Charles Ryland Scott Family

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Elizabeth Herndon

F, b. 1759, d. 29 April 1833

Parents

FatherGeorge Herndon (b. 1731, d. 8 May 1796)
MotherSarah Wingfield (b. 1732, d. 24 May 1802)

Partner with Thomas Cole (b. 25 April 1735)

Children with William Cole (b. 1755, d. 11 November 1824)

SonRev. Isaiah Cole+ (b. 1775, d. 6 May 1857)
SonReuben Cole+ (b. 1776, d. 29 April 1823)
SonJesse Marian Cole+ (b. 1777, d. after 1 June 1850)
SonJohn William Cole+ (b. 1780, d. August 1850)
SonWilliam "Will" Cole+ (b. 1791, d. 1 June 1880)
Pedigree Chart
Included in charts - listsCarol Gilstrap Ancestors
Pedigree Indented - Carol
Relationship5th great-grandmother of Carol Jay Gilstrap
7th great-grandmother of Isaac Silas Vaughn
7th great-grandmother of Katherine Gilstrap Scott
7th great-grandmother of Joseph Ryland Scott
7th great-grandmother of Charles Parker ("Parker") Scott
7th great-grandmother of Orly Marie Vaughn
7th great-grandmother of Avital Catherine Vaughn

Biography

NameElizabeth Herndon was also known as Elizabeth "Betty" Herndon.
Person SourceShe had person sources.1,2
Birth1759She was born in 1759 in Orange County, North Carolina, USABGO.
Birth1759She was born in 1759 in Orange, North Carolina, United StatesBGO.
Residence1820She lived in Chatham, North Carolina, United StatesBGO, in 1820.3
Residence1830She lived in 1830.
Death29 April 1833She died on 29 April 1833 at age ~74 in Chatham County, North Carolina, USABGO.
Will29 April 1833She signed a will on 29 April 1833 in Chatham, North Carolina, USABGO. Elizabeth "Betty" Herndon
was born about 1758 in VA. She signed a will on 29 Apr 1833 in Chatham County, NC. In the name of God, Amen, I Elizabeth Cole being in a low state of health and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appropriate for all mankind once to die and being of sound mind and memory and wishing to bring my earthly business to a close I do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament in manner and form as following viz. First of all my will is to recommend my soul to almighty God that gave it and for my poor frail body to have a decent burial by my children. My will is that all my just debts be paid. My will is that after that: that the legal heirs of my son Reuben Cole deceased shall have one third part of all my earthly estate that I am in possession of that is not willed away by my husband William Cole.

After my death my will further is that my sons Isaiah Cole and WIlliam Cole shall have after my decease, and equally divide the other two thirds of all my earthly estate that I am in possession of at my death that was not willed away by my above named husband William Cole. My will further is that the legal heirs of my son Reuben Cole have each of them one dollar in cash. After my decease and my will further is that Isaiah Cole, my son, and William Cole, my son, have after my death, each a counterpain and pillow case and my will further that my son Isaiah Cole have after my decease the newest bed quilt and for my son William Cole to have the next newest bed quilt that I am in possession of. Also, my will further is, and I do this day make and approve my beloved son, Isiah Cole, my lawful Executor and furthermore I make and ordain this to be my last will and testament in manner and form above written in witness whereof I Elizabeth Cole have hereunto set my hand and seal this 29th day of April in the year of our lord 1833

Signed in presence of us
Wm. Benett Her
Mark Bynum Elizabeth X Cole
Mark

The foregoing last will and testament of Elizabeth Cole deceased was duly proven in open court at November Term 1833 by the oath of Mark Bynum a subscribing witness thereto and ordered to be recorded. Whereas Isaiah Cole the executor therein named appeared in open court and was duly qualified. She died after 29 Apr 1833 in Chatham County, NC. She had an estate probated in Nov 1833 in Chatham County, NC. Parents: Captian George Herndon and Sarah Wingfield.4
Deathafter 29 April 1833She died after 29 April 1833 in Chatham, North Carolina, United StatesBGO.
Last Edited8 November 2020

Citations

  1. [S10198] Harvey Family Tree, Jesse Cole
  2. [S20621] Twiggs and Branches.ged, Rev. Jesse Cole
  3. [S270] Ancestry.com, 1820 United States Federal Census, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Chatham, North Carolina; Page: 227; NARA Roll: M33_82; Image: 133
  4. [S1049] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, Wills, 1770-1931; Author: North Carolina. Probate Court (Chatham County); Probate Place: Chatham, North Carolina