ABSTRACT OF WILL DEVISOR NAME & COUNTY Israel L. Furr, Cabarrus County, 1882 BOOK 3 PAGE 363 MICROFILM REF N/A Original C.R.016.801.4 DATE OF WILL April 22, 1882 PROBATED DEVISES AND BEQUESTS 1) Decent burial, payment of funeral expenses and debts from estate. 2) To wife Susan C. Furr tract of land purchased from Orchard L. Smith, adjoining M.M. Furr and the Cabarrus Mining Company; all personal property as long as she remains widow; if she remarries, then all real and personal property to be sold and divided equally among wife and children. 3) Wife has power to sell or buy any of the personal property so as not to defraud any heirs. 4) Wife has right to sell the tract of land mentioned in item 2 above, with stipulation that half of the proceeds should be used to buy another tract of land which can be hers as long as she is a widow, otherwise to be sold and divided equally among wife and children. The other half of the proceeds to be divided equally among wife and children. 5) Executor is to sell the tract of land "I now live on" to pay debts. If there is a deficiency remaining, other personal property to be sold to pay debts. If the sale of land results in a surplus after satisfying debts, then the surplus to be used by wife and family. 6) The tract of land in item 5 is to be sold on the premises and such sale to remain open until it brings a fair value on a credit of six months with 8% interest unless paid in cash. EXECUTORS Wife Susan C. Furr SIGNED Israel (x) L. Furr WITNESSES F.A. Kluttz. Redemus Cox PROVED/QUALIFIED June 24, 1882 in Cabarrus Court Application for Letters Testamentary indicates heirs to be Susan C. Furr, widow, and Timothy M., James M., David B., Jason H., and Paul L. Furr.
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English: from Middle English furre ‘fur, a fur lining for a garment, a coat made of or trimmed with fur’, applied as a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of such garments, or a nickname for someone who habitually wore one.
Americanized form of German Fuhr .
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