Rowan County NcArchives Wills.....Luckey/Luckie, James July 10, 1840
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Source: Original Will
Written: July 10, 1840

August Sessions 1840

In the name of God Amen.

I JAMES LUCKIE of North Carolina – Rowan County being weak in body but perfect 
in mind and memory do make and ordain my last will and testament and as to the 
Property wherewith it has pleased God to bestow upon me I will and bequeath in 
the following manner.

1st. I wish all my lawful Debts to be justly paid

2nd I give and bequeath to my beloved wife SARAH LUCKIE her living of my 
plantation, with my negro man farmer and his wife ELIZA and they children that 
they have and may have to be kept with them until they become old enough to be 
hired out for wages – likewise three mares Bet, Silver, Dave these are not to 
be disposed of but to remain on the farm to support the family her choice of 
Four Milk cows and four young ones twelve head of sheep twenty five head of 
hogs her choice six hundred bushels of corn one hundred bushels wheat with a 
sufficient quantity of oats to support her stock, eight hundred pounds of 
Bacon with a sufficient quantity of Farming utensils to work the farm, four 
beds and furniture, with all the other furniture that is in the house & 
kitchen, sixty pounds of coffee and sixty pounds sugar, with all my leather 
that is at the tanyard, with all the iron that is on hand, this property she 
is to hold as her own her lifetime or during her widowhood.

3rd I give and bequeath to my son William all the land that I hold, at the 
death or marriage of his mother and likewise the rent of what lands ** out

4th What money arises from the property that is sold I leave to be divided 
equally between my two daughters viz. KATHARINE & ELIZABETH

5th What negroes is unwilled to be hired out until KATHARINE comes of age, and 
the proceeds of the hire to be equally divided between my three children viz. 
KATHARINE, WILLIAM, and ELIZABETH after their schooling is paid out of it, and 
paying to JAMES LUCKIE son of JOHN LUCKIE two hundred dollars

6th I give and bequeath to my brother JOHN LUCKIE my negro man JACOB
The negroes that is unwilled when my daughter KATHARINE comes of age is to be 
equally divided between my three children viz. KATHARINE, WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH

I do hereby acknowledge this and no other to be my last Will and Testament.  I 
do hereby nominate and appoint my brother JOHN LUCKIE to be my Executor to 
this my last Will and Testament 

Signed and sealed this 10th day of July in the year of our Lord 1840 -
Test Saml Luckie, Ser.                James Luckey (seal)
Saml Luckey B.S.


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