Two unfinished copies of the same receipt, each written on a torn half sheet of lined paper, for the heirs of James Roach to sign when Charles M. Roach, executor of James Roach’s will, paid them their shares of the “perishable” estate (the personal property: goods, livestock, crops and money, as distinct from land). The second copy is a slightly smoother wording of the first (“the perishable property of the aforesaid James Roach”). In both, the amount, the day and month, and the signatures were never filled in, so they were probably drafts of a form to be copied out for each heir. ECU catalogs them as two items (35989 and 35990); they are shown together here.
Two blank receipt forms for the heirs of James Roach for their shares of his perishable estate, from Charles M. Roach, executor – Craven County, 1868
Transcription notes: spelling, capitalization and punctuation follow the original. Words in [square brackets] are editorial notes; [?] marks an uncertain reading and [illegible] marks words that could not be read.
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Recd. of Charles M. Roach Executor of James Roach last will and Testament [blank] Dollars in full for thier distribution Shear [share] of the perishable [estate] of James Roach Decd. as heirs at law of Said Decd. This [blank] day of [blank] 1868.
[Second copy, on a separate half sheet:]
State of North Carolina }
Craven County }
Recd. of Charles M. Roach Executor To James Roach last will and Testament The Sum of [blank] Dollars in full of Their distribution Shear [share] of the perishable property of the aforsaid James Roach Decd. as heirs at law of James Roach. This the [blank] day of [blank] 1868
About the original
It belongs with the 1866 executor’s notice in this folder and with the two 1868 quitclaim deeds in the land records, in which Charles M. Roach, W. S. Roach and James Roach and the other heirs of James Roach (including Wayne, Berry and Elizabeth Nelson, Mary Vincent, Nancy Roach, and members of the Cox and Lancaster families) divided his land. Those deeds were also left unsigned.
Source: Two blank receipt forms for the heirs of James Roach for their shares of his perishable estate, from Charles M. Roach, executor. Roach Family Papers (#346), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, Box 1, Folder b (Inventories, Wills, and Estates, 1783–1868). Collection guide. Digitized folder: ECU Digital Collections, 0346-b1-fb.
Images courtesy of East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. View in ECU Digital Collections: 35989, 35990.
Part of the Roach Family Papers collection on East Carolina Roots.
