Researcher : Mary Markley
April 2004
659 Eli Mercer/ 1774 b 1774 Edgecombe-NC d 1832 Nash-NC m1 1798 Barsheba Nicholson m2 1809 Christian Farmer m3 1818c Margaret Gardner d 1847 Nash-NC ( Eli named # 672 Thomas Mercer/1756 & # 667 William Wilkins as guardians )
666 Thomas Mercer/1819 ( mo Margaret Gardner) b 1819 Nash-NC m 12-15-1840 Rhoda Bone
Margaret Gardner Mercer Will
Wife of # 659 Eli Mercer
30 October 1847
Probated & Recorded Feb 1848
In the name of God amen , I Margaret Mercer of Nash County and State of North Carolina being weak in proper health of body mind and memory have thought proper to make publish and ordain this my Last Will And Testament, as in the manner and form following . Viz
Item I give and bequeath unto my grandchild Elizabeth Jane Mercer the daughter of Thomas Mercer one feather bed and furniture and one chest.
Item I give and bequeath unto my grandchild Tempe Ann Mercer the daughter of Thomas Mercer one feather bed and furniture and one chest.
Item I give and bequeath unto Rhoda Mercer wife of Thomas Mercer one side saddle and one loom and one blue painted table and one press and one pair of Earth Wares and one woolen wheel and two tubs and one water pale and one skillet and one Trunk and three dishes and one dozen plates and five bowls and three jugs and one black bottle and one tickler and one decanter, two flat irons.
Item I give and bequeath unto Thomas Mercer all my stock of whatsoever sort or manner it may be — To him and his heirs forever.
And lastly I constitute nominate and appoint Thomas Mercer Executor of this my Last Will And Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 30 day of October , one thousand eight hundred and forty seven.
Signed Sealed and Acknowledged
in presence of us
Margaret Mercer her mark
James F Mercer
Lazarces Cook
Probated & Recorded Feby Term 1848
