"I come down thru this Samuel, his son Samuel, and his dau. ElizaJane. T his Samuel's daughters were Nancy, Mary & Martha.....My Samueldid buy l and in Knox Co., KY but cont. north to IN. In 1824 in MonroeCo. he was o rdained a Baptist Minister. They eventually ended up inCarroll Co., IN w here he died."
Residences & events:
1790 Lincoln Co, NC. At census time there were in the household ofSa m Arthur: 2 males under 16, 2 males over 16, and 3 females. On thesam e page were Jos Arthur and Tho Gaskin.
His will, exactly as written, said
In the name of God Amen this foreteeth Day of July 1794 I SamuelArthur o f Lincoln County in the State of North Carolina Being VerySick and Wea k in Body But of perfect mind and memory thanks be Givenunto God there fore Calling to mind the Mortality of my Body andKnowing that it is Ap pointed for men once to Die do make and ordainthis My Last Will and Te stament that is to Say Principally and firstof all I give and Recommen d my soul in to the hands of the Almightthat Gave it and my Body I rec ommend to the Earth to Be Buried in aDecent Christian manor and Buriel a t the Descretion of Executorsnothing Doubting but at the General Reser ection I Shall Receive theSame Again by the Mighty power of God and as t ouching such SuchWorldly Estate whose it is pleased God beliefs me in t his Life I givedemise and dispose of the Same In the following Maner a nd form.
Give and Bequath to Mary my Dearly and Beloved Wife Whome I chose forE xecuter with Joseph Gladen I bequeath to my wife the third of all myEs tate as fore as a Branch on the south Side of the Long Branch andon th e North Side of the aforeSaid Bunch Branch Running up the hollowof the S aid Branch after paying all my Just Debts
and to my son John Arthur I Give and Bequeth all the Land from theAfor esaid Branches Down the Creek Included in the Mill and all theCleared L and in Both Sides of the Creek with fifty Rod Wide of theLand of one h undred Eakers Joining Morrisses survey.
I Do Bequeath to my Second Son Joseph Arthur after his Mothers Marageo r Decece that part or parcel of Land from the aforesaid Branches upthe C reek Including my improvement
and Likewise Samuel Arthur my Son the Remainder of the one hundredthat J oines Morrises Survey
I bequeath to Joseph One Sorral Horse and Riffel Gun
I Likewise Bequeath one Sorral Mair to Mary my Wife
and the Remainder of My Moveable Estate to be Sold at publick Sail andD ivided Equaly Between all my Children
Willed and Bequeathed Retified and Confirmed this and no others to bem y Last Will and testament I witness Whereof I hereunto Set my Handand S aid the Day and Year above Written Signed Sealed and publishedand Decl ared by the Said Samuel Arthur as his last Will and Testamentin the pr esence of the subscribers Alexander Collins, Mary GladenSamuel Arthur
