Daniel Christopher Gold Jr

A will was filed on 27 May 1793 in Mecklenburg Co, VA (found in the Boydton, VA, county courthouse, approx. 15 miles from the VA/NC line). The will named Daniel Gold Jr as an executor, along with David Epperson and William Targent [Sargent?]. The witnesses were Peter Griffin, Mary Sarreth, and Charles Hamblin. The will was probated on 9 Sep 1793.

A few of the items named were:

1. 300 acres of land located in Caswell Co, NC, to be divided between his eldest son Daniel Gold, Jr, and Ephraim Gold, his second son. Each also received one cow, one calf, one horse, or 15 pounds price, along with one feather bed and furniture.

2. Moore Gold and Pleasant Gold were left "225 acres of land where I now live to be divided between them, Moore Gold the upper half and Pleasant Gold the lower half." Each also received one cow, one calf, one horse, or 15 pounds.

3. He specified that his wife was to live on the land of Daniel Gold until her death. He left to his wife his children Mealy (Millie), John, and Josiah Gold until they came of age. He left one Negro man named Jerry, his wife Han, her increase, one Negro boy named Clem and one Negro boy named David along with their increase, and one Negro girl named Amy.

4. Mary Griffin, "my daughter," 100 acres of land joining his (Daniel Sr's) land, one feather bed, furniture, 1/2 dozen plates, 1 pewter dish, one cow, one calf, and one Negro girl named Siller.

5. Elizabeth Gold, "my daughter," one feather bed, furniture, 1/2 dozen plates, 1 pewter dish, one cow, one calf, and one Negro boy named Anthony.

6. Sarah Griffin, "my daughter," one feather bed, furniture, one cow, one calf, 1/2 dozen plates, 1 pewter dish, and one Negro boy named Isaac.

(S: Descendants of John Gold the Crusader, www.rootsweb.com/~vameckle/crusader.htm)