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Wills

Lucy Brown --July 27, 1842- Bladen County
Submitted by: sbrow@gateway.net

[From the will of Lucy Brown] Dated July 27, 1842

…willed to her beloved son John Bright Brown:

-Fred, her miller

-James, the son of Juliet

…willed to her beloved daughter Lucy Ann Owen:

-Clarissa, her faithful servant

…willed to granddaughter Ellen Owen:

-negro boy named Charles, son of Prescilla

…willed to grandson Thomas Wright Brown:

-negro boy named Collett

"It is her wish to sell her negro man Mercury upon such terms as they shall think most beneficial to the interests of her granddaughter Lucy Ann (daughter of her late son Thomas)"

…willed to grandson Thomas C. Miller:

-negro boy named Frank

-negro boy named Richard

"I do hereby release and discharge him from the payment of six hundred dollars due me for the purchase of a boy named Richard as appears from his note for that sum now in my hands which said note, my executors are hereby directed to cancel and not to consider as assets belonging to my estate."

…willed to grandson Joseph Swift Miller:

-valuable servant Juliet, and her son Fred

…willed to grandson Auguste Seaton Miller:

-Harriet, and her son William

…willed to executors hereinafter, the survivors of them, and the executors of such survivors (son John Bright Brown and grandson Thomas C. Miller):

-negro girl named Cynthia, and her child Delia

…willed to grandson John Bright Brown, Jr.:

-a negro boy named Alonzo, son of Juliet

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