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- Book E., Mecklenburg Co., NC Wills, pg. 214: David McDonald, 22 Feb
1838, probated July 1838 court:
"Calling to mind my mortality I Will to my wife, Elizabeth, all my
household and kitchen furniture, all my sheep, half my hogs, two cows
and calves, the negro, Lavenia, the land Willed to her by David
Freeman on the north side on the Tuchasegee Rd. and $300 all to be at
her complete disposal in order that she may have a comfortable living
from the plantation where I now live during her natural life." ...
Lists the children: Sons, Thomas, John, Joseph B., George W., and
daughters: Elizabeth Johnston, Mary Dunn, Hannah P. Todd, and Matilda
Shelby.
"To my daughter, Matilda Shelby, in addition go the items I gave her
when she married, the negro, Nelli, and her children, Jack, Charles,
Eve and her further increase if any. To my grandson, David H. Shelby,
the plantation I bought from the former Sheriff, William Bowden, on
which Shelby now lives, subject to its use by his mother during her
lifetime. ..."
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- Bef 1838