Will, NC, Granville, Lucy Parham 1837 ] Granville County ] North Carolina ] Will BOOK 14 PAGE 53 ] In the name of God amen I LUCY PARHAM of the county of Granville in the state of North Carolina being of sound mind and memory do make & ordain this my last will and testament, to wit: IMPRIMIS I give to my son WILLIAMSON PARHAM one Negro man by the name of ANTHONY to him and his heirs forever. 2nd I give to my granddaughter ARSENETH [PARHAM] daughter of my son WILLIAMSON [PARHAM] one negro girl by the name of INDIA and her future increase including any increase the said girl may have at the time of my death also set of China. 3rd I give to my granddaughter NANCY [PARHAM] the daughter of my son WILLIAMSON one negro girl by the name of EASTER and her future increase including any increase the said girl may have at the time of my death. 4th I give to my granddaughter EMILY [PARHAM] one seal skin trunk two blue check counter panes. 5th I give to my son LEWIS PARHAM one negro girl by the name of JANE and her future increase including any increase the said girl may have at my death or the taking effect of this my last will and testament. 6th To my granddaughter JUDAH WOODSON, wife of WILLIAM PASCHALL, shall I give one blue check counter pane. 7th I give to my grandchildren LEWIS R. PARHAM, MARY HOWARD, wife of JOSEPH HOWARD, and ROBERT E. PARHAM the children of my son SAMUEL PARHAM, deceased, one negro girl VINEY and her future increase including any increase at the time of my death and direct that the said girl and her increase at my death if any be sold by my executor and the money equally divided between them also I give one blue check counterpane to MARY HOWARD. 8th I give to JOHN F. BRYANT and NANCY FULLER children of my deceased daughter NANCY BRYANT one negro girl by the name of ANNA and her future increase including the increase that she may have at the time of my death and direct that my executor sell the said girl and her increase if any and divide the money equally between them. 8th I give to my grand daughter NANCY FULLER one feather bed one pair of sheets and one white figured counterpane one blue check counterpane and one suit of bed curtains I figured bed cover black and white. 9th I give to my son a ASA PARHAM one negro man by the name of JOHN one Negro man by the name of ARCHIE one Negro man by the name of TOM to him and his heirs forever one bay mare by the name of Pleasure also give to MARTHA GREEN, daughter of my son ASA, one figured counter pane, white. Page 1 of 4 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, NC, Granville, Lucy Parham 1837 10th It is my will to bequest that all the property of every sort and description whatsoever not given away by any clause or clauses of this my last will and testament of which I may die possessed be sold by my executor and the proceeds equally divided between my three sons WILLIAMSON PARHAM, LEWIS PARHAM and ASA PARHAM and the children of my deceased son SAMUEL PARHAM, to wit, LEWIS R. PARHAM MARY HOWARD and ROBERT E. PARHAM the said children to represent their deceased parents or to receive one fourth part of said proceeds. 11th I hereby appoint my brother SAMUEL J. REEVIS executor of this my last will and testament. Witness my hand and seal this 1st of May 1837. Interlined before signing. Lucy Parham {seal, her x mark} signed sealed and acknowledged in the presence of JOHN C. TAYLOR Page 2 of 4 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, NC, Granville, Lucy Parham 1837 ] Granville County ] North Carolina ] November Court A. D. 1837 ] The execution of the last will and testament of LUCY PARHAM deceased was duly proven on oath in open court by JOHN C. TAYLOR, one of the subscribing witness thereto ordered to be recorded. Whereupon SAMUEL J. REEVIS, named as executor in said will, came into court and renounced his right to qualify as such, wherefore WILLIAMSON PARHAM was appointed administrator with the will annexed of LUCY PARHAM, deceased, who entered into bond in the term of $10,000 with SAMUEL J. REEVIS and JIM REEVIS, securities, and qualified accordingly. witness JAMES M. WIGGINS clerk of court Page 3 of 4 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will, NC, Granville, Lucy Parham 1837 ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # 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 4 of 4 ** PAGE BREAK **