Mecklenburg County NcArchives Wills.....JETTON, "et Al" September 5, 1787
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Source: Mecklenburg County Will Records
Written: September 5, 1787
JETTON WILLS FROM MECKLENBURG COUNTY NC
MECKLENBURG COUNTY NC WILLS
WILL OF JOHN JETTON
Vol. 9, 5 ______mber 1787.
Wife: Elizabeth, dwelling house;
grandson: Zebulon, son of Isaac; 40 acres adjacent land of my
son Isaac
Son: Abraham, all lands not before willed;
Son: Lewis, my writing desk
Son: John
Dau: Mary, 20 pounds
Dau: Rachel
Executors: wife and son Lewis
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MECKLENBURG CO., NC WILLS, VOL. 9, PG 101 (OR 401) very dim
Elizabeth Jetton, 23 January 1813
dau: Mary Thomas
granddau: Jemima Beaty
dau: Rachel Huggins
dau - in - law: Priscilla Jetton
Son: Lewis
Executor: son Lewis
Witnesses: Asaph Jetton, Ezekiel Jetton, James _______
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MECKLENBURG COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA WILLS
Will of Lewis Jetton, written 11 September 1826
In the name of God amen. I Lewis Jetton of the State of N Carolina &
County of Mecklenburg, now enjoying a good state of health with the blessings
of sound mind & memory, calling to view the uncertainty of life, do make this
instrument of writing my last will & testament in manner & form following: to
wit. First it is my will & I do order that all my just debts & funeral charges
be paid. 2nd It is my will & I do order that my beloved wife Priscilla have
one hundred & ten acres of land including the dwelling house the same being the
part of my tract of Land that was surveyed & marked off commonly called the
home lot during her life, which land at land at her decease shall d___nd to my
youngest daughter Priscilla. I do further give & bequeath to my beloved wife
Priscilla my negro boy named Richard Franklin, also all the household & kitchen
furniture (except one bed & furniture) to be hers and at her own disposal, also
my Roan horse.
3rd It is my will & I do order that my daughter Jemima Beaty have one hundred
acres of land lying in the south east corner of my lands marked on the plat of
division of my land No. 1st.
4th It is my will & I do order that the heirs of my daughter Sally S Brevard
deceased have one hundred acres of land lying North of Jemimas & east the home
lot marked in plat of division No. 2.
5th It is my will & I do order that my son John L. Jetton have one hundred
acres of Land lying north of the lot laid off for the heirs of Sally marked in
plat No. 3.
6th It is my will & I do order that my daughter Mary Gillham have one hundred
acres of Land lying north of John L's lot marked & laid down in platt No. 4.
The above devised lands to be so here to fore surveyed & laid off in the
general platt of Division 7 single platt marked & numbered by Adam McKeever be
the same more or less/
7th It is my will & I do order that my daughter Priscilla have one bed &
furniture.
8th It is my will & I order that all the remainder of my Estate both real &
Personal be sold & the proceeds by equally divided to my beloved wife
Priscilla, my two sons & daughters namely Elizabeth, Jemima, Mary, Sally's
Heirs one part & Prisilla, John L, James S., Alexander B., Asaph & Isaac Z.
Jetton (It being expressly understood that all receipts heretofore or that may
herafter be given by any of the above named legatees for any property at the
certain valuation or money as part of my estate __ considered & accounted as
proceed of sale & division made accordingly.
Disallowing all former wills, legacy & executors, ordaining & ___sing by their
presents my beloved wife Priscilla with my sons Alexander B Jetton & Francis
Beaty to be my joint Executors of this my last
will & Testament. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal this 11th
day of September in the year of our Lord 1826.
Signed sealed published & pronounced in the presence of
John Gibson, John Goodrum. Lewis Jetton (Seal)
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MECKLENBURG CO., NC WILLS, VOL. 9, BOOK E, PG 210?
Priscilla Jetton 8 Aug 1829
In the name of God Amen. I Priscilla Jetton of the county of Mecklenburg and
the State of North Carolina being in a low state of health but of sound mind
and memory do this Eighth day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen
Hundred and Twenty nine make and publish this my last will and testament in
manner following, that is to say, First it is my will that all my just and
lawful debts and funeral charges be first paid. 2nd I will and bequeath to my
daughter Elizabeth Steel the sum of fifty dollars. 3rd I give and bequeath to
my daughter Priscilla all the remainder of my estate namely my Negro woman
Judith and her child Caroline and boy Franklin, horse, cattle, hogs, household
and kitchen furniture with every species of property not particularly mentioned
during her life. 4th It is my will (that in order my daughter Priscilla have a
decent and comfortable support) that my son Alexander B. Jetton take the whole
of the property into his possession of which I die seized or possessed and make
sale of such parts or so much therof as he may think unnecessary to retain in
kind for her comfort or convenience, negroes excepted. 5th It is my will that
at Priscilla's decease the whole of the property I have left her (with the
increase thereof) go to my son Alexander B. Jetton to be his and his heirs.
6th I do nominate, constitute and appoint my son Alexander B. Jetton my
Executor to execute this my last will and Testament in witness wherof I
Priscilla Jetton the testator have her unto set my hand and seal the year and
day first above written.
Her
Priscilla X Jetton
Mark
Signed and sealed in the presence of John Gibson, James Goodrum
Smith Goodrum
Additional Comments:
Will Abstracts for John Jetton (1787), Elizabeth Jetton (1813)
Wills for Lewis Jetton (1826), Priscilla Jetton (1829(
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