Rowan-Davie-Surry County NcArchives Wills.....Roberts, Samuel April 17, 1799
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Source: Original Last Will & Testament
Written: April 17, 1799

Samuel Roberts Will Dated 1799, Rowan County, NC Page 90, Vol. D 
In the name of God amen.  I SAMUEL ROBERTS of the County of Rowan and the 
State of N. Carolina being in perfect health of body & sound in mind & memory, 
thanks be to God therefor; and calling to mind the mortality of my body and 
knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this 
my last will & testament.  That is to say imprimis I give & recomend my soul 
into the hand of almighty God who gave it me, & my body to the earth to be 
decently buried at the direction of my executors; nothing doubting but all the 
general resurrection, I shall receive the same again, by the mighty power of 
God, and as touching such worldly estate where with it had pleased God to 
bless me with.  I do dispose of in the manner & form following. 

I give bequeath unto my beloved wife SARY ROBERTS a free and full possession 
of all my estate both real & personal during her natural life or widowhood but 
if she should marry, therefore be dispossessed of all & every part thereof, 
except what the law will allow her.  I do appoint & ordain that my beloveth 
nephew HARMON LATHAM be a copartner with my wife in the possession of this my 
estate & at her death or marriage of my wife the whole of this my estate to 
decent to him except what is hereunter mentioned.  That is to say I give & 
bequeath unto my beloved niece ARAMINDA KELLY one cow & a feather bed with the 
furniture at her marriage day or when she arives to the age of twenty one 
years.  I do appoint & ordain that my beloved wife SARY ROBERTS and my nephew 
HARMAN LATHAM be the sole executor of this my last will & test. I do hereby 
utterly disallow, revoke & disannul, all & every other form test., wills, 
Legacies, bequeathes, & executors by me & any wise before made willed, or 
bequeathed, ratifying & confirming, this to be my last will & testament, in 
witness whereof I have here unto set my hand & affixed my seal this 17th of 
April in the year of our Lord 1799, signed, sealed, pronounced & declared by 
the said SAMUEL ROBERTS in presence of us.

Elijah Renshaw                                 Sam Robert(Seal)
Sarah Renshaw


Additional Comments:
Samuel Roberts’ niece Araminda Kelly mentioned in the above will is 
Arminta “Minty” Kelly wife of Samuel McGuire.  “Minty” Kelly married Samuel 
McGuire, son of James McGuire, Sr. and Eleanor Luckey, on June 3, 1815 in 
Rowan County, North Carolina – Bondsman was Christopher Keller and Witness was 
R. Powell.  Minty Kelly was born in Maryland about 1795 and died before 1870 
in Davie County, North Carolina.  It is unknown who Minty’s parents were but 
it assumed her mother was a “Roberts”.  Samuel & Minty McGuire were the 
original owners of the McGuire-Setzer House located in Mocksville, Davie 
County, NC.  The McGuire-Setzer House is listed with the National Register of 
Historic Places of North Carolina. 

The above Samuel Roberts has been identified as the Samuel Roberts in Surry 
County, NC who purchased land from Samuel Doyel on August 14, 1797.

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