Orange County NcArchives Wills.....McCauley, Mathew February 7, 1811 ************************************************ 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 D, pages 610-612 Written: February 7, 1811 Recorded: Nov 1821 Testator: Mathew McCauley In the name of God Amen, I Matthew McCauley of the County of Orange and State of North Carolina being of perfect mind and memory and Knowing that it is apointed for all men once to Die, do by these presents Constitute and apoint this, my last Will and testament in maner and form following, First, my Soul to God who gave it & my body to be Desently buried and my Just debts paid, afterwards my whole Estate real and Personal to be given in manner and form following - Item I do lend unto my Beloved wife Martha the home plantation where on I now live with the mill and one new still & two horses & side saddle & bridle two cows & calves her choice of my whole stock also two Negroes by the name of Isaac and Mill also her bed & firneture of her own choice also one waggon & gears, also two sows & pigs untell her Death or marr[i]age Item I do give and bequeath unto my son John McCauley all that land called Loyds tract and Hogans tract land adjoining him with one Negro boy by the name of Manuel Item I do give and bequeath unto my son Charles McCauley the following tracts of land Haywood tract by name & Owens & Pettys tracts by name & one horse two cows & calves two sows & pigs the second choice of my stock also one Negro woman named Nance & one bed & firneture & fifty Dollars Item I do give and bequath[sic] unto my son William McCauley the following tracts of land by there names Blackwoods tract & Johnstons tract & Crabtrees tract with a lot at the University also one negro boy by the name of Cerles also one horse saddle & bridle & two cows & calves & two sows & pigs & one bed & firneture Item I do give and bequeath unto my son George McCauley the following tracts of land by name Connaly tract & Rigsby tract & Perreys tract & fans tract & one horse saddle & bridle & two cows & calves & two sows & pigs & one bed & firneture & one Negro boy named Dave Item Now my will is at my wifes Death or marriage, I do give & bequeath unto my son Matthew McCauley all & Every part that I lend unto my wife that is to say my home plantation mill & still & every thing Else that I lend my wife, I als[o] give my son Mathew one horse saddle & bridle one bed & firneture two cows & calves & two sows & pigs also one negro girl named Pats with the plantation working tools Item I do give and bequeath unto my daughter Jinney one negro girl named Jince Item I do give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha one negro girl named Rose Item I do give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth one negro girl named Mittow[Milton? Mitlow?] Item I do give and bequeath unto my daughter Elendor one negor[sic] named Rachel & one horse side saddle & &[sic] bridle one bed & firneture two cows & calves & two sows & pigs Now my will continues on the other side [page 2] Brought over on the side Item now my will is that all the remainder of my household firneture that I have not given a way I do lend unto my beloved wife plenty of provision[s] for the first year to raise and support my children upon that is with her Item now my will is if it should so happen that if any of the negros that I have given to my three youngest children that is to say George & Elender & Matthew should Die before they come of age that Either of them that looses the[i]r negro should take choice of the remainder of my negro[e]s that I have not willed away Item now my will is that if Either of my sons Die before they come of age for all its part to be Sold and Equally Devided between my four Daughters Jane & Patsy & Elizabeth & Elender. Except they marry & have an heir & then the heir have it Item I do lend my sheep & gese to my wife untell her Death or marriage to ra[i]se and seport my Children upon & then I give them to my son Matthew Item now my will is that all my negroes & all my Estate of what sort soever be sold and Equally Devided between all my Children In order to put this my last will & testament into affect I nominate & apoint my trusty friends George Johnston & John McCauley Junr. to act for me & in my name to do & perform as I have herein set forth to them In Witness whereunto I set my hand and affix my Seal this seventh day of February 1811 Signed sealed and Deliverd Mathew McCauley (seal) in the presents of us to