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Charles Christmas

Male Abt 1770 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Charles Christmas  [1
    Birth Abt 1770  North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Notes 
    • Copied from LoRetta Hughes tree on WorldConnect:

      Census: 1800, NC, Orange Co.
      Christmas, Charles

      Orange County, North Carolina: Clerk of Superior Court:
      Record of Wills: Volume: D: 1800-1822:
      No. 228 - Christmas, Charles

      Orange County, North Carolina Will Book

      01 September 1811
      The last will and testament of me the subscriber
      Charles Christmas aspiring confidence in my
      Creator to whom I recommend my soul, he having
      given it.
      I Charles Christmas of the state of North Carolina
      make this my last will and testament that is to
      say ?
      I give and bequeath to my executor herein after
      William Moore, my land lying in Orange County
      between two and three hundred acres in the acres
      between Strudwick's lower and middle tracts
      adjoining John Minniss and others also two
      hundred acres lying on the south side of Haw River
      adjoining lands of Jonathan Seredly and others
      also I give my said Executor my Negroes Viz!
      Daisy, Simon, Henry, Anderson, Aggie and Ben,
      and all movable effects including my stocks of
      very kind and also outstanding debts which are
      considerable.
      One on my brother Nat Christmas of the Mississippi
      Territory accounting at this time principal and
      interest upwards of seven hundred dollars,
      a note for the principal of which was four hundred
      and sixty dollars was given me the ninth of August
      1803 and lost by fire when my Mother's house
      burnt and the rest of my debts that may be in notes
      and book accounts in my chest at my decease
      paying there out my past debts, and the expense
      of my funeral, interest as to the said lands, Negroes,
      movable stocks, debts are for the rising, clothing
      and schooling of my six children of Sara Smith's Viz!
      John, Charles, Nancy, Bethany, William and Susannah
      and the raising, clothing and schooling of a child of
      Nancy Wilcox's Viz! Rebeckah my will is that the
      property given in trust to my Executors as aforesaid
      the survivors of them to make use of it in the way
      they think most advisable for profit whereby
      leasing the lands hiring the Negroes out, continuing
      them on the plantation I now live on which is leases
      until the first day of January 1815 or selling the
      whole of the property bequeathed or given in trust
      as aforesaid and that the moneys arriving from
      method they peruse, to put out at interest or any
      other way they may think proper and distribute it
      equally for the children aforesaid as they may
      stand in need and if any surplus should remain
      after the youngest comes of age or they, my
      Executors, are of the opinion there will be a surplus
      they may think proper give to each as they arrive
      to lawful age what they think proper so as they
      believe as much will remain for each when they
      arrive at the same or make as equal divided
      when the youngest arrives at age if any property
      should remain. I nominate, constitute and appoint
      Richard Christmas, Thomas Brewer, and William Moore,
      Executors to this my last will and testament requesting
      them the said Richard Christmas, Thomas Brewer,
      and William Moore that they will give what assistance
      they can to Sarah Smith and Nancy Wilcox mothers
      of the aforesaid children and see that the children
      are well brought up thus placing confidence in their
      friendship.
      I hereunto subscribe my name and fix my seal to these
      presents as my last will and testament.
      Charles Christmas {seal}
      September 1st 1811
      Test William Moore


      Hughes, LoRetta F. "Treeclimber's Family Treehouse - Roots & Branches" ver. 2009-06-21 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=treeclimber
    Person ID I22231  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father John Christmas, Sr.,   b. Abt 1720, Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Aug 1783, Orange County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Mother Mary Graves,   b. Abt 1725, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1810, Orange County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1748  Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Family ID F1345  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1287] Hughes, LoRetta F. "Treeclimber's Family Treehouse - Roots & Branches" ver. 2009-06-21 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=treeclimber.

    2. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.).