Pitt County NcArchives Wills.....Grimes, Demsie 1786 ************************************************ 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: Elizabeth Ross martingen@hotmail.com December 5, 2011, 9:04 pm Source: Grimes Papers Written: 1786 GRIMES, Demsie. Note: This will is torn, but little information is lost; indicated by blank lines. Pitt Co., Dec. 14, 1786, no probate shown. Dau. Mary (negroes wench Price, ____nnah, Shan); dau. Penelope (negro girl Jude, boy ______, girl Amy); dau. Elisabeth (negro girl Silvee, girl Ginne); dau. Anne (negro wench Rose, man Casteel). My 3 youngest daus.: Elisabeth, Penelope, Mary. Son William (remainder of property and all lands). Execs.: son William, and John C. Numan. Wits.: John Egleston, Rolin Dixon. Signed Demsie Grimes. -- SHC, UNC CH, Grimes Family Papers #3357, folder #139. Additional Comments: ABSTRACTS OF PITT COUNTY, NC WILLS: 1760­1858 Typing and transcription conventions: 1. The names of negroes/slaves are given in parentheses following the devisee to whom they were given, or otherwise listed, in order to facilitate Aftrican-American genealogical research. 2. If a relationship was stated in the will, it is spelled out; otherwise, the word "Devisee" may be inserted by the compiler for clarification. 3. If the surname of a devisee was not given, it is not guessed herein. 4. If other persons were mentioned, but not as devisees, their names are flagged as "Mentioned." 5. Unless a word or spelling is in question by the transcriber, no indication will be made of strange spellings (no "sic" or underlining). Spelling, prior to the 20th century, was phonetic -- the clerks simply wrote what they heard or saw. 6. The wills are presented in alphabetical order. Abbreviations/short names for often used sources: ECU Manu. Coll.: East Carolina University Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, Greenville, North Carolina. NC Archives: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina. SHC UNC-CH: Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/pitt/wills/grimes2104gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb