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Ferebee 1CAVA FAMILIES Special Collections -- Ferebee, Witherington Many other surnames are included for the Cana section of Davie County Naylor Lewis Howell Etchison 1 T a . t..7, 'Wife Sarah Owen Will is properly probated before J. W. Wiseman and D. -P. Jones in the Probate Court SePt.791868u► before H. R. Austin, d ge. Richard E. 3rock, Executor of Will. I, William A. Howell, of the •County of Davie and State of North �n Carolina, being of sound mind and memory, but considering the s � uncertainty of my earthly existence, do make and declare my last b.. Will and Testament in manner and form following:, That is to !b say - First. That my body shall be provided with decent christian ^I burial, suitable to the wishes of my family and friends, and that 16 my spirit be com,rended to God who gave it: - And that my Executor 1i (hereinafter named), shall pay -Sll funeral expenses, together with my dust debts, whatsoever and to whomsoever owing. and that he may do so; he shall have power, to sell or other°+rise dis- pose of any orooerty, for that nurpose. Item First: I give and bequeath to my sons, John C. and Julius ?T. one bed and one bureau each, to be of a good quality as those T have heretofore given to my married childred. i Item second. I give and bequeath all my Specie (gold and silver coin) which shall be on hand, as foTows: - To my dauEhters Elizabeth Ann, Jane Catherine, 3usan N:arSaret, and Sarah 3meline, each Seventy Five (75.00), to share equally one to the other. And all the balance (of the snecle) to be equally divided between my daughters Mary Ann, my sons John columbus, Julius !..ashington \ and my wife, Sarah Owen, to share equally one with the other. 4'ur tber to the "aper currency which may be on hand, -I dive to my be- loved wife, Sarah Owens, for all immediate and.neces3ary demands =: and expenses. R i F3hc3U iToccCC or,1*i2 .- Y'tih iio cancel a n -:17.3 OyTC_ to til01 s SaV-Orally w..'.. Cj a 1~.0 as above=Idicnted. . YIVcond— I i -r l��S? .:i cll 'r:.,iC \��:•.s4.-i.:'L�:..� r�� ° ---� :.'..'L3- '.: moi' �: C. L.i �'.-y4!'' r.,+-�..1 .•� .trrr,n.�^� 0.'Oi3� u S i1�'C♦.:. . Ox' C Y SC• ,� tr' ` X• 'C.•�"^:...�.•s : ' • h n r i !t �+: i+,-� v_. i[! T, ,lTrlT� \© t,ci,.., t s Sarah \.°\i �i►i VC) c-y."I Y s •r 1 v `:.t. r�% a �JL. • _ n r,.,• .•.,-t-`-•,Q�•s ..� - �T t.�i a .^ r•. ' •r` ..:Q�tC ,+Z ry ^ f. ':'l� . '^.t, :::',1.Q• iJiw t wa iLC...� •i Tr :i0 CII V.L�= JLlo Cx-'uCa t--') •.•tt of -? C7 ay- �i~1`• .�.Jy~ �! 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C. 39 17729 Page *j 3 I 63 Count of ge In the name of God, Amen. I, Stephen Lewis of the County nt, Delaware, being in mind to travel of perfect mind and memory, blessed be God and calling to mind the transitorinisa of this present life and that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and appoint this S my last will and testament in manner and form as follows: _Yfzs I bequeath my soul to Almighty God who gave it to ane and my body to the ground there to be buried in a christian`like manner at p th di c etion of a utore her fuer nqme and a9 for my worldly o�"ds an � es ,a a wherewAK He t79 please God si all goodness to Mese ate ith. I give and..dispose of in manner and form as following, Y Item lsts I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Mary (all my just debts being first paid) all my during her natural life and after the desease estate both Taal & personal disposed of in canner & form following. my well beloved wife Mary to be an 2ndly and at One death ai'' any wife aforesaid my will and desire is = in+. Jose h " li p owe who interma.rr ied with my s -id wife's daughter, i1ary, shall have my negro boy Sam and to him, his heirs and assigns foreher. Then all the rest of my estate bath real and pe. sonal may be equally divided be•t;ween -.rhe four following persona, their heirs and assigns, vias 1• John Furchas, 2. John Thompson 3. Joseph Howell aforesaid and 4. Sarah Uptegrave and lastly, 3 do constitute and appoint John Furchas the executor of this my last gill and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and