AAFA Wills
WILL OF LODWICK ALFORD
In the name of God amen, and in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred
& Twinty, I Lodwick Alford of the County
of Wake & State of North Carolina, being Stricken in years, but Sound mind
& memory thanks be to God, for the Same &
Calling to mind that it is appointed for all men once to die, I do make &
ordain this my last Will and Testament, first of all my
just debts to be paid then I dispose of my Worldly wealth in the manner as follows
(to Wit.)
st l I lend to my Wife Suzan Alford all the lands where on I now live and all
my lands Adjoining it during her natural life. I also
give to her to dispose off as she sees Cause the track of land that I Bought
of Job Alford also I give to her four Negroes to
dispose of in the same way two negroes each by the name of Jack one by the name
of Emsly & a negro Woaman by the name
of Agg, & for my wife Suzan Alford & my Executor here after mentioned
to sell on a credit of twelve months, any part of my
house hole property or Stock of any description that I lend her, for I lend
her during her natural life all that I am in posession of,
that I do not here after mention or any other thing that She does not need &
thinks it would be an advantage to sell, & the
money arising from the Sales of said property to go as fair as she needs to
her support & the Ballance if any to be put out on
Interest.
2 I give to my Grand son William High at the death of my Wife Suzan Alford
all the lands that I lend her Except the land I
hereafter give away. Also I give him four negroes & there increase naimed
as follows Jacob Milly Ginney & Joseph one feather
bed & furniture one black walnut table one pine plank table one Boufat &
disk six Winsor Chares Six Common frame Chares
one horse bridle & saddle Judged to worth one Hundred dollars Three Cows
& Calves Three Sows & pigs Six head of Sheep
& ten head of Gees & lands bounded as follows. Beginning on the Tarborough
Rode at the fish pond then running down the
branch to the Bever dam then up the Bever dam branch to Ezekiah Masseys line
then a North Cors along said Masseys line to
a corner Hickerry then west a long said Masseys line to Benjamin Bottoms line
then still a west Cors to said Bottoms Corner
then still a west Cors to William Broadwells line then a South Cours a long
said Broadwells line to Job Alfords line then a South
Cours to a corner in Bud Lees line then a North cors a long said Lees line to
William Rays line then an east Cours a long an old
line to Reddick Masseys line then a long said Masseys line to the Tarborough
Rode then down the said Rode a west Cors to
the first Station Containing five hundred acres more or less to him to dispose
of as he thinks proper.
3. I give to Grandson Robert High all the money that I have pade for him also
a Bond that I have against him & A. Watkins of
Tenisee for him to dispose of as he thinks proper.
4. I also leave in the hands of my Executor here after mentioned for the benefit
of my Daughter Laney High & her heirs the
lands that I bought of William Broadwells & the lands where on the Tendergrasses
now live, as fair as whereto given to
Grandson William High bounded by the Trivetts lines & others three hundred
acres more or less also I leave in the hands of my
Executor for the benefit of my daughter Laney High & her heirs ninteen negroes
named as follows Peter Simon Coaf Joseph
Willis Washington Hampton Robert & Arter, Hannah Mary Rebeccah Peggy Ginney
Vilet Queen Rodah & Easter & little
Mary also all the House hole & kitchen furniture to gether with all of my
Stock of Horses Cattle Hogs & Sheep that belongs to
the plantation where on ____? now live also all of the Corn & fodder &
Cotton & all of the rest of the Property belonging to
me on Said Plantation to be under the care of my Executor during her naturall
life, then for Said property both real & perrisable
to be Equally divided between her Bodily heirs. And for my Executor here after
mentioned to anually attend to Said property
and keep it to gether for my daughter Laney High during her natural life.
5. And at the death of my wife the residue of my Estate both real and Perrisonable
is to be sold on a credit of twelve month
Except my negro man by the name of Peter my Will & desire is that he shall
be at libberty during of his life under the care of my
son Cade Alford & at his death I desire him to be buried in a Christian
like manner & the Text for his funeral to be thus -- He
that knoweth the will of his Lord and doeth it not shal be beaten with many
Stripes. I also desire that if he should becom infurm
so that he cannot support him self he is to be well supported out of my Estate
during his life & the money arising from the above
mentioned Sale to be Equally divided between my Grand children (to wit) Hutson
Alford, Cade Alford, Peyton Alford, Clary
Hinton, Mary High & Lany High, I also leave the track of land where on my
daughter Laney High now lives to be Sold by my
Executor and the money arising to discharge a Judgment that was obtained against
Samuel High as principle & Cade Alford &
Zadock Ray as Securites in favour of the State Bank & the money arising
from the sale after dischargen said Judgment & Cost
for my Executor to put the residue if any to the Support of my daughter Lany
High & family & for my Executor to have a
reasonable Satisfaction for his trouble.
And I desire this to be red as my last will and Testament anulling & makeing
Void all others to which I do constitute & appoint
my son Cade Alford my Sole Executor to act for me after my death as though I
was living & acting for my Self in witness
where of I have here unto set my hand & affix my Seal this the 24th day
of May 1820.
Lodwick Alford (Seal)
Lined in the presence of us
Matthew Strickland, Jr.
George Crudup
Wm Fowler
C. Moore
Wake County August Term 1820
The above Will was exhibited in open Court for probate and duly proven by the
oaths of Matthew Strickland, Jr. and George
Crudup Subscribing Witnesses thereto and was then ordered to be Recorded.
B. S. King C C
Recorded in the Clerks office of Wake County in Book R & pages 283 to 286
Inclusive.
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