Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Long, Osmond F February 24, 1851 ************************************************ 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 458 Written: February 24, 1851 Recorded: Nov 1864 Testator: Osmond F Long I Osmond F. Long of the Town of Hillsborough 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 & form following that is to say. First That my executors shall provide for my body a decent burial Suitable to the wishes of my relations and friends & pay all funeral expenses together with my debts. Second - As it will be necessary to dispose of my interest in the Store of Long & Webb to raise funds for the payment of my debts I hereby authorize my executors to dispose of my interest in the stock of goods on hand at the time of my death to my partner or to any persons who may be acceptable to my partner deducting 5 per cent on New York Cost & if that is not sufficient to pay my I hereby authorize my executors either to sell any part of my real estate or negroes which they and my wife may deem most advisable. Thirdly - I give and devise to my beloved wife Frances Hellen Long all the residue of my estate after paying my Just debts to have and to hold during her natural life or widowhood, should she marry again it is my Will and desire that my estate be divided as follows, one third to my beloved wife & the other two thirds to be equally divided among my children, Should my wife not marry again it is my will and desire that at her decease my estate be at her disposal by will or otherwise. Lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint- [page 2] my trusty friends James Webb Jr. & Thomas Webb my lawful executors to all intents and purpose to execute this my last will and testament according to he true intent and meaning of the same & every part & clause thereof. In witness whereof I the said Osmond F Long do hereunto set my hand and seal this 24th day of February A.D. 1851 Signed sealed published and declared by the Said Osmond F. Long to be his last will and testa- ment in presence of us who at his request and in his presence do subscribe our names as witnesses thereunto John H. Webb Key Whitted O. F. Long (seal) Orange County Court Augt Term 1864 The foregoing last will and testament of O. F. Long decd. was duly proved in Open Court According to law & ordered to be recorded State of North Carolina I George Laws Clerk of Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Session do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and perfect copy of the last Will and Testament of O. F. Long decd, taken from the record on file in my office In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at office in Hillsborough this 29th day of May 1866 Geo. Laws CCC [Will Book Volume G, page 458] I Osmond F Long of the Town of Hillsborough 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 & form following that is to say First That my executors shall provide for my body a decent burial suitable to the wishes of my relations & friends & pay all funeral expenses together with my debts. Second as it will be necessary to dispose of my interest in the store of Long & Webb to raise funds for the payment of my debts I hereby authorize my executors to dispose of my interest in the stock of goods on hand at the time of my death to my partner or to any persons who may be acceptable to my partner deducting 5 per cent on New York Cost & if that is not sufficient to pay my I hereby authorize my executors either to sell any part of my real estate or negroes which they & my wife may deem most advisable Thirdly I give and devise to my beloved wife Frances Helin Long all the residue of my estate after paying my just debts to have and to hold during her natural life or widowhood, should she marry again it is my Will and desire that my estate be divided as follows one third to my beloved wife & the other two thirds to be equally divided among my children. Should my wife not marry again it is my will and desire that at her decease my estate be at her disposal by Will or otherwise. Lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my trusty friends James Webb Jr & Thomas Webb my lawful executors to all intents and purpose to execute this my last will and testament according to he true intent and meaning of the same & every part and clause thereof In witness whereof I the said Osmond F Long do hereunto set my hand and seal this 24th day of February AD 1851 Signed sealed published and declared by the said Osmond F. Long to be his last will and testament in presence of us who at his request and in his presence do subscribe our names as witnesses thereunto John H. Webb O. F. Long (seal) Key Whitted Orange County Court Augt Term 1864 The foregoing last will and testament of O. F. Long decd. was duely Recorded in Open Court according to law & ordered to be recorded Additional Comments: Will Book Volume G, page 458 Recorded Nov 1864 Estate Papers comprise 36 pages and are found in a folder labeled "Long, Osmond F (1864)". [Estate Papers - Petition to Assign Dower May 1866] State of North Carolina } County Court Orange County } May Term 1866 To the Justices of Orange County Court The petition Frances Helen Long, & her children Helen C. Long, Margaret T. Long, William S. Long Anne S. Long Elizabeth Long, Frances Long and Thomas W Long, the last four of whom are minors ["Respectfully showeth unto" x-out] and sue in this behalf by James Webb their uncle and next friend: Respectfully showeth unto your worships, you petitioners of the County of Orange, that Os= mond F Long late of Orange County died in July 1864 leaving a last will and testament properly executed to pass both his real and personal estate which was duly admitted to probate at August Term 1894 of Orange County Court, ["and by" x-out] and leaving him surviving your petitioner Fran= ces Helen Long his widow and the other petitioners, his children and heirs at law; And by said will he devised & bequeathed all his property to your petitioner Frances Helen during her life or widowhood with power at her death to dispose of the same to his said children by deed or will equally to be divided among them, all of which will more fully appear by reference to said will a copy of which accompanies this petition as a part thereof. The said Long was seized and possessed of a tract of land lying in Catterpil= lar Creek in Orange County adjoining the heirs of William J Bingham deceased, H.M.C. Strowd, Jesse [page 2] Morrow & others & containing sixty acres be the same more or less, and one other Tract lying in Alamance County in the waters of Haw River adjoining William Morrow and others and containing 100 acres more or less. You petitioners further show that said estate has not be settled up and that your petitioner Frances Helen has at this term of the Court desented? from from[sic] said will in the mode prescribed by law, and as owing to the loss of tall the slave property belonging to the estate and the consequent unexpected burden upon the real estate of the payment of debts, it is necessary for her, said petitioners, to have dower assigned to her in said real estate: Your petitioners therefore pray that a writ of dower may issue according to law to have dower assigned to your petitioner Frances Helen in said lands. Norwood & Webb Attos. This petition coming on to be heard upon the petition and the Court being satisfied of the truth of the matters set forth therein, it is considered and adjudged by the Court that writ of Dower issue to the sheriff of Orange to assign dower to the petitioner Helen Frances in the lands mentioned in this petition according to law, and re= port to the next Court.