fixed MY seal this third day of December in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and seventy two (1772) . Sealed & signed in presenc of Richard Lockwood :William Thomas. Delaware State — Kent County. Stephen Lewis (SEAT,.) Register of Willa. Personally apps,*.: red before me Nehemiah Tilton, Esquire, Deputy Register for the Probate of Wille and granting letters of Adm. within Kent County aforesaid, the Honorable Richard Lockwood, Esquire, of the Assistant Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of staid Counj one of the evidences to the written will of Stephen Legis deceased who being sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God, doth depose and say that he saw Stephen Lewis the within testator, sign and seal and heard him publish, pronounce and declare the within instrument oz wiring as and for his last will and testament that at The time or his so doing and sa ing he was to the best or his, belies, oz sound nd diSpvs ing mind and memory that at his instance & request and in his presence he signed his name as an evidence thereto and at the like instance and request & in his presence also he saw William Thomas sign his haste as other evidence to the same will. 4. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Registers office at Dover in Kent County, aforesaid, this fourteenth day of August, Anno Domini seventeen hundred & eighty 'one (1782) r. Y f Nehemiah Tilton Aug. 149 1781. 4 ;� a r T a ti 0 Z V. Poir."..4 MIN, ti w1aZIP. 7YI - ff. IV fts lip ti w1aZIP. 7YI - a.: , rI iv t n e'r.t - �r. � - ire ', mm �gm AYR a.: , rI iv t n • - �r. � - ire ', mm �gm J 0 I tao 1 �� G u: n m n Z5 7 O 7 ti� _-� a--7 2z) " , z .A Ae 0 40 2 ao. 0 Z ;r 1 77 7Q� 40 CIO Uiz 1-77 ''`% -4� y 767 ul ,� ntr .^�`'�-fL . -- - r`�-'�. -• - �. - Ct_..� cl d--(7u- .. .. ��o--�_ � � ---,�- r'��-_���,' �i..�'�'�'-.'�--�� ���..i ��t"..,..LL.1"i� '�-, , •' � �t.�'C� : 1 �.^ 4� ,' -I ' n 1 --_..-- LL ._ _ . 1 - �--x-! . U.'� . _- "' v-~•- _ -_ . `"�� _ � ��' .�,�� t1� �- �'-'� ? � � lei �^V-7 u� .. - �.�'�/ _ . �"�� �� ���.� -- - -'._- A ....`�.� �(_r� - -•-• ���-�i...��"�_LY L��.� _ �� v�`YL- �r.+- ��i+.�r7..r ��-� 1J 3 ti� • ,� .Vi' � .._ _ ___^-� r 6. The, --said Ellen Gault �e-r As the. Daughter of Ba it Gaither born 1751' died 1802 marri (date) _+ _ pla1.ce W q U to Maur t Watkins born r � died .- 11 7. The said asil Gaither is the Son of •, a 4 Edward Gaither _ born: 171 ° ,died. 1787 n married (date) ;Place to Eleanor Whittle born died 8. The said Edward Gaither is the 3 - en 'aurin Gaither - �-b_1681 _ died -� __pried ( date)17,0 ,� p1ace to Sara _,urge s s ; %� barn ��,. Aied _ o 9. The said Beq aurin Gaither if the So of Joan Gaither,, Jr. born died married(da - �) plage ` - _ to Rini Morely born die=d 10. Th.e said John Gaither Jr. id the Son of Joan Gait_nerp� Dorn --- > , The said r the _ - a , ancestor through whom I claim elgibility in this Society 176 4 0 Z t d �s- Moor_-_jlLz s. 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June 12, 1903 Children of Harlan and Dorothy a Dorothy Lou .... October 13, 1924 Harlan Batson Junior.... February 20, 1928 /Dorothy Lou married Jay Cohen Maxwell (October 5, 1946) Children of Dorothy Lou and Jay Richard Jay Maxwell... March 30, 1950 Suzanne Maxwell....... February 12, 1952 David Michael Maxwell.. March 29 1954 Harlan Batson Junior married Betty Grayce Lovli (April 14, 1951) Harlan Batson Naylor::III.... April 269 1952 -THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVEF leroic Bomhardie From, N.C. M, edali it. Thomas_ W.. Ferebee Of Moo ksville Awarded tinguished Flying Cross For Gallantry During Born 1 ing 'Run Over Sicily. The Observer Hurwi{"1=36Nf'L HI __E>, welt�, _•�.. r•"-"'.. .,. .t.....,,.. a -tion u 'Thomas Ferebee of Mocksvillei the DistUguished Flying Crosa-_faishtet2 a part in all missiol :. Ferebeels citation Extraordinary while - participating asbombardier of a t : Throughout 'his 'Ig professionalskill andhis' �ess.to take part in all mis-I. His self-denial is volunteer - continue his tour of duty be - the customary 'number o1 has beenof high inspiration comrades. ' May 19, 1943, Capt FerpDee i .a enemy fighters'..; attack 'I" at. the: start. of they , in, "and. a 20 Mm. sh in. -the .nose of hi .ing the navigator an [- his oxygen mask.,- ;ht; -Capt. •Ferebee r m mask and-'adjuste Funded comrade. Swif =ring -first: aid. to the-' !,then returned- to his _- accurate bombing of on'the field.' Display al : stamina, Capt. "I f the nose guns, ward d frontal attack - was out of d ncy-and resolu great credit armed forces COPY X : J 7 d ]C].iz3beth•Cityi M. C., July ,$th, 3918., � n-.