WILL OF CHARLES ELMS I State of North Carolina Mecklenburg County ******************************************************************** File contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: J-S Matthews <jelms@tarheel.net> USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Return to the NCGenWeb Archives Table of Contents http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm#NC ******************************************************************* WILL OF COL. AUGUSTUS ALEXANDER Mecklenburg County North Carolina Written 1846 In the Name of God, Amen I Augustus Alexander of the County of Mecklenburg, State of North Carolina... Do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament-- Item 1 I commend my Soul to Almighty God from whom I received it and my body to be buried in a decent manner. Item 2 My Executors will pay off all my debts and funeral expenses out of the first monies that may come into their hand, Item 3 I give to my Beloved wife Sarah all the property of every kind that she brought with her after our marriage or an equivalent to dispose of as she may think proper... Item 4 I also give and bequeath to her during life or widowhood the Plantation whereon I now live with the improvements, likewise a negro man John & negro woman named Dinah with her child Sarah & also 2 mules Dick & Jack one two horse plow & 1 horse plow & hogs as my Executors may think necessary, I also give her my Carry All & Cupboard with the necessary implements & 1 clock --I also will that there be paid off to her out of my Estate provisions as much as may be necessary for the support of her & family for twelve months after my Death. My Grand Daughter Dorcas Caroline is to have her home with my wife until she arrives to the age of Twenty one or marries at which time she is to have a bed & furniture. Item 5 I give to my Daughter Sarah Jane a negro girls named Myra & her increase during her life & at her death to go to her children likewise a bureau bed & bedstead-- Item 6 I will my Grand children Olivia, Dorcas, Nancy, Mary & John a child part of my Estate to equally divided between them Item 7 I will to my Grand Children (Children of my Daughter Margaret) a Negro woman named Caty & her offspring those children she now has & those that she may have now in possession of my son in law Jno Elloms & I will that he said Elloms retain them during his life & at his death to be equally divided amongst my Grandchildren named in this item, likewise a Childs share - - Item 8 I will that my Grand Daughter Sarah Jane have a childs part of my Estate when she arrives to the age of Eighteen if she should die before she arrives to that age then her part is to fall into my estate & divided as herein after named. Item 9 At the Death of my wife or in case she Marries the property named to her in the fourth Item is to be sold or equally divided amongst my Children hereafter named - of the whole residue of my Estatemy Grand Children by Cyrus & Margaret having a childs part of the whole residue of my estate. Item 10 I will that all my property not herein named by sold & divided equally between my seven Children - To wit - Maria, Hannah, Eliza, John, Susan, Caroline, & Jane, My Grand Children to have a Child share as above stated to be divided equally between them Item 11 I hereby constitute and appoint my worthy Friend & Son in Law Cyrus Williamson Executor to all intents & purposes to execute this my last will & Testament according to the true intent and meaning of the same or every part & clause thereof--- In witness whereof I the said Augs Alexander have here upon set my hand & affixed by seal this tenth day of January In the year one thousand eight hundred & Forty Six - - Signed, Sealed, & declared in presence of us Test S.H. Elliott Aug. Alexander W.H. Waddell State of North Carolina Mecklenburg County October Term 1849 I certify that the execution of the above will was duly proved in open court and the Executor therein named duly qualified B. Oates c.c.c. ------------------ Augustus Alexander is buried at Sharon Presbyterian Church beside his first wife, Dorcus Culp Alexander. He is the son of Ezra Alexander, a signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.