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- NOTE 1./ Per DAR Patriot Index - He was a Rev. Sol, in SC. James Singletary born ca. 1750, died 1810, married Nancy. James' will was dated 2/18/1810, Bladen Co., NC.
NOTE 2./ Will of James Singletary of Bladen County NC, Geneaogy.com, Singletary Family Genealogy Forum at <<http://genforum.genealogy.com/singletary/messages/589.html>>
Will of JAMES SINGLETARY of Bladen County N.C.
Filed in Bladen County, North Carolina
IN THE NAME OF GOD “AMEN”
I, James Singletary Senr. In the County of Bladen in the State of North Carolina, being of sound mind and memory, thanks be to God for the same, yet being weak of body and reflecting it is appointed for all men once to die do therefore make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in Manner following, Viz:
FIRST: I desire to resign my soul to Almighty God that gave it, in happy resurrection.
SECONDLY: I desire my body to be returned to its Mother Earth and buried in a Christian manner at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named.
THIRDLY: I desire that all my just debts be paid punctually by and necessary dispatch.
FOURTHLY: I give and bequeath to my heir or heirs of my last Nancy McCaleb, deceased, twenty Schillings to be paid on demand.
FIFTHLY: I desire that the remainder of my Estate both real and personal be agreeable to law, be divided amongst my surviving heirs via: - My wife Nancy, my Sons, Thomas, James and Samuel.
SIXTH: I constitute and appoint my friend Bartram Robeson together with my two Sons, Thomas and James my Executors of this my last Will and Testament.
In witness whereof I sign, seal and confirm the same this the 20th day of February 1810.
James Singletary (SEAL)
WITNESS: -
W. R. Dunham
Richard Richardson
NOTE 3./
Will, dated 2oth Feb 1810, for James Singletary of Bladen County NC. In it he mentions the "heir or heirs of my late Nancy McCaleb, deceased," and "my surviving heirs via: - my wife Nancy, my Sons, Thomas, James, and Samuel." He names friend Bartram Robeson and sons Thomas and James as executors. In the Will of Nancy/Ann Singletary, widow of the Late James Singletary, she names a granddaughter Elizabeth Moore McCaleb, and sons Thomas, James, and Samuel. Her will was proved in August term 1816 in Bladen County, NC. Obviously James and Ann Singletary had a son Thomas as well as a son James and a son Samuel and a daughter Nancy who married a McCaleb.
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