Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Sharp, Peter July 6, 1847 ************************************************ 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 Written: July 6, 1847 Testator: Peter Sharp In the name of God Amen! I Peter Sharp of the County of Orange and State of North Carolina having lived to a good old age under a kind and protecting providence for which his name ever be praised - But feeling from my bodily infirmities that my end may be drawing near - Hereby make this my last Will & Testament as follows To wit 1st I Give and bequeath to my Son David one Horse, Saddle & bridle all to be worth one Hundred Dollars -- also one Good bed & bedding out of my Estate --- 2nd I Give & bequeath to my Daughter Peggy Jane one Horse, Saddle & bridle all worth one Hundred Dollars -- also one Good bed & bedding out of my Estate ~~~~ 3rd I give and bequeath to my kind & affectionate wife Sally all of my Estate, both real and personal including my land on which I now live and all of my property of every kind whatsoever, during her natural life and require her to sell such of it as she may be able to spare best, and pay my debts Except so much as I heretofore have given to my Son Daniel & my Daughter Peggy Jane and at the death of my wife, I direct, all my property to be equally divided betwe[e]n all of my children 4th I own a Tract of Land in Ballard County State of Kentucky containing about 160 acres which is not intended to be conveyed in the above dispositions of my Estate I direct my Executor to sell the said Tract of land and after paying the Expenses of sale to divide the money equally among all my children 5th I hereby constitute and appoint my wife Sally and John Holt Executrix & Executor to this my last will & Testament [page 2] Signed Sealed & witnessed this Sixth day of July 1847 In the Presence Peter Sharp (seal) Michael Holt Daniel E Sharp Additional Comments: Although there is a will, the estate papers assert that Peter Sharp died intestate which may be why the will is not recorded in the will books of Orange County. Estate Papers comprise 59 pages and are found in a folder named "Sharp, Peter (1847)". John Holt was appointed administrator Aug 1847. Dower was first allotted 4 Sep 1847. Receipts for final distribution were made to Daniel E. Sharp, Peggy Jane Sharp, Jesse Sharp, Elizabeth Boon, Solomon Sharp, Sally Anthony, Polly, children of Milly Whitsett (Sally, Calvin and Henry) Adam Anthony married Sally Sharp, daughter of testator. They moved to Bedford County, Tennessee, Hinton Roberts married Polly Sharp, daughter of testator Anderson Boon married Elizabeth Sharp, daughter of testator Hardy Whitsett married Milly Sharp, daughter of testator. She died before the testator wrote his will. Robert Moore married Sally Whitsett, daughter of Milly John Holt was also appointed guardian to Margaret Jane Sharp, AKA Peggy Jane Sharp [Estate Papers - Proceedings Fall 1848] North Carolina } Court of Equity Orange County } Fall Term 1849 The above named case having been referred to me by order of this Court to make inquiry and report as to the valid ity of the title of the land named in the pe tition and the facts in relation to said ti tle I beg leave respectfully to submit the following report I find that the lands mentioned in the petition were formerly the undistributed prop erty of Jeremiah Holt - That the said Jeremiah died intestate in said County in and about the year 1814 that in the partition of his lands among his Children & heirs at law the land mentioned in the petition were allotted to his daughter Elisabeth B. Holt. That about the year 1819 the said Elizabeth intermarried with Peter L Ray and in the year 1820 she join ed with yer husband the said Peter in a deed of Conveyance of the aforesaid lands to Peter Sharp from whom the pe titioners Claim said land as his heirs at law. That the said Sharp went[?] into im mediate possession and remained in pos session of said land up to the period of his death, claiming & hold the same under the aforesaid deed That the privy examination of the said Elisabeth was taken to the aforesaid deed - That the said Peter L Ray died in the year 1830 (Sepr.) leaving the said Elisabeth his widow [page 2] That she remained a femme sole from that day up to the 3rd day of November 1832 a space of about one year when she intermarried with John Turrentine and that the sia Elisabeth and her husband the said John Turrentine are both ???? living Upon the above state of fact I am of opinion that the status of lim itations commenced running against the said Elizabeth upon the death of her former husband P. L. Ray and that having commenced running it did NOT cease to run upon her intermarriage with her present husband John S Tur rentine and that the right of Entry of the said Elisabeth upon said land wad taken away at the expiration of seven years from the death of the said Roy That the said Elisabeth hath now no title to said land but that a good title to said land was vested in the said Peter Sharp at the time of his death and that conveyed by the title of the purchaser David Rich under the decree of this Court at March Term 1848 will be good and valid All of which is respectfully sub mitted O. F. Long C & M E