Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Armstrong, Joseph June 3, 1839
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Source: Loose Will, NC Archives CR 073.801, Will Book Volume F, pages 271-273
Written: June 3, 1839
Recorded: Feb 1846
Testator: Joseph Armstrong
In the name of God, Amen I Joseph Armstrong of
the County of Orange & State of North Carolina farmer
being in my perfect mind & memory do make & ordain
this my last will & Testament are[sic] as follows (Item)
I Leave & bequeath unto my beloved wife Frances the
Whole of my Estate that I now possess both Real &
personal (vz) the plantation whereon we now Live
& the stock of every Kind Negroes horses cattle hogs
& sheep also one Waggon & geer one carry all & harness Also
all my farming utentials & all my house hold & kitchen
furniture of every description Also what money &
bonds I have during her Lifetime & all the above
property are to be at her disposal but the Land &
Negroes & if there should not be money Enough in
hand or due me to pay of[f] my Just debts & my burying
Expences my Executors hereafter named are Authorised
to sell that Land I own lying on the South Side of the
New Road leading from Cross Road Meeting house to
Genl Joseph Allison's Irving James McAdams on the
West & Back Creek on the east to the best Advantage &
the money ariseing therefrom Apply to the payment of
my debts & Burying Charges & the Surplus if any give
unto my wife --- & you are hereby Authorized both or one
of you to make the purchaser a Deed for the same
& my wife may Rent out any of the plantation or
Hire out any of the Negroes during her lifetime & at
her decease I allow the plantation whereon we now Live
over
[page 2]
to be sold or Equally Devided between my three children
John Armstrong Thomas D Armstrong & Francis Clendennin
Share & Share alike I also Leave unto my Daughter
["Walker" x-out] Jinney Walker one Negro girl Linney during
her lifetime & then to her children & I leave the Bal-
-lance of my Negroes Nine in Number (Viz) Iverson
Jinney Calvin Rebekah Milley George Anne Leney Martin
& J Umstead & their Increase to be Equ[a]lly Devided between
my three Daughters Elizabeth Tate Henrietta Tate and
Parthena Faucet & at their Deaths to their children &
at my Wifes Decease I leave unto my four Grand chil-
-dren Joseph McAdams Mary Rippy Peggey McAdams &
Catherine McAdams the sum of one Dollar Each & I
Leave unto my little grand son Joseph Tate Betsy Tates
son Jo.[seph] my shotgun & Lastly I do nominate & ap-
-point my two soninglaws (vz) John Tate & John Faucet
my Executors of this my Last will & Testament Re-
-voking & making Void all other former Wills in Tes-
-timony whereof I have hereunto set my name &
wrote with my own hand this 14th day of June in the
year of Our Lord 1839 }
In the presence of Jo. Armstrong
Thomas Lynch }
John G Walker } Jurat
[Will Book Volume F, page 271]
In the name of God. Amen I Joseph Armstrong of the
County of Orange & State of North Carolina
farmer Being in my perfect mind & memory do
make & ordain this my last will & Testament
are[sic] as follows. Item. I Leave and bequeath unto
my beloved wife Frances the Whole of my Estate
that I now possess both real and personal, viz:
the plantation whereon we now Live & the stock
of every Kind, Negroes, horses, Cattle. hogs & sheep
also one Wagon & geer one carryall & harness
Also all my farming utensils & all my house-
=hold & Kitchen furniture of every description
Also what money & bonds I have during her life
time & all the above property are to be at her
disposal but the Land and negroes & if there should
not be money enough in hand or due me to pay
off my Just debts & my burying expences. My
executors hereafter named are authorised to sell
that land I own lying on the South Side of [the]
new road leading from Cross Road
Meeting [house] to Genl Jos Allison's Irving James McAdams
[Will Book Volume F, page 272]
on the west and Back Creek on the East to the best
advantage & the money arising therefrom Apply
to the payment of my debts & Burying [x-out]
charges & the surplus if any give unto my wife
And you are hereby authorized both or one of
you to make the purchaser a Deed for the same
& my wife may rent out any of the plantation
or Hire out any of the negroes during her lifetime and
at her decease I allow the plantation whereon we now
live to be sold or Equally Divided between my
three children John D [orig: John]Armstrong Thomas D.
Armstrong & Francis Clendennin Share & Share alike
I also I Leave unto my daughter Jinny Walker
one negroe girl Linney during her lifetime &
then to her children & I leave the balance of my
negroes nine in Number Viz Iverson, Jinny,
Calvin, Rebecca, Milly, George, Anna Leney Martin
& J Umstead & their Increase to be equally Divided
between my three daughters Elizabeth Tate, Henrietta
Tate & Parthena Faucett & at their deaths to their
Children And at my wifes decease I leave unto
my four grand children Joseph McAdams, Mary
Rippy, Peggey McAdams & Catherine McAdams the
sum of one ["hundred" x-out] dollar each & I leave unto
my little grand son Joseph Tate Betsy Tates son
Jo[seph] my shot gun & Lastly I do nominate & appoint
my two sons inglaws viz: John Tate & John Faucett my
Executors of this my last Will & Testament Revoking
& making void all other former wills in Testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my name & wrote with
my own hand this 14th day of June in the year of
our Lord 1839
In the Presence of Jo. Armstrong
Thomas Lynch
John G Walker Orange County Febr. Term 1846
The Execution of the foregoing last
Will and testament of Joseph Armstrong was duly
proved in open Court by the oaths of Thos Lynch
And at the same time John Tate & John Faucett
[Will Book Volume F, page 273]
Executors qualified as such and ordered to be registered
Test
Additional Comments:
Will Book Volume F, pages 271-273
Recorded Feb 1846
Note: The number of "Negroes Nine in Number" do not seem to be nine, so there is something wrong with the way this is written or the way I interpreted it.
CAVEAT: There are two wills for Joseph Armstrong written in 1839. This one in a (will) folder labeled "Armstrong, Joseph 1846", refers to a wife Nancy and proved Feb 1846. The other is in a (will) folder labeled "Armstrong, Joseph 1839" and refers to wife Peggy, will proved Nov 1840.
Estate papers comprise three pages and are found in a folder "Armstrong, Joseph (1847)". Addtionally the folder of estate papers labeled "Armstrong, Joseph" (not dated) of six pages was searched. Those papers were submitted by the executors of the Joseph Armstrong estate probated in 1840.