I agree that the surname "Cake" is a Dobbs Co. surname. A "Mabe Cake" married a Coward. There was a Collen Coward. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marianne Ordway" <mordway@adelphia.net> To: <NCBERTIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 5:06 PM Subject: Fw: [NCBERTIE] WM CAKE FILGO TO OBEDIAH SOWELL WIT: JOSHUA WILSON & COLLEN COWAND > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marianne Ordway" <mordway@adelphia.net> > To: "lynnjack" <lynnjack@bright.net> > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 5:04 PM > Subject: Re: [NCBERTIE] WM CAKE FILGO TO OBEDIAH SOWELL WIT: JOSHUA WILSON & > COLLEN COWAND > > > > Genealogical Abstracts of Wills, 17587-1824 Halifax County, NC by Margaret > > M. Hofmann: > > > > Will #829 page 529 JOSIAH NELMS 22 Feb. 1812 may Ct. 1812 > > wife (name not given) negroes, furniture etc. estate to remain together > for > > the support of wife, mother (name not given) and children ( names not > given > > and children appear to be under 21) son JEREMIAH NELMS the old plantation > > and the ajoining tract called the meeting house and the land JONES PAIR > now > > lives on any my mill with 10 acres and the land lately recovered from > JAMES > > HIGGS joining JOHN YOUNG and if the sd. JEREMIAH dies the sd. lands to go > > to my son WILLIAM JOSIAH NELMS and if all the children die the sd. land > to > > be divided as follows: JOSIAH WILSON 2/3 and HARRIOTT WILSON 1/3 > > daughters SALLY NELMS and NANCY NELMS negroes each SALEY ARMISTEAD > > daughter of ROBERT ARMISTREAD $100.00. MRS. ____ MARKS $50.00. DAVID > > CLARK and THOMAS BARROW to give the bonds to my mother > > Wit.: R. TUNSTALL, WILLIAM WIGGINS > > Ext.: THOMAS BARROW > > > > *********************************** > > > > Also- Will #693 pg. 410 DANIEL BROWN 7 July 1803 Aug. Ct. 1803 > > mother MARY BROWN all my real and personal estate during her natural life > > and at her death it to be divided between my 2 brothers ELIAS BROWN and > > DAVID BROWN > > Wit.: THOMAS KIRBY, JOHN R. WILSON > > Extrs.: JOSHUA WILSON and WILLIAM DICKENS > > > > ********************************** > > > > Hope these will help you. Good luck! Marianne Ordway > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "lynnjack" <lynnjack@bright.net> > > To: <NCBERTIE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 1:01 PM > > Subject: [NCBERTIE] WM CAKE FILGO TO OBEDIAH SOWELL WIT: JOSHUA WILSON & > > COLLEN COWAND > > > > > > > Does anyone recognized any of the people on this deed? I don't have > > access > > > to a book covering this period, so I have no further details. > > > > > > Joshua Wilson is my main interest and I believe him to be out of Martin > > Co, > > > NC and later Halifax Co. He was a Methodist minister. Could he be > > related > > > to Filgo or Sowell? > > > > > > > > > Mar 17, 1795 Bertie Co: Wm Cake Filgo to Obediah Sowell Wit: Joshua > > > Wilson & Collen > > > Cowand DBK R > > > > > > Thanks; > > > > > > Marilyn > > > > > > > > > ==== NCBERTIE Mailing List ==== > > > Bertie County Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbertie/index.htm > > > Many pages of information on-line. I welcome yours as well! > > > Be sure to "search" on this page! > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== NCBERTIE Mailing List ==== > Never hesitate to ask questions on this List. It is very friendly and > helpful to everyone interested in Bertie County. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >