Old Randolph Wills Discovered in Randolph County Will Records
Two early 19th century wills from Randolph County North Carolina survive, detailing bequests from William Coltrane to his children wife and grandchildren, and a separate Millikan will to his wife Rebecca. The documents, copied by descendants, reflect land and livestock distributions, with estates to be divided among heirs after widowhood or death.
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Napoleon
France
William Coltrane
Randolph County
Coltrane
Jacob Coltrane
J. W. Davis
Trinity
Randolph
North Carolina
David Coltrane
James Coltrane
Daniel Coltrane
Benjamin Millikan
Rebecca Millikan
Back Creek
Pellagra Cure Ad by Dr. W. J. McCrary
An advertisement claims pellagra can be cured and lists symptoms including fatigue headaches skin eruptions sore mouth tongue throat redness mucus indigestion memory loss and bowel issues. It offers a free 50 page book mailed in plain sealed wrapper from Dr W J McCrary Inc Department A 20 Carbon Hill Alabama.
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W. J. McCrary, Inc
Dep't
Carbon Hill
Ala
Benjamin Millikan will ends with bequests and executors
Benjamin Millikan drafts his last will dated March 25 1834 appointing James Davidson and his son Benjamin Millikan as executors. He bequeaths various items to his wife Rebecca Willingham and children Mary Wade Samuel Millikan and Benjamin Millikan while allocating one tract of land south of his residence and selling the rest of his personal property. Several small cash bequests of one dollar go to Tamer Owen Absolom Millikan Jonathan Millikan Abigail Commons Andrew Millikan and grandchildren Tamer Hutchens Benjamin Ellebe Polly Ellebe. The document revokes prior wills and is witnessed by Peter Rich Alfred Davis and John Rich.
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Abigail
Mary
Rachel
Guilford County
Effy
Charles
Silvy
Button
Amy
Gemima Huff
Desese
Racel (Rachel
Rebecca McGee
Andrew Thompson
James McGee
Martha Elder
Abner Frazier
Mary Coltrane
Anns Coltrane
Benjamin Millikan
Rebecca Winningham
Tamer Owen
Absolom Millikan
Jonathan Millikan
Abigail Commons
Andrew Millikan
Tamer Hutchens
Benjamin Ellebe
Polly Ellebe
Rebecca Willingham
Mary Wade
Samuel Millikan
James Davidson
Peter Rich
Alfred
X) Davis
John Rich
Bridge Experts To Play In International Meet
London hosts the first international bridge contest between the United States and England in September. The West End club will stage the event with an elaborate entertainment program for visiting players. Final British team selections pending. The American team includes Mrs Ely Culbertson Theodore Lightner Baron Von Zedwitz and George Reith chairman of the Knickerbocker Whist Club of New York.
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London
United States
England
West End
Ely Culbertson
Theodore Lightner
Baron von Zedwitz
George Reith
Knickerbocker Whist Club
John D.'s Cousin Quietly Carpentering In Chicago
William Avery, a Chicago carpenter for 44 years, reveals he is a second cousin of John D Rockefeller through the Avery line. He recalls Rockefeller visiting New York State relatives as a boy and shares a 1907 sailing memory as skipper of the Cherry Circle, after a long marriage and a lifelong passion for the sea.
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Chicago
Lake Shore
William Avery
John D. Rockefeller
John D
Avery
New York State
Rockefeller
Solomon
Bill
Cherry Circle
Ships report whale meat diet in wartime Japan
Japanese in Tokyo, unable to buy beef or pork, live on fish and canned whale meat from Alaska canneries. They eat whale hearts, liver, tongue, and tails, heavily salted and stored in casks for sustenance.
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Alaska
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Old Randolph
Anolnsr
Benjamin Miligan
Milliken
Moore’s Book Store
Bernice Trine
Quincy
Ill
Commodore Price
Tan Janwstaw
Iuegeedad
South
New England
Institute For Research In the Social Sciences
University of Virginia
Institute
Abraham Berglund
G. T. Starnes
Frank T. deVyver
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
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High Point Bonded Warehouse CO
West Broad Street
Alma Furniture Co
Myrtle Desk Co
High Point
Southern Railway
Thomasville
Denton
Piedmont
W. E. Snow, V. Pres
I. M. Lassiter
Pres
R. E. Snow, Sec’v.Treas
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