--part1_54.e266512.2784917a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Am forwarding this whole message in case anybody wants to ask for more information from the author, etc. Let me know if this is redundant. BJBrothers@aol.com --part1_54.e266512.2784917a_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <NCBLADEN-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yb01.mx.aol.com (rly-yb01.mail.aol.com [172.18.146.1]) by air-yb02.mail.aol.com (v77.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 02 Jan 2001 23:19:53 -0500 Received: from lists6.rootsweb.com (lists6.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.125]) by rly-yb01.mx.aol.com (v77.27) with ESMTP; Tue, 02 Jan 2001 23:19:29 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists6.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f034J8B24516; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 20:19:08 -0800 Resent-Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 20:19:08 -0800 X-Original-Sender: d7777@worldnet.att.net Tue Jan 2 20:19:06 2001 Message-ID: <008601c0753b$e5a83420$0201a8c0@hppav> From: "Dee Thompson" <d7777@worldnet.att.net> Old-To: <GrannyJim@aol.com>, <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com>, "Duplin County List" <NCDUPLIN-L@rootsweb.com>, "Cumberland County List" <NCCUMBER-L@rootsweb.com> References: <b8.feb5c0c.27826170@aol.com> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 23:16:06 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] Re: BEST Resent-Message-ID: <krPpoD.A.d-F.7gqU6@lists6.rootsweb.com> To: NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/2603 X-Loop: NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: NCBLADEN-L-request@rootsweb.com Hi Jimmie, Oh boy, do we have Wills - including three that you didn't ask for. You would know what a labor of love this is if you knew that I failed typing in prep school and can't find my glasses, >From # 6 24. BEST, CATHARINE (CR.035.801.1/A-63) 9 May 1813 - Jul Term 1818 daus. MARY & ELIZABETH my interest in Negroe woman Slave Cloe & her two children Jacob & Travis, cattle, hogs, tools, household & kitchen furniture; neice [sic]CATHARINE FREDERICK 1 three year old heifer; grson JOHN WILLIAM BEST $10 extr: ANDREW McINTIRE wit: STEPHEN GRAHAM, GEORGE McGOWEN, ALEXANDER McGOWEN signed: Catharine (sign) Best 25. BEST, GEORGE (CR.035.801.1/3-62) 14 Apr 1859 - Jan Term 1863 wife ELIZABETH negroes Pleasant, Harry, Toney, Hannah, Little Toney for her natural life; oldest dau. PATSY ELIZA FREDERICK negro Harry after wife's death; son GEORGE S. negroes Toney, Hannah & Little Toney after wife's death; oldest dau. PATSY ELIZA FREDERICK negroes Harriet & her children Amanda & Mary Magdaline, also 45 acres of land on Buckskin Branch known as the Buckskin land which she has by deed, $400, 1 Buggy & Harness; wife ELIZABETH 2 horses, 4 cows & calves, 2 Sows & Pigs, all my Poultry, all my household & Kitchen furniture, 2 plows & gear, 1500 pds of Pork, 100 pds of lard, 50 barrells of corn, 50 pds of Coffee, 50 pds of sugar, 1 barrel of flour; son GEORGE S. tract of land whereon I now live which he has deed for after my wife's death, negroes Primus, Diloway, Daniel, Milly, Sam, Jack & Sallie Eliza; son GEORGE S. & dau. TABITHA C., wife of STARKEY COX jointly negroes Calvin the Blacksmith & Mary Ann; the children of my dau. PLEASANT ROSA, wife of JACOB BEST negroes Eliza & Riley; dau. ELIZABETH B., wife of JESSE B. QUINN $410 which she already has & negro Marenda; dau. MILLY C., wife of WILLIAM ERVIN negroes Dick & Charles; dau. MARINDA G. STOKES negroes Spicey Jane, Little Calvin, Hannah & Peter; dau. TEMESEY PRUDENCE, wife of HENRY BEST negroes William & Elizabeth; dau. TABITHA C. COX negroes Henry, Pleasant & Roland; son GEORGE S. ballance of estate extr: son GEORGE S. wit: JOHN J. WHITEHEAD, C.W. GRAHAM signed: George Best 26. BEST, HENRY (CR.035.801.1/2-62) 5 Mar 1850 - Apr Term 1851 dau. REBECKAH negroes Bobbin, Lizure & her two children Susan & Thomas & Rose; grdau. HANNER [sic] JANE FREDERICK negroes now in her possession Ann Jane & her 6 children Lucie, David, Ben, Arabelow, Mary & Rose & Sarah & her 5 