Robin all my lands in South Carolina, to be divided ["equally as xxxxxxxx" x-out] between them, according to the line which has been or may be hereafter agreed upon by them - to them their heirs & assigns forever. 3rd I give to my daughter Mary R. Ruffin the lot on which she lives in Hillsboro containing about six acres & the lot opposite on which one of her servants lives, to her her heirs & assigns forever. 4th I give & bequeath to my[sic] Rebecca my wife son ["sons Allen C. Jones" x-out] Pride Jones & my daughters Mary R. Ruffin & Sally R. Jones all my lands in the State of Alabama to be equally divided between them - to them their heirs & assigns forever - 5 I give to my dear Wife thirty thousand dollars in Money to be raised on the bonds I now hold as far as they will go towards [x-out] it, the money due me from Mc Dowell & Wilkins[Withers] of Mobile & the balance from the crop now being made on the Alabama plantation, or the succeed ing crop should it be necessary, which I do not anticipate. It is my will & desire that the sd sum of $30_000_ shall be invested by my executors in some safe monied in -stitution, so that she may have no trouble in its manage -ment - my expectation being that the interest will be suf -ficient for her support in her usual style of living - this of course she will draw at her pleasure - Neverthe -less I give her the sd sum of $30,000 to dispose of as she may think proper - [superscript: "or an equal number from my other negroes to fill up the voids by death.] 6th I give to my sd Wife the following negro slaves now liv- ing on my farm in Orange County, N.C. Viz ["Anthony," x-out] Jane Lucretia, Peter, Violet, Charlotte, Jimmy, Betsey, Hannah, James, Tom, Patty, Virgil, Betsey & Rufus, (Hannah's children) Hampton Landonia & her child, Margarett & Junius to her, her heirs [page 2] and assigns forever, but in case she should prefer other servants to those above mentioned it is my will that she take any others ["at her pleasure" x-out]from among my negroes of equal val- ue, at her pleasure - 7th Having heretofore conveyed to my son Allen forty two negroes named in the deed of gift, to which reference can be had, I hereby confirm the same to him, his heirs & assigns forever 8th I give & bequeath to my son Cadwallader the following negroes, heretofore alloted to him Viz. Moses, Caroline Mariah, Sharper, Franky, Minerva, Herman, Lucretia, Herman jr., Milly, Adam, Nathan, Albert(son of Mark), Charles(of Ned), Martha, Syphax[?], Harriet, Martha Byron, Alfred, Peggy, Fred, Sarah, Charles, Cuba, Toynette - to him his heirs & assigns forever. 9th I give & bequeath to my son Pride ["Jones" x-out], the following ne groes now in his possession Viz Bartlett, Hetty, Caesar, Man- -delbert, Randal, Peggy, Becky, Ananias, Rheta, to him his heirs & assigns forever. 10 I give & bequeath to my son Robin ["Jones" x-out],the following negroes heretofore alloted to him Viz - Tom, Agury[Agnes?], Albert, Mary Ann, Mariah, Godfrey, Boby, Gamba, Albert, (of Jamimey) Chancy, Isaac, Sitgreaves, Washington, Frank, Ellen, Rosanna, Robin, Altamont, Janet, Fanny, Sophia, Polly, Will Boatswain, Janet, Hercules, Emeline, Hilliard, to him his heirs & assigns forever. 11 I give & bequeath to my daughter Mary R. Ruffin the following negroes, heretofore alloted to her Viz- Lucy, Jane, Virginia, Diana & child, Prinnces, Henry Howerton, Henry Duberry & Fred to her her heirs & assigns forever - 12 I give & bequeath to my daughter Sally her maid servant Kate & Louisa her husband & children, to her her heirs & assigns forever - Having always told Sally that she should have Hannah & her family & think -ing that her mother cant conveniently do without the ser- -vices of ["Hannahs" x-out] said family, I have provided in the sixth clause of my this will that any of the negroes bequeathed in it may be exchanged for negroes of equal value. It is my will & earnest desire that Hannahs family, shall, whenever my wife consents to an exchange, be exchanged for a portion of the negroes to be alloted to Sally in the final distribution of my negro property - [page 3] & that if she should not consent at all, she will take care to make my promise to Sally good, when she distributes her own estate. 13th It is my will that the negroes not otherwise dis- posed of shall be divided among my children in such way as to make their respective shares of that kind of property as nearly equal as may be, for which pur- -pose the negroes heretofore given to Allen & those now speci- -fically devised to my other children together with their increase, are to be enummerated & valued in like man- -ner as the undivided must be for a division & each child except Allen is to take a portion which added to the portion specifically devised to each as above, shall make it equal ["those heretofore given" x-out] to Allens ["s" added later], which is the largest - & the remainder to be equally divided among all of them Allen included. 