Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Moore, James undated about 1836 ************************************************ 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 E, page 388 Written: undated about 1836 Recorded: Aug 1836 Testator: James Moore I in[sic] the name of God A men I James Moore in good he[a]lth and Sound Mind I do Will the propertey that will fall to My daughter Patsey Smith to go to hir surport hir life tim[e] and then to the ares[heirs] of hir bodday and Never to be SubJect to Eney Debts that Hosea Smith has Contracted Or Ever Will Contract this property Is to be hired or Rented or lant or Remained with hir as My gerdien May think best fro[sic] hir Surpport I do appoint My son Robert Moore and My Son John Moore My gardiens this propertey is Not to be subject to the Contracts of Patsey Smith with out the Cont Sent of ["My" x-out] hir gardiens Signed Sealed published and declared by the Said James Moore the testater as his last Will and testament in the presance of us who were presant at the time of signing and sealing thereof test James Moore (seal) Jesse O'Daniel test Henry O'Daniel [Will Book Volume E, page 388] In the name of God Amen I James Moore [x-out] in good health and Sound Mind I do Will the proprety[sic] that will fall to My daughter Patsey Smith to go to her Suport her lifetime and then to the heirs of her body and never to be Subject to any Debt that Hosea Smith has Contracted or ever Will Contract this property Is to be hired or Rented or lent or Remain with her as My guardian May think best for her Support I do appoint My son Robert Moor and my son John Moore My Guardian this property is Not to be Subject to the Contracts of Patsey Smith Without the Consent of her Guardians Signed Sealed published and delivered [declared] by the said James Moore the Testator as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who were presant at the time of signing and sealing thereof Test Jesse O'Daniel James Moore (seal) Henry O'Daniel Orange County August Term 1836 [Usual probate certification omitted] [Will Book Volume E, page 402] In the name of God Amen I James Moore in good health and [sound] mind I do Will the property that Will fall to my Daughter Nancy Sykes [orig: Patsey Smith] to go to her Sup[p]ort her life time and then to the Heirs of her body and Never to be Subject to any debt that William Sykes [orig: Hosea Smith] has Contracted or ever Will Contract [this] property Is to be Hireed or rented or lent or Remain with her as my Guardian may think best for her Support I do appoint my Son Robert Moore and my Son John Moore My guardians this property is not to be Subject to the Contracts of Nancy Sykes [orig: Patsey Smith] without the Contsent of her guardians Signed Sealed published and delivered[declared] by the Said James Moore the Testator as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who were present at the time of Signing and Sealing thereof Test Jesse O'Daniel James Moore (seal) Test Henry O'Daniel Orange County November Term 1836 [Usual probate certification omitted] Additional Comments: There are two copies in the Will Book Volume E: Will Book Volume E, page 388 and Will Book Volume E, page 402 Recorded Aug 1836 Two different copies of the will in the will book have different legatees. Estate Papers comprise 118 pages and are found in a folder labeled "Moore, James (1836)". It appears that estator died in Jul 1836. Testator's son Robert died before the testator died. Hosea C. Smith died in September 1841, leaving James and William Smith as Hosea C. Smith's only heirs. John Moore was appointed administrator. Deposition asked when the will was written, and the answer was in the winter of 1833 or 1834. Robert Moore wrote the will. Patsey Smith died before Hosea in 1841. Various petitions complain of lack of documentation or accounting for the estate of this testator and his daughter Patsey. There are numerous mentions of the "hire of negroes" in various ledgers. [Estate Papers - Division of Slaves 22 Oct 1836] State of North } October the 22 day Carolinee Orange Couty[sic] } We the heirs of James Moore met this day at the house of the Said deceeced and did allot and Lay of[f] one years Support for the widdow and Likewise her distributive part of the negroes to wit Benjamen Easter Peg and Fillis which the Said widow lent herself to Support and keep the Said Fillis of[f] of the Said heirs and we the Said heirs Legetees of the Said deceeced James Moore to wit William Sykes in write[right] of his wife Nancy Sykes Lot the first lt? one negro girl Amy and Fanny and one Hundread and fifty dollars in money which money is to come out of the Sail money before any other division nomber 2 ------- to wit Hosea C Smith in write of his wife Patsy Smith that is to say one negro girl Jane & one Child mamed[sic] Polly & one girl naned[sic] Sally & one negro boy called Harry lont nom 3 to wit John Jones in write of his wife Margeret Jones [page 2] Viz Lucy? one negro girl mame[d sic] Jane one negro boy Sam & one boy maned[sic] William Lot 4 Viz James Crutchfield Viz one negro man named Charles & one Lucy & one girl Betsy Ann --------------- Lot 5 Say John Moore to one woman named Netty also one boy Alfred & one girl Sally ----------------------- and further it is distinctly understood that all Claimes ["of" x-out] as Respects the each Legetee Claims one to another in write of Said estate is Settled and jointly Sattisfyed ------------------------- In witness whereof we the under Signed bind our Selves our heirs our assignes and our executors and admennestrators in the Sum of five thousand dollars each legetee to Stand to the above devision in witness her whereof we have Elizabeth (X) Moore (seal) hereunto set our his mark hands and seal this William (X) Sykes in Rite of wife (seal) date written mark test Hosea C Smith (seal) Alex Lashley her Patsey (X) Smith (seal) William Moore mark John Jones (seal) Mageret Jones (seal) James Crutchfield (seal) her Sally (x) Crutchfield (seal) mark John Moore (seal)