be his last will and testament Wm. Brewer Jurat Isham Brewer her Creesy (+) Picket mark [Will Book Volume D, page 610] In the name of God Amen I Matthew McCauley of the County of Orange & State of North Carolina being of perfict mind & memory & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do by these presents constitute & appoint this my last Will & Testament in manner & form following First my soul to God who gave it & my body to be decently buried & my just debts paid afterwards my whole Estate real & personal to be given in manner & form following ~~ Item I do lend unto my [beloved] wife Martha the home plantation whereon I now live with the mill & one new still & two horses & side saddle & bridle two cows & calves her choice of my whole stock also [Will Book Volume D, page 611] two negroes by the name of Isaac & Mill also her bed & furn= =iture of her own choice also one waggon & gears, also two sows & pigs until her death or marriage ~~ Item I do give & bequeath unto my son John McCauley all that land called Lloyd's Tract & Hogan's Tract adjoining him with one negro boy by the name of Manuel ~~ Item I do give & bequeath unto my son Charles McCauley the following tracts of Land Haywood tract by name, & Owen's & Petty's tracts by name, & one horse two cows & calves two sows & pigs the second choice of my stock, also one negro woman named Nance & one bed & furniture & fifty Dollars Item I do give & bequeath unto my son William McCauley the following Tracts of Land by their names Blackwoods Tract & Johnston's Tract & Crabtrees tract with a lot at the University, also one negro boy by the name of Cerles also one horse saddle & bridle & two cows & calves & two sows & pigs & one bed & furniture ~~ Item I do give & bequeath unto my son George McCauley the following tracts of Land by name Connaly Tract & Rigsby tract & Perrys tract & Fann's tract & one horse saddle & bridle & two cows & calves & two sows & pigs & one bed & furniture & one negro boy named Dave ~~ Item Now my will is at my wife's Death or marriage I do give & bequeath unto my son Mathew McCauley all & every part that I lend unto my wife that is to say my home plantation, mill & still & every thing else that I lend my wife ~~ I also give my son Mathew one horse Sadd[l]e & bridle one bed & furniture, two cows & calves & two sows & pigs also one negro girl named Pats with the plantation working tools ~~ Item I do give & bequeath unto my daughter Jenney one negro girl named Jince ~~ Item I do give & bequeath unto my daughter Martha one negro girl named Rose ~~~ Item I do give & bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth one negro girl named Mittow[Milton? Mitlow?] Item I do give & bequeath unto my daughter Elender one negro named Rachael & one ho[r]se side saddle & bridle one bed & firneture two cows & calves ~~ & two sows & pigs ~~ Item Now my will is that all the remainder of my house hold furniture, that I have not given a way I do lend unto my beloved wife plenty of provisions for the first year to raise & support my children upon that is with her ~~~ Item Now my will is if it should so happen that if any of the negros that I have given to my three youngest children, that is to say George & Elender & Matthew should Die before they come of age that either of [Will Book Volume D, page 612] them that looses their negro should take choice of the remainder of my negros, that I have not willed away ~~~ Item Now my will is that if either of my sons should die before they come of age for all its part to be sold & equally divided between my four daughters Jane & Patsy & Elizabeth & Elender. Except they marry & have a heir & then the heir have it ~~~ [Item] I do lend my sheep & gease to my wife until her death or mar= =riage to raise and suport my Children upon & then I give them to my son Matthew ~~ Item Now my will is that all my negroes & all my Estate of whatever[sic] sort soever be sold & equally divided between all my children ~~~ In order to put this my last Will & testament into effect, I nominate & appoint my trusty friends George Johnston & John McCauley Junr. to act for me & in my name to do & perform as I have here[in] set forth to them ~~~ In Witness whereunto I set my hand & affix my seal this Seventh day of February 1811 Signed Sealed & delivered in presences of us to be his last Will Matthew McCauley (seal) & testament Wm. Brewer Jurat Isham Brewer her Cressy (+) Picket Jurat mark Orange County November Term 1821 The Execution of the foregoing