Thought I'd post the other wills I had copied when in Sampson Co.,NC last month> Maybe they will be of help to some of you all. Please let me know. (Jesse Carrell (Carroll) Sr. is my line) Carrell, Jesse Sr. 10 Mar. 1802 prob. 13 Nov. 1808 Wife: Rachel Carrell Son- John Carrell - plant. where he now lives 295 ac. Son- Jesse Carrell - old plant, whereon I formerly lived 355 ac., negroes Dick & Ben; feather bed & furn.; 1 mare; livestock Son- Thomas Carrell - 356 ac. land on upperside of Stuarts Ck. adj my Mill Br., negroes David, Jean & Aban; feather bed & furn. Dau- Mary Collins - negroe girl Missey (sic) Dau- Priscilla Carrell - negroe woman Doll; livestock; feather bed & furn.; cotton wheel & cards Son- Joseph Carrell - plant, where I now live 355 ac. on Peacock Br.; negroes Hal, Willis & Rose; Mill, Still; rem. livestock Exec: sons John Carrell, Jesse Carrell Wit: John Carrel. David Chesnutt, Alexander Chesnutt Jesse (I) Carrell * NC State Archives Carrell, John 22 May 1814 prob. 16 Aug. 1814 Wife: Rachel Carrell - my land; livestock; household furn.; working tools. Son- Raeford Carrell - 1 horse, saddle, briddle & gun After wife's death, prop to be divided amongst my children. (non named) Exec: Rachel Carrell Wit: Hiram Blackburn, Raiford Carroll John (X) Carrell * NC State Archives Carroll, John Sr. 12 Jan. 1761 prob. date not found Wife Mary Carroll - my whole est., lands & utensils, during NL or widowhood, except such things as I mention Son John Carroll - plant, whereon I now live & all appurtenances after death of his mother. Children John, Joseph, Dorcas & Rachel Carroll - all moveable est. to be equally divided between my children. 1 bay horse Callant, to be sold & money equally divided Exec: wife Mary Carroll, son John Carroll signed John Carroll Wit: Dempsey Benton, John Beaker, Henry Hollingsworth * Deed Bk. 3 pg. 124, Register of Deeds, Sampson Co. Ct. House (only) Carroll, Lewis 16 July 1872 prob. 16 Nov. 1872 Wife: Eliza Carroll - during NL or widowhood, all land where I now live; all livestock; plant. & farming tools; household & kitchen furn.; crops; notes Son- George Carroll- all land above the road adj. AB Carroll Son- william Carroll - part of land adj. GW Carroll, W. Gregory & BW Gunn Son- C.Tate Carroll - land adj W. Gregory, Wm Matthews & Wm.J.Carroll 3 youngest sons Geo. W, Wm J. & Cornelius G. Carroll - 1 bed & furn each 2 daus- Rebecca P. Merriman & Moriah A. Southerland to be equally divided- rem. personal prop. after death of wife. Rem. children- Mary E. Cromm, Rachel C. Royal, Frank M. Carroll, James L. Carroll & Amma B. Carroll - I have given & devised to them already Exec: sons Franklin M. Carroll; James L. Carroll signed Lewis Carroll Wir: Archibald Matthis, Wm.S. Matthis *NC State Archives Carroll, Raiford 9 sept. 1848 prob. Nov. Ct 1858 Wife- Sarah Carroll - negroes Calvin, Rachel, Maris, Adaline & child Ann, George, Chany, Jack, Isaac, Bob & Charles; after death of wife, sd negroes unto children begotten by her body, Elizabeth, Thomas E., Stephen F. & Junius F. Carroll equally divided. The land & plant. where I reside ca 450 ac. BS Big & Little Coharre, after death or marriage of wife; household & kitchen furn., livestock. Exec. to sell lands at public sale & probeeds to be equally divided amoung 5 sons, David, Thomas Stephen & John O & Junius. Sons-John O Carroll, David D. Carroll, daus Sarah W. Tatum & Mary C. Carroll- negroes Harry, Bell, Cesar & Barbara to be equally divided After death or marriage of wife, prop to be sold & proceeds to be equally divided amoung youngest children. 4 in number. If the Fisher suit goes against me, money to be paid out of prop. willed to wife. Exec. to sell rem. est., real & personal, tract of land where Pilgrim Pope lives ca.200 ac. Exec: John H. Spearman Wit: Thomas J. Faison, Patrick Murphy Probate Record: Raiford Carroll, died 1 June 1858 signed: Raiford Carroll *NC State Archives Carroll, Sarah 14 Dec. 1849 prob. May ct. 1855 4 grandchildren, Sarah Catherine d/o James U. & Ann Matilda Herring, Martha Jane d/o Lewis & Winney Johnson Sarah Catherine/ Elizabeth d/o Kenan & Dorcas Bazel Edward s/o William Carrell - my 34 ac of land 4 children, Ann Matilda w/o James M. Herring, Winney w/o Lewis Johnson, Darcas w/o Kenan Bizel son William Carrell - to have life estate in 34 ac. Granddau- Martha Jane Johnson - 1 feather bed & furn Granddaus Martha Jane & Sarah Catherine - all household & kitchen furn., livestock; & rem prop. not mentioned Exec. to act as trustee to land Exec: Sampson Bennett, Allen Williamson Wit: Thomas Williamson, RC Holmes Sarah (X) Carrell *NC State archives.