Will of Mary Cain  - 16 Jul 1840

Original Will, on file in Raleigh, NC Archives CR 073.801

Know all men that I  Mary Cain of the County 
of Orange and State of North Carolina, being 
of sound mind and memory, and wishing 
to make a disposition of my property dif-
ferent from that which the law would 
make in case of my dying intestate do 
make publish and declare this to be
my last will and testament in manner
and form following, viz.
     I give and devise to my two sisters
Elizabeth and Margaret Cain to[sic] whole of
my estate and property of Every Kind and 
description, to them and the survivor of 
them and the heirs executors and admin
istrators of the survivor of them. And 
I do hereby appoint my said two sisters 
Elizabeth and Margaret the execu-
trixes of this my last will and testa-
ment
         Signed, sealed and published on this
the 16       day of July     1840

Test.                           her
   Abner Lewis             Mary (+)Cain (seal) 
   William Jackson Jurat       mark



Orange County, North Carolina Will Book G, pages 5-6, FHL Film #0019485

[page 5]
Know all men that I  Mary Cain of the County of 
Orange and State of North Carolina being of
sound mind and memory, and wishing to make 
a disposition of my property dif[f]erent from
that which the Law would make in case of 
my dying intestate do make publish and 
declare this to be my last will and testa
ment in manner and form following, viz.
   I give and devise to my two sisters 
Elizabeth and Margaret Cain to[sic] whole of my 
estate and property of every kind and dis
position[Note 1], to them and the survivor of them 
and the thier[Note 2] executors and administrators 
of the survivors of them and I do 
hereby appoint my said two 

[page 6]
sisters Elizabeth and Margaret the 
executors[Note 3] of this my last will and 
testament
Signed sealed and published on this
the 16th day of July 1840
Test.                           her
   Abner Lewis             Mary (+)Cain (seal) 
   William Jackson             mark

              Orange County November Term 1851
The foregoing last will and testament of
Mary Cain dec. was duly proved in open County by the oath of William
Jackson on[e] of the subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered tobe recorded ---
at the same time Elizabeth Cain & Margaret Cain the Executrixes therein
named renounced their right to qualify - Whereupon John C. Douglas
was appoint Administrator with the will annexed & qualified accord
ingly - (see minutes)           Test



Transcription by Ben Franklin of Durham, NC <benz2@earthlink.net>
25 Dec 2009.    Please credit me if you use this. This information is in 
the public domain.


Note 1: Original will says "description", copy says "disposition"

Note 2: Original will says "heirs", copy says "thier"

Note 3: Original will says "executrixes", copy says "executors"

Testator: 
Mary Cain - daughter of James Cain who married Elizabeth McKinley 
on 21 Dec 1781 in Orange County, North Carolina. James died about Apr 1834.

Legatees:
Margaret Cain - sister of testator, daughter of James Cain
Elizabeth - sister of testator, daughter of James Cain