last Will & testament of Mathew McCauley was duly proved in open Court by the Oaths of William Brewer & Creesey Pickett two subscr= =ibing Witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded ~~ Test [Will Book Volume A, page 340] State of North Carolina This Indenture made the third day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand Seven hundred and eighty five between William McCauley, Chairman of the County Court of the County of Orange, and State aforesaid, in behalf of the Justices of sd. Court and their Successors, of the one part, and Matthew McCauley of the other part, Witnesseth that the said William McCauley, in pursuance of of order of the said County Court, made the third day of March, and according to the directions of the act of Assembly, in that case made & provided, doth put place, and bind, unto the said Matthew McCauley, Thomas Kee now of the age of ten years, with the sd. Matthew McCauley to live after the manner of an Apprintice & Servant, untill the sd. apprentice Shall attain to the age of twenty one Years; during all which time the Said apprentice his Master Shall faith- =fully serve, his lawful commands every where gladly obey: he Shall not at any time absent himself from his Said Masters Service without leave, but in all things as a good and faithfull Servant shall behave towards his Said Master. ~~~ and the Said Matthew McCauley, doth covenant, promise and agree, to and with the said William McCauley, that he will teach and instruct, or cause to be taught & instructed the said Thomas Kee, to learn the art of a Blacksmith; and that he will constantly find & provide for the Said appren- =tice during the term aforesaid, Sufficient diet, washing, lodging and apparel, fitting for an Apprentice, and also all other things necessary, for in Sickness and in health In Witness whereof the parties to these presents have interchangeably set their hands, and seals, the day & [Will Book Volume A, page 341] year first above written Sealed & delivered } Wm. McCauley (seal) in presence of } } Matthew McCauley (seal) J. Benton C.C. Additional Comments: Will Book Volume D, pages 610-612 Recorded Nov 1821 Estate Papers comprise 20 pages and are found in a folder labeled "McCauley, Matthew (1821)". [Estate Papers - Inventory 9 Oct 1821] The following is an Inventary of the personal Estate belonging to the Estate of Mathew McCauley Deceased which came to the hand of John McCauley his Executor at the Several Times hereing after stated (viz) October the 9th AD 1821 [sundry articles omitted] One Negro Woman named Pricilla One Do Do named Floran One Do Do named Lilla One Do Do named Fan One Do Man named Peter One negro woman named Faith and her Child named Absolom One negro girl named Chaney and Do woman named Famous and her Child named Allen One Negro Boy named Limon One Negro Girl named Ester One Do Do named Ann One Do Boy named Sampson One Do Girl named Hannah One Do Boy named Jessee One Do Girl named Mitto One Do Man named Lye One Do Woman named Fillis February the 2nd AD 1822 ======= [sundry articles omitted] One Negro Child named Nelson One Do Boy named Landy One Do Do named Abram One Do Do named Hall One Do Do named Joseph [Estate Papers - Estate Sale 9 Oct 1821] An account of the sale of the Estate of Mathew McCauley Deceased made at the several times herein after named by John McCauley Executor of the last Will and Testament of the said Mathew (viz) at a Sale on the 9th of October AD 1821 [sundry articles omitted] 1 Negro Woman name Pricilla To Wm. McCauley 110.00 1 Do Do named Flora To Chas McCauley 065.25 1 Do Do named Lilla To Geo J McCauley 150.00 1 Do Do named Fan To Chas McCauley 178.25 1 Do Man named Peter To Sarah Nevill 517.00 1 Do Woman Faith & Child Absalom To Geo J McCauley 391.00 1 Do Girl named Chaney To Goodman Nevill 272.00 1 Do Woman Famaus & Children Alen To Ezekial Brown 350.00 1 Do Boy named Simon To Francis Barber 128.00 1 Do Girl named Esther To Chas. McCauley 150.35 1 Do Do named Ann To the Widdow 050.00 1 Do Boy named Sampson To Wilson Atwater 087.50 1 Do Girl named Hannah To Geo. J McCauley 256.00 1 Do Boy named Jessee To J. McCauley 401.00 1 Do Girl name Mittio To Wilson Atwater 206.00 [sundry articles omitted] 2nd February AD 1822 Sold [sundry articles omitted] 1 Negro Child named Wilson To Jno King 53.70 1 Do Boy named Landy[Sandy?] to Goodman Nevill 284.00 1 Do Do named Abram To Mathew McCauley 230.00 1 Do Do named Hall To Thos. Hogan 202.00 1 Do Do named Joe To Do 349.00