-, .- s. Kate Ferebee Merton, ,nnettsville, S. C. r Your -letter .xe'ce4ved:I have delayed ans7-er•= d Av y it t-inkirv7 that I M1ght see some-of,the older people , S .get r, OMe 'nfoT-,.ati-•n-ae to v ,blanch, af . t he - fa=Jjy7 eve have known that there eras another family Ferebeea­in the .state-and:that'they were from CuPritucTc tas; t ty-. Uy sons while attending, thq .Vni*Orsity of Chapel a . fav ysar@ ago, met uFs Frith a young man. by the, name rerebee mho was. also at Sehhal there,and then oracle of PO1`t to find out, Khat •family of P'erebeee deEcendeci -)m; but m son was so busy rr(-did not dccomp_1.sh anythin ':lave only one son and he w► . a called" to oras on April 7th, " r' 17, one day after the declaration of war, and left us on �V :.il 9th, 1917; with his Command,, Be is now on the U. , :ode Islands If 'You, will go to . the county seat of any snty in•Narth Oara'linas You wlll- find Clarks & Sanders :3tory of :North- Carolina, Continental bine, also J. Bryan imes _Abat2aot0f, Sig, �rh hZhintereet you. il o tha oon -hatyou descended <. ee, the sameOle orge:'Ferebee_.ose' d.esc4nd, now vi rig ,e$ $eep Creet, �'a., .,end that the T'�omas Fepe yet trliaraynu,a.eseended wa.$ George rerebeeis- son,, w__o wen " Tituak County to live, aft6x arda`m6vine to Davie Cotmty 'e my: book Vage :3 as to the zhildren of John Ferebee, itleman, and. you Brill se-: that . had three sons, 'viz: :' il )mai•Fe-ebee, George Ferebee "siames Ferebee). I .Den Od from Thomas, We thinktbtat*.:tber descendants of'.. tee Ferebee eine in Camden County,, and .the descendapte v. George Ferebee are at Deftp Creek,',Va, I am not &ble ^M1 Drove this. It seems. that the F'erebeea came from:Engl^,r settled at Deep Creek, some of them later going from ,o Creek to Carrituck County, N. C. { �{ 1. Gould give you.nore.informati n on record that you wish.. I am sending another.eopy.of FaiAly Record for Your father as you requested - there, r no charge at all for this. Should you at anytime, tend tnfbrmation of .interest; I Irrould thank you to et me , r.' from yrrt�., � LU-10 "� Very reepectfttlly, f (8d)T. QB,,CiZson. de A A-P� r acg tf Will of Jr- .ba Nils on Continued from .Book I , the will of John tU.Ucn or VU3.1son leaves most of ids land to his soup John. 1. John mentions a son of Jc^.n Wi? sasa, Andrew . ilson IV 2. James s 3. Daughter Mary Boone (;rowan marriage Feb. 25� 1733, BanJanin Boone to Mary Wil on). 4. Daughter Elizabeth cost (Rogan Marria;;e nook) Obaneazer Frost to Ui.zabe th 71illsoa, Novo 2, 1775.`,ee h., -,r name :gelled right). 5. William 1luntar and his represen&ttras by IV daughter Rar.hel 6. Son Samuel Wilson 7. Daughter :ash :carper Bdok A Division ops c..3tes. pace 73, 'al:. 3.c312, ;i -,,es ?ix is Lois of the land of %;—O=' 111.1$cn among elai'an he-_* rs. b was alrid-ant3y the eldest son of Jvnn -Uls ons Sr.: above, 1. Andrew Milson 2. Boone ::ilson 3. James ilson 4. Sibly Nilson 5 • Samuel 'elilson 6. Alford Nils ooa 7. Spruce ' #i3zon S. Rebecca :1ilsaa 9. Jollin tails on 10. P013,7 1ils on ' 3.1. Hand wson 7113 -on r ' Rwan Co. Hook I Wills �i .i c 7 WILL.. DATED 31st January 1791. fa BRAHAM C?.ESDI Recorded in Book E, Page. 4, -office Clerk �- of Court, Burry County, N. C. In the name of God, Amens S I, Abraham Cresong of Surry County & State of north garolina, being weak of body byt of sound & perfect mind & memory this thirty first r day of Januaky in the ye, -,r of our Lord one thousand seven hunured and ninety 0 one (1791) and calling to mind that it is appointed for all' men once to die, 1 do make9 ordain & Acknowledge this io be my last will and