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Will recorded 1797 in Wake Co., NC - lists Jacob Seagraves as husbandof Elisha's daughter, Priscilla. Will of Elisha Strickland Transcribed by Elizabeth Periman Dated February 23, 1795 Proved September Term, 1795 Wake Co., North Carolina, Will Book D, p. 173 In the name of God Amen I Elisha Strickland of Wake Co., and State of North Carolina being in Perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God Calling into mind themortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men onceto die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is tosay Principally and first of all I give and Recommend my Soul into thehand of Almighty God that give it and my Body I Recommend to the earth tobe buried in a decent Christian burial at the discretion of my Executors nothing dobting but at the General resurrection I shall Receive thesame again by the mighty power of God and as touching such worldly Estates Wherewith it has bin Please God to bless me with in this life I give demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form FirstI give to my dearly beloved son Kinchen Strickland the maner plantation where I now Live Containing by estimation three hundred akers Lying on both sides of Mokerson Creek one Negro woman Named Hanner one Negrogirl Named Vilet and one Negro Boy Named Croel one Mair Saddle andBridles one Bed and furneture and all my Cattle but one Cow and Calfthat that I Leve to my Gran Daughter Milbre Strickland Also I Give tomy son Isaac Strickland Two Hundred and Fifty akers of Land Lying inthe fork of Mokerson it being the Plantation where he now lives. AlsoI give to Mary Carter one cow and calf Also I give to my son JacobStrickland one shilling Also I give to my Daughter Prissellar Segravesone shilling Also I give to my Daughter Charity Johston one ShillingAlso I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Griffin one Shilling Also I giveto my Daughter Ruth Strickland one Bound girl Named Silve Hickman tillshe is twenty one years of age Also I give to my Daugher Salle Paceone Negro named Tims Also I give to my above named grand DaughterMilbery Strickland one Negro woman named Nanny only her third child tomy son Isaac Strickland and one bed To them to possest after my Deceasand the Remainder of my land Horses sheep and gees and all the Rest ofMy Livin I leve to be sold by son Isaac Strickland whom I appoint tobe my Excutor to this my last will and testament as Much as will paymy Debts and the Rest I leve to my son Kinchen and I do here byutterly Disalloy Revoke and disannul all and every other Formertestaments wills Legacies Bequests and Executors by me in any wisebefore named willed and bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this andno other to be my Last will and testament in witness Whereof I havehere unto set my hand and seal This Twenty third Day of Feabury in theyear of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and Ninty five SignedSealed published pronounced and declaired by the said ElishaStrickland as his Last will and testement in the Presents of us who inhis Presents and in the of Each other have hereunto Subscribed ourNames Nathan Massey (Jurat) Jesse Bun his Elisha Strickland (His Seal) Jacob X Wray (Jurat) mark ESTATE RECORDS OF ELISHA STRICKLAND State of North Carolina, To the Sheriff of Wake Co., Greetings: You are hereby commanded to summon one Nathan Massey, Jesse Bun, andJacob Wright, if to be found in your Co., personally to be and appearbefore the Justices of our Court of Pleas and Quarter Session to beheld for the Co., aforesaid at the Court House in Raleigh on the thirdMonday of August next , then and there to declare upon oath what theymay know touching the execution of the last Will and Testament ofElisha Strickland, decd and this they shall in no wise omit under thepenalty by law prescribed. Herein fall not. Witness Simon Turner,Clerk of the said Court at his office in Raleigh, the fourth Monday ofJune 1805 and in the 29th year of American Independence July 10, 1805. signed S. Turner, C. C. On reverse side of above paper: Brasel Strickland & Wife, suponeaIsaac Strickland and others to Wake, August Term 1805. Executed on allexcept Jacob Wray, who it is said is deceased. State of North Carolina, Co., of Wake, Court of Pleas, QuarterSession, June 1805 The petition of Brasil Strickland & Polly his wife-- Your petitioners humbly state that Elisha Strickland, father of Polly,one of your petitioners died about fifteen years ago. That one IsaacStrickland produced soon after his death a paper writing purporting tobe the last Will and Testament of said Elisha and wherein the saidIsaac was named Executor and caused the same to be proven in thisCourt in the common form without giving notice to the next of kin ofsaid Elisha and without the knowledge of your petitioners. That bydec'd papers bequests were made to the following persons, children ofsaid Elisha, but by no means in equal proportions. To JacobStrickland, who lives in Anson Co., NC; to Priscilla Stricklandintermarried with Jacob Lewis?, which said Jacob Lewis lives in theState of GA; the said Priscilla being dead, having six children livingin the State of GA whose names are to your petitioner; CharityStrickland intermarried with James Johnson residents of GA; Elizabethintermarried with Hardy Griffin which said Elizabeth is dead, havingfour children to wit: James, Jincy, Jenny and Isaac, residents ofI_nklin; Isaac Strickland living in GA; Polly Strickland intermarriedwith Brasil Strickland, your petitioner; Sally Strickland intermarriedwith John Pace living in Franklin; Kinchen Strickland lives in GA;Milly Strickland intermarried with William James? residents ofFranklin. Your petitioner states that they are informed and believe that thesaid paper writing is not the last Will and Testament of said Elisha.They are informed also and believe that should the said paper in otherrespects be the last Will of said Elisha, that Legacy given to MillyStrickland was fraudulently inserted, it being the intention of theTestator to give the legacy to Polly, one of your petitioners. Yourpetitioners humbly pray that the executor of said paper be in a solemnmanner examined and set aside, if not (the last Will and Testament) ofsaid Elisha--and to that end that copies of this petition to allparties concerned: Suponeas for the subscribing witnesses signed L. Hu for Petitioners Back of above reads: Brasil Strickland &Wife petition to set asideWill Brasil Strickland & Wife by Isaac Strickland & Others Petition to set aside the probate of a paper writing purporting to bethe last Will & Testament of Elisha Strickland. It appearing to the Court that the following defendants reside beyondthe limits of the state to wit: Jacob Strickland and his children,names ; James Johnson & Charity his wife, Isaac Strickland & KinchenStrickland. It is ordered that they appear on the first day of nextTerm and meet the intention of the above order in the North CarolinaMinutes be denied sufficient notice.
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