Records of Estates Edgecombe County, North Carolina 1761-1825, Vol. 1 (David B. Gammon)
(C. Avis Catalog entry #519)
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Gammon, D. B.. Records of Estates Edgecombe County, North Carolina 1761-1825. Raleigh, NC: D.B. Gammon,1989. p. 90
p. 90
Clara Sutherland Petition (May, 1813) for division by John Sutherland, admr. of the dec'd., who states that John Lewelling died testate in 1794 bequeathing certain furniture and Negroes to his wife for her lifetime with reversion to their five daughters at her death. Record indicates the widow Mary Lewelling survived her husband fourteen years and her property was to be divided among her seven daughters, namely (1) Mary, now widow of Benjamin Bowers of Pitt Co., (2) Chloe, wife of William Bowers of Pitt Co., (3) Clara, wife of John Sutherland, who survived the said John who had died in 1801, (4) Charlotte wife of Arthur Staton, (5) Gracey, wife of John Mooring of Pitt Co., (6) Annis, wife of William Moore of Pitt Co. and (7) Susannah Mooring, now wife of Nathan Mayo.