Will of Serena W. Patrick




Contributed by: Martha Marble


  From the Benjamin M. Patrick Collection, P.C.1691, NC Div. of Archives and History, Raleigh, NC. 3 April 1867 - Of Lenoir County . . . being in sound mind . . . executor to provide a decent burial and pay funeral expenses. Item 1 - Brother JOHN R. PATRICK, two notes I hold against him, one for $305 dated 17 January 1855 due 6 months after that date, the other dated 9 December 1857 for $235. Item 2 - I give to my sister CHARLOTTE N. DOZIER one note I hold against her husband, SAMUEL B. DOZIER for $107.38 dated 27 March 1859 and the interest on 2 other notes I hold against her husband which I shall hereafter dispose of; one note given for $100 dated October 5 1858 and the other for $290 dated 16 September 1858. Item 3 - to sister SUSAN JANE ROBINSON one note I hold against S. B. DOZIER for $100 without the interest. Item 4 - to my brother JAMES M. PATRICK, one note I hold against S. B. DOZIER for $290 without the interest; also one note against FRED. GRIST for $200 dated 17 March 1858 after he has paid my burial expenses and debts out of such notes. I appoint my brother JAMES M. PATRICK as executor. Witnesses: F. A. BROTHERS, W. L. VAST (?) ___________ There is a note in this folder that Serena was the daughter of ELIAKIM PATRICK who had a will in Beaufort County in 1851. The brother J. M. PATRICK had a will in Lenoir County written in 1891. The sister CHARLOTTE DOZIER had a will in Greene County dated 1903.

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