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Will & Estate of MARTHA (HARDY) ALSTON- 1823 Warren County
Will Book 24, Pages 232-233: In the name of God Amen, MARTHA ALSTON of the County of Warren and State of North
Carolina being in perfect mind and memory do this 22nd day of January in the year of Our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Twenty three make this my
last will and testament revoking all others.
Warren County, February Court 1823
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*Although it was indicated there were 28 slaves, 29 names were given; suspect it was because "Affey" was listed twice. ------------------
Warren County - November Court 1823 Pursuant to the annexed order We the undersigned have divided the Negroes belong to the estate
of MARTHA ALSTON dec'd agreeable to the last will of said dec'd and have aloted to the children of MARIAH KEARNEY (to wit) WHITMELL A. KEARNEY, MARY A.
E. K. KEARNEY, ELIZABETH M. A. W. KEARNEY, MARTHA H. KEARNEY, MARIAH A. KEARNEY, CAROLINE C. KEARNEY & VALERIA V. KEARNEY. The following Negroes namely
WARREN, SARAH, NOELL, LUCY DUCK, MELVY, LUCY, AMANDA, JOHNSON, CATHERINE, POLLY, PETER, DOCTOR, WILL, THOMAS, AFFEY, HARRY, JEFFERSON, & BOSON; Warren County --------------------
The Estate of Mrs. MARTHA ALSTON, Deceased, in Account current. Names listed in the account where cash was paid, starting February 9, 1823, thru September 1, 1824: |
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WILLIAM THOMPSON |
CHARLES M. JOHNSON |
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Names listed in account for cash that was received:
Mrs. ANN GIBBS |
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------------------ On May 25, 1826, Warren County,North Carolina, JOSEPH HAWKINS & WILLIAM K. KEARNEY,as administrators, filed an Account of the Estate of MARTHA ALSTON, with following names listed with Bonds due: MOSES WADKINS ------------------
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We the undersigned commissioners in conformity with the annexed order and agreeable to the Last Will & Testament of
MARTHA ALSTON dec'd, and the report of the commissioners who divided, in virtue of said will a parcel of negroes given jointly to certain children of the
late Col. JOS HAWKINS and WILLIAM K. KEARNEY - report that we have subdivided the negroes given to the children of the said KEARNEY, and allot to MARY A. E.
H. BOYD daughter of WILLIAM K. KEARNEY the following negroes (viz) WARREN valued at Four hundred dollars and THOMAS valued at One hundred & fifty dollars
(which after paying Twelve dollars & 1/7) her consider her equal or componet part of said legacy. Given under our hands this 13th day of Dec. 1828. Warren County, Nov. Court 1828 ------------------- North
Carolina
Warren County
List of Slaves in 1832 |
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No. 1
Total $745 No. 3
Total: $805 No. 5
Total: $750 |
No. 2
Total: $905 No. 4
Total: $755
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In obedience to the annexed order in the undersigned commissioners have set apart & allotted to WHITMELL
KEARNEY the following Negroes that is to say POLLY, PETER, DREWRY and RANSMAN, being lot No. 3 as represented above valued at eight
hundred and five dollars which is over and above the average of all the lots taken collectively by thirteen dollars therefore WHITMELL has to pay that
sum to the infant legatees.
WHITMELL KEARNEY part of the Negroes belonging to the Est. fo
MARTHA ALSTON dec'd. ------------------- State of
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Lot No. 1
Total: $865 Lot No. 3
Total: $870 |
Lot No. 2
Total: $795 Lot No. 4
Total: $810
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In obedience to the above order of the County Court of Warren to us directed, we have divided the Negroes among
those severally entitled as set forth in the petition in the following manner that is Lot No. 1- JEFFERSON, CATHERINE and MARTHA valued
at $865 we have allotted to THOMAS HARRIS in right of his wife MARTHA who is to pay Lot No. 2 or CORNELIA KEARNY $30 - Lot No. 2 JOHNSON,
LUCY Senr, and OSCAR valued at $795 we have allotted to CORNELIA KEARNY - Lot No. 3 ANNETTE, WHITMELL, MANERVA and LUCY Jr.
valued at $870 we have allotted to MARIA KEARNY who is to pay Lot No. 2 or CORNELIA KEARNY $10 - Lot No. 4, MELVY, HUBBARD and DELIA
and AMANDA valued at $810 we have allotted to VALERIA VIRGINIA KEARNY who is to receive from Lot No. 3 that is from MARIA KEARNY $25. given
under our hands this 24 February 1834. ------------------
In pursuance of the annexed order of Warren County Court we have proceeded to divide the five Negroes named in said order between
SAMUEL A. WILLIAMS & his wife SALLY M. who was SALLY M. HAWKINS, and ELIZABETH M. HAWKINS, said Negroes being owned in common by said SALLY M. and her
sister ELIZABETH as their part of their grandmother MARTHA ALSTON Estate, and we have alloted to the said SAML. A. and his wife SALLY as follows, viz: -------------------- Additional Information William Alston & Martha Hardy-Alston were the parents of Benjamin Hardy Alston, b. 1774/d. 1793; Philip Alston, b. 1776/ d. 1812; William Alston, b. 1777/d. 1810; Whitmell Alston, b. 1779/d. 1824; Thomas Alston, b. 1781/d. 1850; Samuel Williams Alston, b. 1782; Medicus Alston, b. 1784/d. 1809; James Alston, b. 1785/d. 1795; Polly Hardy Alston, b. 1788/d. 1807 (m: Joseph Hawkins); Martha Hardy Alston, b. 1790 (m: Joseph Hawkins); Elizabeth Matilda Alston, b. 1791/d. 1813 (m: William P. Williams); and Benjamin Hardy James Maria Alston, b. 1793/d. 1883 (m: William Kinchen Kearney). William K. Kearney & Maria Alston were the parents of Mary Ann Kearney (m: Conrad S. Boyd, John Arrington), Matilda Kearney (m: John B. Sommerville), Whitmell Alston Kearney (m: Polly Dawson), Martha Helen Kearney (m: Thomas Whitmell Harris), Maria Kearney (m: Dr. Solomon Williams), Cornelia Caroline Kearney (m: Archibald Davis), Valeria Virginia Kearney (m: Dr. Robert Edgar Williams), Delia Haywood Kearney (m: Robert Clements), Elizabeth K. Kearney (m: Jacob Parker), Polly Dawson Kearney (m: Alfred Alston), Anna Jackson Kearney (m: Henry Williams), and Eleanor W. Kearney (m: Elias Carr). ** Note: From extant records of William K. Kearney's Slave Book, we learn that the slave Melvy, was born in 1804, and was the mother of Lucy, born 1820, Hubbard, born 1827, Delia, born 1831, and Frank, born 1836. Read more about them at Myrtle Lawn Plantation Many of the slaves which were distributed in these records eventually took on the surnames of Williams, Alston, Kearney and Davis.
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