Orange County, NC - Wills - Elisha Umsted, 1854 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Jacqueline Tilley Wilkerson jwilkerson@visionet.org ==================================================================== Will of Elisha Umsted Orange County, North Carolina 1854 Will Book G, Page 66, 67, 68 In the name of God Amen I Elisha Umsted of the County of Orange & State of N. Carolina being old and inf? in body but of sound mind blessed by God for the same and knowing that it is appointed for all flesh to die do make and ordain this my last Will & testament in manner following that is to say first I will that all my Just debts should be paid if I should owe any at my death I further will be bequeath to my Two oldest Daughters thats now a living with me to wit, Sabrina & Martha the tract of Land that I now live on containing by a plat of a late Survey 286 acres to be divided between them I further will and bequeath to Two of my other Daughters that is married (to wit, Mary Riggs & Elizabeth Evans Riggs the tract of land that Augustin W Riggs now lives on containing by plat 261 3/4 acres to be equally divided by quantity and quality so as to make both parts equal in value I further will & bequeath to my Daughter Emeline and my son Jethro the tract of land that my son now lives on known by the Betty Laws Tract Containing by plat 214 acres to be divided as follows I desire that Emeline Should have one hundred acres run off the Said tract to begin at a red oak the north west corner on the bank of the River & run down the river to where the big gut ? in to the field and then turn a East corse & then a North corse so as to make one hundred acres & it is my will that my son Jethro D Umsted should have all the rest of said tract of land with worthing in ? way appertaining I further will & bequeath to my oldest Daughter (to wit. Lucinda Tilly one negro man known by the name of Harry I further will & bequeathe to my youngest Daughter Ann Frances one negro boy by the name of Luke I further desire that my Two oldest negroes to wit Fortune & Cate should belong to my two daughters (to wit) Sabrina & Martha to divide or do with as they think proper I further will & bequeathe to my daughter Jemima Oakley one hundred Dollars to be paid out of my estate I further desire that all my household furniture Should be equally divided between my Daughters that is now living with me I further will & desire that my Stock of all Kinds should be equally divided between my daughter Betsy E Riggs & my Daughters thats now with me I further desire if there should be any other property at my death or money in hand that it should be equally divided between all my children with the exception of a sufficiency to pay the expenses of the estate Orange County Court August Term 1854 The Execution of the foregoing last Will & Testament of Elish Umsted decd was proved by the oaths of Harrison Parker Alfred M Veazy & Monroe Ashley who were all well acquainted with his hand writing and the same was ordered to be recorded and filed Test Geo Laws CCC