14 I did promise to Mary, the wife of my son Pride, on her death bed, that I would take care of her children - & have so far endeavoured to do so - Now in order to carry out the promise fully - It is my will & desire that one half of the negroes, which, by the foregoing clauses of this my last will & testament have been ["alloted" x-out] given to my said son Pride are to be held by him in trust & confidence [x-out] for the children of the said Mary, he having the full use & benefit of them the negroes during his life & at his death, to descend to the said children or the survi- -vers of them, to whom I give & bequeath them the sd Negroes, to them & to their descendants forever - 15th It is my wish that my Wife will so use and devise the estate I have left her, especially the Alabama property, as to help those of my children that may most need her assistance 16th It is my will further that all property not otherwise disposed of, shall be divided between My sons Cadwallader Pride Robin and my daughters Mary & Sally I appoint my sons Allen, Cadwallader, Pride and Robin executors to this my last will and testament Witness Paul C. Cameron Cadr Jones (seal) Ed. Strudwick Jurat Jas. F. Cain Jurat [Will Book Volume G, page 251] In the name of God Amen. I Cadwallader Jones of the County of Orange and State of North Carolina do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament Viz: 1st I give and bequeath the farm on which I live in the County aforesaid to my dear Wife her heirs and assigns forever together with all its appurtenances the furniture in the house of every description the plate included - the farm tools, the carriages and horses and every kind of Stock - together with the Crop on hand to her heirs and assigns forever 2nd I give to my Sons Cadwallader and Robin all my lands in South Carolina, to be divided between them, according to the line which has been or may be hereafter agreed upon by them - to them their heirs and assigns forever 3d I give to my daughter Mary R Ruffin the lot on which she lives in Hillsboro containing about Six Acres and the lot opposite on which one of her servants lives, to her her heirs and assigns forever 4th I give and bequeath to Rebecca my wife my son Pride Jones and my daughters Mary R Ruffin and Sally R Jones all my lands in the State of Alabama to be equally divided between them to them their heirs and assigns forever 5th I give to my dear Wife thirty thousand dollars in money to be raised on the bonds I now hold as far as they will go towards it the money due me from McDowell & Wilkins[Whithers] of Mobile and the balance from the Crop now being made on the Alabama plantation or the succeeding crop should it be necessary which I do not anticipate. It is my Will and desire that the said sum of $30.000 shall be invested by my Executors in some safe monied institution, so that she may have no trouble in its management - my expectation being that the interest will be sufficient for her support in her usual style of living this of course she will draw at [her] pleasure - nevertheless I give her the said sum of $30.000 to dispose of as she may think proper 6th I give to my said Wife the following negro slaves now living on my farm in Orange County, N.C. or an equal number from my other negroes to fill up the voids by death (Viz) Jane Lucretia, Peter, Violet, Charlotte, Jimmy, Betsy, Hannah, James, Tom, Patty, Virgil, Betsy & Rufus (Hannah's children), Hampton Landema & her child, Margaret and Junius to her her heirs and assigns forever = but in case she should prefer other servants to those above mentioned it is my Will that she take any others [Will Book Volume G, page 252] from among my negroes of equal value, at her pleasure 7th Having heretofore conveyed to my son Allen forty two negroes named in the deed of gift, to which refference can be had I hereby confirm the same to him his heirs and assigns forever 8th I give and bequeath to my son Cadwallader the following negroes heretofore alloted to him (Viz) Moses, Caroline, Mariah, Sharper, Franky, Manerva, Herman, Lucretia, Herman [jr.], Milly, Adam, Nathan, Albert (son of Mark), Charles(of Ned), Martha, Syphor, Harriet, Martha, Byron, Alfred, Peggy, Fred, Sarah, Charles, Cuba, Toynette to him his heirs and assigns forever 9th I give & bequeath to my son Pride the following negroes now in his possession (Viz) Bartlett, Hetty, Ceasar, Mandelbert, Randal, Peggy, Becky, Ananias, Rheta, to him his heirs and assigns forever 10 I give and bequeath to my son Robin the following negroes heretofore allotted to him (Viz) Tom, Agnes, Albert, Mary Ann Mariah, Godfrey, Boby, Gambo Albert, (of Gany) Chancy Isaac Sitarowes, Washington, Frank, Ellen, Rosanna, Robin Altamont, Janett, Fanny, Sophia, Polly, Will, Boatswain, Janet Hercules Emmeline, Hilliard to him his heirs and assigns forever 11 I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary R Ruffin the following negroes, heretofore allotted to her (Viz) Lucy, Jane Virginia Diana & Child, Primas Henry Howerton Henry Dewberry and Fred to her her heirs and Assigns forever 12 I give and bequeath to my daughter Sally her maid servant Kate and Louisa her husband & children to her [her] heirs and assigns forever having always told Sally that she should have Hannah and her family and thinking that her mother cant conveniently do without the services of said family [I] have provided in the sixth clause of my this will that any of