Will, NC, Chatham, Edmund Jones 1834 In the name of God, Amen. I EDMUND JONES of the county of Chatham and state of North Carolina being weak in body, but of sound and disposing mind and memory, thanks be to God for the same, do hereby make, ordain, publish and declare this to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking and annulling all former wills and testaments by me heretofore made. FIRST my desire is that all my just debts be paid by my executors hereafter named. SECONDLY to my sons LEWIS, WILLIS, SUGAR & ALSTON and my daughters NANCY and SALLY I give and devices the whole of my real and personal estate, all my goods and chattles and debts of every kind to them and their heirs forever. THIRDLY it is my will and desire that my negro slaves be equally divided by lot as near as may be between my aforesaid sons and daughters and if they cannot all agree on the three disinterested persons to make said division then my desire is that three commissioners be appointed by the county court of Chatham for that purpose. FOURTHLY It is my will and desire that such debts as are due me by any of my aforesaid children and for which I hold their notes shall not be put in suit but that the same shall be retained by my executors until the settlement of my estate when the amount of such notes shall be deducted from his or their share or part of my estate and that no interest whatever shall be computed thereon my object being to claim the principal only. LASTLY I nominate constitute and appoint my sons LEWIS JONES and SUGAR JONES executors to this my last will and testament. EDMOND JONES {seal, his x mark} Signed, sealed, published and declared the 14th day of April AD 1834 in presents of JONATHON S. GUTHRIE CHESLY LEDBETTER Page 1 of 3 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, NC, Chatham, Edmund Jones 1834 EDMUND JONES WILL Executors Qualified Recorded May 1834 Recorded in book C Page 13 Test “Thomas L. Raglan” D B B B Page 2 of 3 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, NC, Chatham, Edmund Jones 1834 ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # Transcribed from original documents by Brent R. Brian & Martha M. Brian. This document and others can be found on our website: BMGEN We claim COPYLEFT on the documents that we publish that are our original work. COPYLEFT “rules” can be reviewed on the web site: GNU Free Documentation License In short, use what you like. But if you use our stuff, mention us as the source. Brent R. Brian Martha M. Brian BrianMitchellGenealogy@gmail.com Page 3 of 3 ** PAGE BREAK **