children Cate, George, Henry, Elizer & David; grdau. ELIZABETH negroes Florow and four of her children Martha, Jim, Elizuri & Orrey, Caroline & her child Cissero, Patience, Rachel & Jane; grson HENRY land whereon I now live & also 466 acres, negroes Reddin, Lewis, Alexander, Kit, Nancy & her child Elizabeth, my old negro Woman Patience, Tony, Rachel & her five children MAry, Milley, Beckah, Rose & John & Sam, all stock & residue of estate extr: grson HENRY & friend NORIS FREDERICK wit: WILLIS WILSON, WILLIAM BOYETT signed: Henry (sign) Best 27. BEST, HOWEL (CR.035.801.1) 22 Jul 1833 - Jul Term 1839 son JACOB young Sorrel mare; son REDDIN year old horse Colt; wife PRUDENCE land & property during her natural life or widowhood; 4 grandchildren, the children of JAMES & PATIENCE DOBSON $5 each & their parents to have $2.50 each; at wife's death, estate to be divided amongst children JOHN, REDDEN, HALSEY, WILLIAM, PRISCILLA, ELISABETH, BARBARA & REBECCA extr: friend JEREMIAH PEARSALL & son JACOB wit: J. OLIVER, JRE. PEARSALL signed: Howel (sign) Best 28. BEST, JOHN (CR.035.801.1/A-13) 10 May 1798 - Jul Term 1799 wife HANNAH all of my estate & at her death my Executors to rais out of my Estate before it is divided so much as will pay my seven oldest Chiildren who have married and left the sum of ten shillings - that is to say PATTY, BENJAMIN, JOHN, REBACCA, ELISABETH, ABSOLUM & HOWEL; residue to be divided between my three youngest sons HENRY, ETHELDRED & REDDIN; son HENRY to have lower part of land where it Joins ROBERT WILLIAMS; son ETHELDRED upper part where it Joins CHARLES WARD; son REDDEN the middle or center part of my Land which Contains my buildings & other improvements extrs:: sons BENJAMIN & ABSOLEM wit: EDWD PEARSALL, HENRY BEST signed: John (sign) Best 29. BEST, PRUDENCE (CR.035.801.1/3-120) 2 Mar 1859 - Jul Term 1867 dau. ELISABETH who has continued to live with & take care of me my Loom and all its fixteres, 1 Cow & Calf, 1 Sow & Pigs and all Household & Kitchen firniture; residue divided amongst my children JACOB, BARBARA GRADY, REBEKAH GRADY & ELISABETH extr: dau. ELISABETH wit: JERE. PEARSALL, JEMIMA H. PEARSALL signed: Prudence (sign) Best 30. BEST, REDDEN (CR.035.801.1/2-115) 15 Jul 1851 - Apr Term 1867 son BENJAMIN 159 acres adj. land whereon I now live, ABSALEM BEST, HARPER WILLIAMS & the main run of Nahonja Swamp; son WILLIAM H. 150 acres adj. land given to son BENJAMIN, one grindstone & one sorrel colt which he now claims; daus. MARTHA & ELLEN K. 34 acres whereon I now live including my dwelling House, all out houses and other improvements, negro named Statira & her child Mary, all fowls & poultry, 2 mares or horses, 1 cart, all tools, saddle, bridle, Household & kitchen furniture, all crops and provisions at hand; daus. now married BETSEY, the wife of JAMES BROWN, HANNAH wife of MORRIS GUY, POLLY wife of THOMAS PHILLIP & SUSAN wife of ALEXR. CHAMBERS $50 each; sons ABSALOM & HOWEL 50 (cents sign) each which seems together with the advancements they have had from me will make theirs a fair and equitable portion extr: son WILLIAM H. wit: JOHN J. KELLY, ROBERT STOKES signed: Redden (sign) Best 31. BEST, WILLIAM (CR.035.801.1/A-44) 20 Oct 1790 - Jan Term 1791 wife CATHIRINE [sic] use of all my estate until son JOHN is of age or marries and she to raise & school my children [not named] at the Descretion of my Executors and when each child comes of age or marries shall receive a part of my estate extrs: wife CATHERINE, JAMES KENAN, WILLIAM FREDERICK wit: G. MORREY [?], CHA. WARD, FELIX FREDERICK signed: Wm Best Dee For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: <GrannyJim@aol.com> To: <d7777@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 5:40 PM Subject: BEST Hi, Dee, Hope the new year is a good one for you and yours. I have several BEST's who died in Duplin County. Wonder if they may have anything listed in #6 (Wills, 1730-1860)? William BEST, d abt 1790/1791 John BEST, d abt 1799 Howell BEST, d April 26, 1839 Redden BEST, d April 1857 Prudence WILLIAMS Best, d March 16, 1867 Thanks again, for all you do. Jimmie ODOM Williams --part1_54.e266512.2784917a_boundary--