Will Of Noble Ladd

Will of Noble Ladd

He was one of the executors of the will of Richard Dameron which was
probated in May Court 1749 in Albemarle County. Mary Ladd witnessed this
same will.

The Daughters of the American Revolution Index shows that he performed
patriotic services during the Revolutionary War. He died in October/November
1782, and his will reads as follows:

Will of Noble Ladd

"In the name of God Amen, this Twenty-second day of October the year
of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty-two: I Noble Ladd Sr. of
Surry County, North Carolina State, Planter, being very sick and weak in body,
but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto God for the same, and
calling to mind the mortality of my body, and knowing that it is appointed for all
men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament; that is to
say principally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul unto the hands
of God that gave all; and for my body I recommend it to the earth to be buried
in a Christian like manner at the discretion of my executors, nothing doubting
but at the resurrection I shall receive the same again by th Mighty Power of
God, and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to
to bless me in this life, I give and dispose of the same in manner and form fol-
lowing that is to say--

"In the first place I give and bequeath unto Judith my dearly beloved
wife two negroes, viz Jacob and Chloe-- during the term of her natural life, if
she is in widowhood, and if in case she should marry again then I wil the afore-
said two negroes viz Jacob and Chloe to my two sons, viz Amos and Constantine,
also I give and bequeath to said wife during the term of her widowhood four
cows and calves, one feather bed, one roan horse, and half my pewter. Also I
give and bequeath unto my beloved son Amos Ladd, one Negro named Peter;
Also I give and bequeath to my beloved son Constantine Ladd one Negro named
Will; Also I give and bequeath unto my daughter Judith five shillings sterling;
also I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth five shillings sterling;
also I give and bequeath Hulda one cow and calf. Also I give and bequeath to
my daughter Polly one feather bed, one cow and calf and one white horse called
Webster; Also I give and bequeath to my daughter Anna five shillings sterling.
Also I give and bequeath unto my daughter Ede one Negro wench named Dilse;
and I give and bequeath unto my well beloved son Noble Ladd, whom I also
constitute and appoint sole executor of this my last will and testament one Negro
fellow named Dick; also I give and bequeath to my beloved son Joseph Ladd
two Negroes viz Abraham and Doll by name, also one feather bed; Lastly I give
and bequeath to my son William Ladd, two Negroes named Dinah and Jacob,
which said Jacob is a boy; together with all my working tools and utinsils of
husbandry, and four hundred and fifty acres of land whereon I live, together with
all within and without doors about the same- - nevertheless I will and require
that if my wife Judith shall live with her two youngest children viz William and
Edee on my said plantation that she shall have an equal share of the profits
arising therefrom for he maintenance during the term of her widowhood, and I
do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disanull all and every other former test-
ament will and - -bequest and executors by me in any wise before this time
named willed and bequested, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be
my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal the day and year first above written.

Andrew Robinson, Jr. Noble Ladd [signed]
Edward Thompson
Lizzy X Thompson

Presented to court in Surry County, North Carolina November 1782 by
Andrew Robinson, one of the subscribers.

SUBMITTED BY: Noble Wayne (John) Gilbreath
July 10, 1998