UNSUBSCRIBE WEST-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > WEST-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 69 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [WEST-L] William West's Will ["fred powell, sr" <powell@cvn.net>] > #2 [WEST-L] West, Lawson H. , NY/VT ["C. Theresa Meltzer" <terrywatsonm] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from WEST-D, send a message to > > WEST-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [WEST-L] William West's Will > Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 23:38:18 -0500 > From: "fred powell, sr" <powell@cvn.net> > To: WEST-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi All! > > Unfortunately I do not have the Deed Book in which this Bladen Co. Will may > be found. When I locate that source, I will post it to the list. > > Fran > > WILL OF WILLIAM N. WEST > > In the name of God “Amen” > I William West of the County of Bladen and State of North Carolina planter > being weakly in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God > Calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed > for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament > that is to say principally and first of all > I give and recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it and > my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a decent Christian burial > at the discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the general > resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and > as touching such worldly goods wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in > this life I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and > form. > I give and bequeath unto Hannah West my dearly beloved wife all my movable > property such as cattle horses hogs sheep household furniture &c only enough > taken out of said property to satisfy my just debts and demands also the > plantation where on I now live to remain hers during her lifetime in purpose > of raising my youngest children and after Annah Wests death my lawful wife > then said property to be equally divided or sold amongst my own children and > their Grandchildren Annah and Hannah Jane and James West to share in equal > part among themselves which division is to be made by honorable men > I likewise constitute make and ordain the sole Executrix of this my last > will and Testament my wife Hannah West of all and singular property me------ > and Tenements as above mentioned by her freely to be possessed and enjoyed. > And I do hereby utterly disallow revokeand disa------ all and every other > former Testament will Legacies bequests and executors by me in any wise > before named ratified and bequested or confirmed this and no other to be my > last weill and Testament. > In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 19th day of > February in the year of Our Lord 1830 > Signed sealed published > and declared by the said > William West as his last > will and Testament > In the presence of us whom > in his presence and in the > presence of each other have > hereunto Subscribed our names William Wilkeson > Amos Cain (Two illegible words) > > Wm. N. (his mark) West > Archd Culbreth > Neill (his mark) Culbreth > William Wilkeson > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [WEST-L] West, Lawson H. , NY/VT > Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 07:01:31 -0500 > From: "C. Theresa Meltzer" <terrywatsonmeltzer@juno.com> > To: WEST-L@rootsweb.com > > I'm looking for information about Lawson H. West, b. abt 1825 in Hebron, > NY, s/o Egbert and Zilphea (Foster) West. He supposedly had seven wives. > Three are known as of this time, Elizabeth Gleason (m. 1848), Julia > Melissa Woodard (m. abt 1861), and Eliza Shipley (m. 1876). Would like > to find indentity of other wives, descendants and his date of death. He > lived in Washington County, NY as well as Bennington County, Vermont. > Any help would be appreciated. > Terry > TerryWatsonMeltzer@juno.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html > or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]