Will of Luke Lamb ~ 1820


Contributed by: Suzanne Lamb


Book C, pg 6-9 Dec. 28, 1820 May 1822 In the name of God Amen, I Luke Lamb of Camden County & the State of NC, being of sound mind & memory, blessed be to God, this 28th day of December 1820 make and publish this my last will & testament in the manner following that is to say, I leave the use of the land that I bought of BUNT( Burke), Gale, Ferebee, & Jenkins. As I have divided it to my daughter, Peggy Etheridge, for and during her natural like no longer after her death. I give the said land to the heirs of her own body begotten. ITEM: I leave the use of the land I bought of Simmons & JARVIS as I have divided it to my daughter, Lydia Dozier, during her natural life and no longer after her death I give the said lands to the heirs of her own body. ITEM: I leave the land that I bought of John Williams called Biges to my two grandchildren: Tully Dozier & Lovey McBride, to be equally divided when Tully arrives to lawful age but if either should die non-age, the division shall inherit & I give the said land after their death to the heirs of their (my) own body but if they should leave no heirs of their own body, I give the said land to my own children that is then living. ITEM: I leave the use of the land I bought of Noah Sawyer-Sawyer or Demsey Sawyer and part of the land that I bought of Enoch Sawyer to my daughter, Chloe Herring, during her natural life & no longer and after her death, I give said lands to the male heirs of her own body forever and I give my (the) right of the third of IRUMANS Sawyers widows third to William Herring forever, and I leave my Cloe Herring, three Negroes: Moses, Joe & Easter, during her natural life and no longer & then to the heirs of her own body. ITEM: I leave the use of the land bought of Robert & GRIFFITH Gregory to my daughter, Sally Dozier, as it is bounded by John Lamb, and others during her natural life & no longer & then I give the said land to the male heirs of her own body, and I give my said daughter, one Negro girl Dinah. I leave the use of the land that I bought of Abner Lamb on the west side of the great ditch to my daughter, Phoebe Dozier, during her natural life and no longer, & then I give the said lands to the heirs of her own body lawfully begotten, and I leave the use of two Negroes, Lamb and Luke. ITEM: I give to my son, Abner Lamb, that part of the Lake land that joins Geddons heirs and Cloe Herring from the Canal to the back line & part of the Creek Swamp to the mill run, & three negroes, Robin, Isaac & Jerry; my still and articles belonging to making cyder and my wearing clothes. ITEM: I gie all the land I bought from Abner Lamb on the east side of the great ditch & five acres of land I bought binding Abner Lamb’s 50 acres, that he brought at auction, to my grandson Isaac Gregory. ITEM: I give my grandson, Mark Gregory, half the new survey on aronoude Creek Swamp and the land I bought of Demsey Burgess to him & his heirs forever. ITEM: I give to my granddaughter, Mary Gregory, the two children that the wench I gave her before she died. I give my daughter Polly Ferrel, two Negro men, Timothy & George. I give GIDEON LAMB’S two sons, WILSON & Gideon, all the lake land that is not given & half the Creek Swamp to the run of Mill forever. I leave the use of the Negro Reuben, Cloe & children and her Increase & the girl Cloe that I lately bought for my granddaughter, Lucy Spruel, during her natural life & no longer, & at her death, I give the said negroes to such children as she may have living at that time, but if my said granddaughter, Lucy Spruel, should die without child or children living at her death, I give the said negroes to my own children that may be living at that time & I appoint my son, Isaac Lamb & his Executors guardians to my grand-child Lucy Sprules with respect to the property given to her I am willing & agreed that Bailey Spruel shall keep the said Negroes in his possession free from charge for the same as long as my said granddaughter, Lucy’s guardian hereby appointed shall think fit & no longer, he the said Spruel supporting & educating my said grandchild in the time & he the said Spruel shall under no pretence whatsoever remove the said negroes out of this County, & I hereby nominate my two sons, Isaac Lamb & Abner Lamb, executors to this my last will & testament, the day & date above written, signed, sealed & acknowledged the last will & testament of the testors. Luke Lamb, Senior (seal) Acknowledged in the presence of us as his last will: John Ferrell, Joseph Linton & John X Chamberlain My cash notes and my small property, that not given I give to my Sons ISAAC, JOHN LAMB & POLLY FERRELL, this is an addition to my Last Will. LUKE LAMB seal Wrote by my own hand, the gift I gave George to my Daughter POLLY I want him valued & put with her part & the balance to be given to her in notes & money. LUKE LAMB seal These two additions were acknowledged before Us as part of thisWill JOHN FERRELL JOSEPH LINTON JAMES CHAMBERLAIN His x mark I Luke Lamb, not intending to revoke or alter any part of my will otherwise as hereafter named so make & publish this codocil as part of my last will & testament: First: I give my cash notes & other small property not given away in the body of my will, but given to my said sons, Isaac Lamb & John Lamb and daughters, Polly Ferrell, share & share alike & my will is that the boy, George, given to my said daughter, Polly Ferrell in the body of the will, be valued at four hundred dollars & come into this division & be apart of her share to make her share together with said valuation equal to the share of my son, Isaac Lamb or the share of my son, John Lamb & it is also my will that boy, Sandy, for which my son, Isaac Lamb, has a bill of sale be valued at three hundred dollars and be a part of his share in said division. ITEM: The money I sold the two negroes for say the negroes I gave in the body of my will, to my granddaughter, Mary Gregory, now Palmer, I give to my executor forever in Trust to be laid out in the purchase of real estate at their discretion to be conveyed the use to the said Mary Palmer during her natural life and no longer & heirs lawfully begotten of her body forever, the sum is five hundred & fifty dollars out of which my said executors to retain for their trouble in buying said land and making said, conveyances, signed and Acknowledged by me as apart of my last will and testament the 28th day of March 1822 Luke Lamb (seal) Signed, sealed and Acknowledged in the presence of: Joseph Brown and Willoughby Jones Camden County Court May Term 1822 The foregoing was exhibited in open Court & proved as the Last Will and Testament of LUKE LAMB Sen. dec’d. by the oaths of JOHN FERRELL & JOSEPH BROWN subscribing witnesses thereto and at the same time ISAAC LAMB & ABNER LAMB Executors therein named appeared & qualified as Executors thereto by taking the oath prescribed by Law. Ordered to be recorded. Test. M.S. LEWIS Clk.

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