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Will of Adam Wagoner 1770-1833 - Transcribed

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Title: Will of Adam Wagoner 1770-1833 - Transcribed
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03 FEBRUARY 1832

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Stokes (later became Forsyth) County, NC

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Transcription of last Will and Testament of Adam Waggoner

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<metadataxml><content><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt;"&gt;Will of Adam Waggoner 1770-1833&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Dated Feb 03,1832&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Note: The last name Waggoner loses the extra &amp;ldquo;G&amp;rdquo; in later generations.&amp;nbsp; Also note that, at the time when Adam Waggoner&amp;rsquo;s will was written, Forsyth County was still part of Stokes County.&amp;nbsp; (FORSYTH created from STOKES. (N.C. Sess. Laws 1848-1849, ch. 23, secs. 1-2/p. 58)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt;"&gt;11 Mar 1889)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Text of Will:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;(Transcribed from handwritten document, some outline and punctuation marks omitted because they cannot easily be conveyed in typed form.) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;div style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;hr align="center" size="2"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;State of North Carolina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Stokes County&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;In the name of God, Amen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Being of sound mind and memory, Blessed by God, this third day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;1stly&amp;nbsp; I make this last will and testament.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;2ndly&amp;nbsp; I lend unto my beloved wife nancy Waggoner all my real and personal property consisting in &amp;ndash; land, household, kitchen, furniture, horses, cattle, sheep, and hogs, together with the farming utensils, and all property of any description that &amp;ndash; belongs unto my estate. I lend unto her, the above named Nancy Waggoner, my wife, together with the profits areising therefrom during her natural life or widowhood.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;3rdly After the death or marriage of my wife, Nancy Waggoner, it is my will and desire that all the real and personal property beloning to my estate be sold and the money arising therefrom be equally divided among all my children:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;John Waggoner, Phillip Waggoner, Mary Waggoner, Seth Waggoner, Susan Waggoner, Joel B. Waggoner, Betsy Waggoner, Josiah Waggoner, Elizah L. Waggoner, and Margaret Waggoner.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;To this my last will and testament, I make my beloved wife, Nanacy Waggoner my Executrix, and beloved sons Seth Waggoner and Joel B. Wagoner Executors to this, my last will and testament, all of the County and State aforesaid and delivered in the presence of us at the date and year above written.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Wm Sturgis [word unclear,&amp;nbsp; Jurist ?]&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Adam Waggoner&amp;nbsp; X his mark&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Jacob Binkley sen. X his mark&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;div style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;hr align="center" size="2"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Of the persons mentioned in this will, the following are buried in the &lt;strong&gt;Concord United Methodist Church Cemetery&lt;/strong&gt;, a brief history follows. (Note: The more modern spelling of the family name, with one &amp;ldquo;G&amp;rdquo; was used in the cemetery census when it was compiled.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Adam and Nancy:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Wagoner, Adam&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (b. 1770 - d. 1833) Husband of Nancy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="text-indent: .5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Wagoner, Nancy&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (b. Aug 1778 - d. 7 Feb 1859) Wife of Adam&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Their Sons:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Wagoner, Josiah&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (b. 2 Jul 1817 - d. 1 Nov 1890) Husband of M.E.H.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="text-indent: .5in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Wagoner, Mary E. Hart&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (b. 22 Mar 1833 - d. 29 Jun 1921) Wife of Josiah&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Wagoner, Philip&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (b. 17 Jan 1803 - d. 17 Aug 1853) Parents: A.&amp;amp; N.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Witness to the Will:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Binkley, Jacob&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (b. 17 Nov 1784 - d. 25 Dec 1860)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;div style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;hr align="center" size="2"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Concord United Methodist Church &amp;ndash; A Brief History&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;Concord, like many other early Methodist churches, began when a group of settlers decided to meet regularly for worship in private homes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;According to tradition, &lt;strong&gt;Phillip Waggoner&lt;/strong&gt;, who had purchased his land in 1774, first held the services at his house as early as 1781.&amp;nbsp; When the well-known Methodist circuit-rider, Francis Asbury, passed through the area in 1785, he noted in his diary that he had preached in &lt;strong&gt;"Waggoner's Chapel."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;A neighbor, Henry Stultz, opened his home for worship services, perhaps when Waggoner died.&amp;nbsp; Another Methodist circuit-rider, James Patterson, noted in his diary in 1802 that he had preached to "a tolerably large congregation" at the Stultz home.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;As the congregation grew larger, they needed to build their own church.&amp;nbsp; In 1809, "for the sum of twenty-five cents in hand," Henry Stultz &lt;strong&gt;sold two acres of land to church leaders, including young Adam Waggoner, for the purpose of building a house of worship that became Concord United Methodist Church.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;In 2013, the congregation celebrates its 232nd anniversary, making Concord the oldest Methodist church in continuous use in Forsyth County.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line></content></metadataxml>

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2020-03-10 20:38:13.000

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Given names Surname Sosa Birth Place Death Age Place Last change
Adam Waggoner Sr.
May 14, 1768
256 Surry, North Carolina, United States
1 April 27, 1850
174 81 Ashe County, North Carolina, United States of America
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