Rowan County NcArchives Wills.....Brandon, Mary May 8, 1797
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Source: Original Will
Written: May 8, 1797

In the name of God Amen.  I MARY BRANDON of N. Carolina & County of Rowan 
Being very weak of Body, but of sound mind & memory & disposed thanks be to 
God for his mercy & calling to mind the mortality of the body knowing it is 
appointed for all men once to die & after death to come to judgement – I 
commit my soul to God through our Lord Jesus Christ & my body to the earth to 
be decently buried in a Christian like manner at the discretion of my executor 
hoping to have, both, soul & body again united at the general resurrection by 
the mighty power of God – And as touching say worldly goods as it had pleased 
God to bless me with in this life – I give & dispose of in following manners.
First, I give & bequeath to my daughter JANNET LUCKY my two heifers & all my 
wearing clothes & spinning yarn, one feather bed & furniture.
Secondly, I give & bequeath to ISABEL HENDRIX one cow & colt & my plough & 
irons.
Thirdly, I give to my daughter MARY GLASSCOCK one puter dish – And all the 
rest of my movable estate of every kind to be equally divided between my 
daughter ISABEL HENDRIX & JANNET LUCKEY & two year rent of my plantation due 
from JOHN JOHNSON.
Fourthly, I give & bequeath to my son ROBERT LUCKEY five pounds current money 
& no more of my estate.
Fifthly, My desire is that all my land lying on the east side of Hunting 
Creek, be sold at the discretion of my executor & the rest of the tract to be 
sold at the expiration of JOHN JOHNSON’S time & 2 or 3 Gales of payments to be 
given as my executor may think most proper & the money arising from the sale 
of the land to be divided in the following manner to wit.  My three daughters 
MARY GLASSCOCK, ISABELLA HENDRIX, & JANNET LUCKEY each of them to have two 
shares & my sons JAMES LUCKEY & GEORGE LUCKEY to have one share, so that each 
of my daughters shall have double as much as the two last mentioned sons, my 
just debts & funeral charges to be paid out of the money arising from the land 
before any division – And lastly I do constitute & appoint my son in law HENRY 
HENDRIX my whole & sole executor of this my last will & testament, revoking & 
making void all wills by me hereto fore made, ratifying & confirming this & no 
other to be my last will & testament in witness I have set my hand & seal this 
8 of May 1797.
Signed, sealed, acknowledged in presence of 
                                                         Her
BASIL GAITHER, JUN.                                 MARY BRANDON (seal)
MARGARET (her mark) HENDRIN(?)HENDRIX(?)                 Mark


Additional Comments:
Mary Brandon - widow of (Robert Luckie/Luckey) who remarried to (George 
Brandon, Jr.???).  Mary's maiden name has not been confirmed.  

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