testament & do dispose of my worldly goods in the following manner, that i3 to say first of all I cosrmit MY soul to the hands of Almighty God who AA body to earth from whence it came to be buried in a Christian to raat my c the direction of my executors: k First of all MY will & desire is that all my just debts be paid. Item. I give to my beloved wife: ry Creson the Menchen house & Plantation together with sixty a.cl•es o land & ten acres of • � land of L river tract adjoining N h® J g udspeths line including the tobacco ground cleared hstsayqr=r and to have privili a to take any timber on said tract to keepe id ten acres under a goad fence and one third of what grain shall b® raised on the old plantation this ya.r, one third of my hogs, one good horse and two cowd during her natural life and then the land to be the property of my beloved son Joshua Creson. Item. I give & bequeath my beloved son Joshua Creson all thato pert Of my old deeded land situated in the Yadkin River on the North Side of Deep Creek. Also trio hundred & twenty five acres adjoining said land on the North and Giles Hudspeth on the Nest, known by the name of nudges improvement, to him & his.heirs forever. Item. I give to ' •• g my beloved daughter Jane Steelman & rife of Charles Steelman Two hundred & fifty acres of land, situate on the waters of tLe Yadkin River below Shallowford on *he both sides of the road, leading to Salisbury, adjoin- ing the Turners deeded land known c-; the name of Halters improvement. MY will and desire is that all the remainder of my lands be exposed for sale to pay my debts. Also that all the remainder of my estate both real & personal be sold and the money arising therefrom to be applied to discharge the balance due from me after first paying the money arising from the sale of my lands, and my will and desire is that the remainder of all the monies after Pa:ing my just debts be equally divided between my beloved son Joshua Creson and my daughter Jinny Steelman, but if ;ghat I have left to be sold should not be sufficient to satisfy and pay all my just debts, My"will and desire is that my son goehue Creson pay two hundred pounds out of the value of the lands I give him. I hereby relinquish all my right t, a certain Molatto named Jepe which I give to my son Joshua Creson, and acknowledge the right m d property of said Molatto slave to be in said Joshua Creson. I also relinquish all my right or claim to a certain negro, Daniel, which I gave my daughter Jinny Steelman, about twelve years ago and acknowledge the property of said negro to be the heirs of Samuel Cunningham, deceased. P Last of all I c6netitute and appoint my son & tnusty friend Joshua Creson & Charles Steelman my whole & sole executobs of this my last Will and testament and do hereby revoke all other wills heretofore by me made or spoken and declare them to be void and of no effect acid do fully & sincerely acknowledge this to be my last will and testament. In witness my hand and seal the day ana year before written.. Signed, sealed and pronounced and } acknowlejed, In the presence of } Abraham Creson (Seal.) H. Speer_ Thomas Jason John Carter Surry County, State of North Carolina. August Court A. D. 1791, Henry Speer one of the subscribing witnesses to the fore- going last will and testament of Abraham Creson, made oath that he saw the said Abraham Creson sign, publish & declare the same to be his last will & testament, that he was of sound disposing mind & memory and at the same time he saw Thomas Mason & John Carter sign the same and witness to same which was ordered to be recorded. cL`cs-kti-1:r �-kL.a,tt� J4ry� ��rU p �— 1. "r ---moi if / / — Jr �P-_/ a 1 7) rb c� ro a 5 0 :^^�•��iM 'Xis Y i �r{i '�i114 A / ;1 T M1 42t mor Y7 �rt'"�^"� AiLe-un1R •cy n ro to"/loe r y Y I ' % ✓ ' ♦ i . w7' . r Ir? .__,:_• .... - -" .... y -,� -�,+ may; •�::'�-/ a ..E r two ow 1,7 o • f �,� sem"+ A�. �� � �.�:..-_'�...�:� r�•�-'---� �''�� "'� -.�%� �, / / �.♦ '^ 9' ^ ..�. ..ter✓ — L /) �! ;9' Ift oll 11,11111111,1111 t�7 7 /YolIc, Z toP oe TIOIm � 7 ' (moi � � -,�'T �r'�. 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