Will of Charles Lee Orange Co. Clerk's Office WB 2 Page 497 To my Brother Jessee Lee I leave my mare bridle and saddle To five pound Cash to my Mother Jenne Lee my Colt to Richard Lee the son of John Lee and his to make use of him till he is of age my Chest to Betty Lee to five pounds which is in Col Madisons manor After my debts is paid the ballance is to be divided between John Lee and Betty Lee to my great coat to William Lee my leather breeches to Daniel Lee my gun to William Lee my close bodied coat and hat to John Lee The note of _____of John Deer (?) are to be divided between William Lee and Absolum Wood My Will made Charles Lee August 10th day 1775 William Lee Jno Dodd Jenne Lee At a Court held for Orange County on Thursday the 28th of September 1775 This Last Will and Testament of Charles Lee Decd being presented into Court by William Lee and proved by the Oaths of Jno Dodd a witness thereto and ordered to be recorded, and Administration grated to William who with Jane Lee and Jno Dodd his Sureties acknowledges their bonds for the same in the sum of fifty pounds current money. Test James Taylor, C.O.C. Agreeable to order we the subscribers have met and being first sworn have appraised the estate of Mr. Charles Lee decd as follows To Chest 10/ ---------------------------------------- 0 - 10 - 0 To Gun 15/ ------------------------------------------ 2 - 5 - 0 To Saddle 20/ ---------------------------------------- 1 - 0 - 0 To Mare --------------------------------------------- 7 - 10 - 0 To Horse Colt --------------------------------------- 1 - 10 - 0 Certified under our hands this 13th Feby 1776 Absc. Waugh Benj Hawkins Frances Moore File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Harriet Welch hwelch@rica.net USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation.