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Will of Samuel Stockton
Rutherford County, North Carolina
Will Book B, pp. 211-212
211
In the name of God Amen. I Samuel Stockton of the County of Rutherford
& State of North Carolina Being now Old & infirm but of perfect mind &
memory thanks be given unto God Calling to mind the mortality of my
Body & knowing that it is appointed for all men to die Do make & ordain this my
last will & testament That is to say principally & first I give & recomend my soul into
the hand of almighty God that gave it & my Body I recommend to the Earth to be
Buried in a decent Christian burial at the descretion of my Executors Hoping at the
Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God & as touching
such worldy Estate where with it hath pleasd God to bless me in this life. I Give Devise &
Dispose of the same in the following manner & form First I give & bequeath to my ----
Beloved Wife Prudence Stockton the Plantation on which I now live & two Cows & Calves
& all my household furniture, by her peacibly & quietly to be Possessed & enjoyed during
her natural life To Davis Stockton my eldist Son I give & bequeath all my Lands &
tenaments at the death of his Mother by him to be Enjoyed quietly & peacibly To my
Only Daughter Ann Lattimore I give & bequeath twenty Dollars which must be made
by the Sale of my moveable property, & the balance of the Moneys arising from
the Sale of all the moveable property wherewith I am possessed to be Divided as
follows Viz One third to my son Davis Stockton & One third to my Daughter
Ann Lattimoore & the other third to be Equally divided between my two
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Continued
Grand Sons Samuel Stockton & Thomas Jefferson Sockton & likewise the moveable
Property which I have given & bequeathed to my Bleoved Wife Prudence Stockton
during her natural life to be at her death sold & the moneys thence arising to be
Divided betwen said Davis Stockton, Ann Lattimore, Saml. Stockton and
Thomas Jefferson Stockton, in the same manner as the balance of the moneys
above mentiond I likewise constitute make and ordain my Trusty Friends
Davis Sockton, Danl. Lattimore & my beloved wife Prudence Stockton, Executors to
this my last will & I do hereby utterly Disallow Revoke & Disanull all & every
other former Testaments, Wills, Legacies, Bequests & Executors by me in any
wise before made willed & Bequeathed Rattifying & Confirming this & no other
to be my last will & Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal the Twentyhth day of September In the Year of our Lord one
thousand Eight hundred & Seven
Samuel Stockton (seal)
Signed Sealed published pronounced
& declard by Said Samuel Stockton
as his last will & Testament I his presence
& in the presence of each other have
hereunto subscribed oun ames [our names]
S A Ross ( Jurat.
James Whitesides
Anna Stockton
[If anyone would like the two jpegs of Samuel Stockton’s 1807 will, please contact me by e-mail, Jerry.]
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