the negroes bequeathed in it may be exchanged for negroes of equal value. It is my Will and earnest desire that Hannahs family shall whenever my Wife consents to an exchange [be exchanged] for a portion of the negroes to be alloted to Sally in the final distribution of my negro property and that if she should not consent at all she will take care to make my promise to Sally good when she distributes her own estate 13th It is my Will that the negroes not otherwise disposed of shall be divided among my children in such way as to [Will Book Volume G, page 253] make their respective shares of that kind of property as nearly equal as may be, for which purpose the negroes heretofore given to Allen and those now specifically devised to my other children together with their increase are to be enumerated and valued in like manner as the undivided must be for a division and each child except Allen is to take a portion which added to the portion specifically devised to each as above shall make it equal to Allen which is the largest and the remainder to be equally divided among all of them Allen included 14 I did promise to Mary, the wife of my son Pride on her death bed that I would take care of her children and have so far endeavored to do so Now in order to carry out fully the promise. It is my Will and desire that one half of the negroes which, by the foregoing clauses of this my last Will and Testament have been giving[sic] to my said son Pride are to be held by him in trust and confidence for the children of the said Mary he having the full use and benefit of them the said negroes during his life and at his death to descend to the said children or the survivors of them to whom I give and bequeath them the said Negroes, to them and their descendants forever 15 It is my wish that my Wife will so use and devise the estate I have left her, especially the Alabama property, as to help those of my children that may most need her assistance 16 It is my will further that all property not otherwise disposed of shall be divided between My sons Cadwallader Pride Robin and my daughters Mary and Sally I appoint my Sons Allen Cadwallader, Pride and Robin executors to this my last Will and Testament Witness Cad. Jones (seal) Paul C. Cameron } Ed. Strudwick } Jas. F. Cain } Orange County Court Feruary Term 1861 The foregoing last Will and Testament of Cadwallader Jones Senior deceased was duly proved in Open Court See minutes Additional Comments: Will Book Volume G, page 251-253 Recorded Feb 1861 Estate papers comprise 46 pages and are found in a folder labeled "Jones, Cadwallader (1861)" Testator died in February 1861. "Testator left a large and valuable real estate situation in the States of Alabama, South Carolina & in the counties of Orange, Burke in the state of North Carolina." By 1873, Robin Jones had died. Children of Robin Jones are listed as Mary, Rebecca, Robin, Sarah and Lucy. Mary Jones married P. B. Ruffin. Sally Jones married Josiah Collins. You will also note that he neglected to date the will, but it was recorded in 1861. 1870 North Carolina, Orange County, Hillsborough Twp, page 69, HH 286/286 Lucy Jones, 60f, black, keeping house, born NC; Landonia Jones, 45f, black, born NC; Godfrey Jones, 14m, black, born NC; Birk Jones, 12m, black, born NC; Anthony Jones, 10m, black, born NC; Junius Jones, 8m, black, born NC. Note: This family was distributed among the heirs. Lucy to Mary R. Ruffin Landonia "& her child" to Rebecca Jones Godfrey to Robin Birk = Mandelbert? to Pride This family lived near the (white) family of Pride Jones in 1870. 1870 North Carolina, Orange County, Hillsborough Twp, page 69, HH 287/287 Spoon Jones, 45m, black, born NC; Margaret Jones, 30f, black, born NC; Bettie Jones, 16f, black, born NC; Rufus Jones, 12m, black, born NC; Prescilla Jones, 8f, black, born NC; Daniel Jones, 6m, black, born NC; Lizzie Jones, 4f, black, born NC; 1870 South Carolina, York County, page 328, HH 1125/1138 Charles Long, 61m, black, born SC; Cuba Long, 65f, black, born NC; Living next door to Cadwallader Jones (b. 1813), son of the above testator. 1880 South Carolina, York County, page 517A, HH 1125/1138 Gamber Jones, 45m, black, laborer, born SC, Fa: SC, Mo: SC; Amy Jones, 40f, black, cook, at school, born SC, Fa: SC, Mo: SC; Cads Jones, 9m, black, born SC, Fa: SC, Mo: SC; Allen Jones, 7m, black, born SC, Fa: SC, Mo: SC; Catch Jones, 5m, black, born SC, Fa: SC, Mo: SC; Alic Jones, 3m, black, born SC, Fa: SC, Mo: SC; Henry Jones, 1m, black, born SC, Fa: SC, Mo: SC; Thomas Grimes, 28m, black, born SC, Fa: SC, Mo: SC; 1870 South Carolina, York County, page 329, Attaman Jones, 50 Jannett Jones, 49 Attaman Jones, 20 William Jones, 18 Bosam Jones, 15 Peter Jones, 12 Hammond Jones, 10 Rocinda Jones, 26 Sophy Jones, 27 Mary Jones, 24 Betsy Jones, 13 Betty Jones, 4 Jennie Jones, 6/12 Note: Cadwallader Jones is on page 328. [Estate Papers - Inventory] List of property belong to the late Cadwallder Jones and in my possession as Executor of his last Will Negros Will, Silvy, Lucretia, Peter, Violet Charlotte, Betsey, Jimmy, Tom, Martha, Virgil Betty, Rufus, Hampton, Landonia,[Landonia?] Godfrey, Albert, Junius, Jane, Magraret, and Kitty.