Sawney Cranford will, Randolph County NC, 1848
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Will of Sawney Cranford
Extracted from original on file in Raleigh, NC
Randolph County, N.C.
I, Sawney Cranford of the County of Randolph and State of North 
Carolina being of sound mind and memory but considering the 
uncertainty of my Earthly Existence do make and declare this my 
last Will and Testament.  In manner and form following.  That is 
to say first that my executor (herein after Named) Shall provide 
for my Body a decent burial suitable to the wishes of my relations 
and friends and pay all funeral expenses together with my Just 
Debts, however and to whomsoever owing, out of the moneys that 
may first come into his Hands as a part or parcel of my Estate, 
first I give and bequeath to my beloved Wife Ruth Cranford two 
feather Beds and furniture consisting of Eight Sheets Four 
Blankets and two Bed Quilts, one Small Pot and Oven, one young 
Cow or heifer, Two Hundred and fifty pounds of Coffee and Ten 
pounds of Sugar and Two Gallons of Molasses, as to my Lands or 
real Estate I have now to devise to my said Wife or any Body 
else, I give and bequeath to my oldest Son Seth Cranford one 
Cow and Calf and one feather Bed, I give and bequeath to my 
oldest Daughter Sally Russell one Cow and Calf and one feather 
Bed, I give and bequeath to my Second daughter Elisabeth Shaw 
one Cow and calf and one feather Bed.  I give and bequeath to my 
Third Daughter Cynthia Leadwell one Cow and Calf and one 
feather Bed, I give and bequeath to my Second Son Henry 
Cranford one Cow and Calf and One Bed, I give and bequeath to 
my Third Son Temple Cranford one Cow and Calf and one 
feather Bed, I give and bequeath to my fourth and last Son 
(Thomas), One Cow and Calf and One feather bed, the above gifts 
and bequeathments to my Said children have been advanced to 
each and all, I give and bequeath to my two youngest daughters, 
Children of my Second or Present Wife, Miranda Cranford and 
Mary Cranford, Three Dollars each.  This will and desire is that 
all the residue of my Estate after taking out The Legacies before 
mentioned Shall be sold and the debts owing to me all collected 
and if there should be any surplus over and above the payments of 
Debts and Expenses and Legacies that such Surpluses shall be 
Equally divided and paid over to my Said Wife and all my 
Children in equal portions.  Share and Share alike to them and 
each and every of them, their Executors Administrators and 
Assigns absolutely forever, and whereas my two youngest 
Daughters Miranda and Mary Cranford are Miners, one aged two 
years and the other five months, consequently Miranda will not be 
of age until the 29th day of August 1866 and Mary until the 3rd day 
of July 1868. Now therefore my will and desire is that Emsley 
Lassiter is hereby Constituted and appointed Guardian of these 
my two children to have and to hold the Custody and 
Guardianship, Both of their respective persons untill they Said 
Children shall severally arrive at the full age of Twenty One 
years; and lastly I do hereby Constitute and appoint Emsley 
Lassiter my Lawful Executor to all interests and purposes, to 
execute this my last Will and Testament according to the true 
intent and meaning of the Same, and every part and clause 
Thereof revoking and declaring utterly void, all other Wills and 
Testaments by me heretofore made, in Testimony whereof, I the 
said, Sawney Cranford do hereunto set my hand this the 14th day 
of January 1848
his
Sawney (x) 
Cranford (Seal)
Mark
Signed, Sealed, Published and delivered by the said Sawney 
Cranford to be his Will and Testament in presence of us who at 
his request in his Presence and in the presence of Each other do 
Subscribe our name as Witnesses thereto.
Micajah Lassiter
Her
Nancy (x) Steed
Mark
This due execution of this last Will and Testament of Sawney 
Cranford deceased is proved in Open Court by Micajah Lassiter 
and Nancy Steed the ( unreadable) refer to the same and ordered 
to be recorded.
B.F. Hoover, Clerk