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In the Name of God Amen. whereas I Gideon Hogg of Caswell County and State of North Carolina, being in a weakly state of body but of perfect mind and memory and calling to mind that all men must die, do make and constitute this my Last w ill and Testament in the manner following.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my Dearly Beloved wife Judith Hogg. all my estate both real & personal during her life and all and every thing that I now poses after my Debts are paid, and after her Death to resolve to my son Andrew Hogg and his Heirs.
Item I Give and bequeath unto my son John Hogg one Shilling Currency,
Item I Give and bequeath unto my son William Hogg One Shilling
Item I Give and bequeath to my Daughter Ann Denton One Shilling
Item I do give and bequeath to my Daughter Mourning Denton One Shilling
Item I do give and bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth Thomas One Shilling
Item I do give and bequeath to my Daughter Agness Hogg One Shilling
Item I do give and bequeath to my son Gideon Hogg One Shilling
Item I do give and bequeath to my daughter Judith Gibson One Shilling
Item I do give and bequeath to my Daughter Rebeccah Shelton One Shilling
Item I do give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Yates One Shilling
And I do appoint my dearly beloved wife Judity Hogg Executrixd my son Andrew Hogg Executor of this my last will and Testament, In Witness whereof I have set my hand & seal; and acknowledge the same to be my Last will and Testament this Seventh day of November One Thousand seven Hundred and Ninety. .
Signed Sealed & Published his
in presence of us; Gideon X Hogg Seal
Michael Cloe mark
his
Nicholas X Cloe
his mark
Henry X Baldwin
mark
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April Court 1793 The Execution of this Will was duly proved. in Open Court by the Oath of Henry Baldwin and Subscribing witness thereto Hon Mihon ordered to be recorded.
AE Murphey
INVENTORY OF GIDEON HOGG
Book AP--44 July Court 1793
Inventory of Gideon Hogg Died July 17th, 1793--
1 Gray mare 4 grown Cattle 7 head young Cattle 1 Sow & 5 Shoats
2 beds and bedsteads 2 blankets 1 Dutch Oven 1 pot 1 skillet 3 chair frames
1 Churn 1 Small Chest 1 flax- wheel 1 musket barrel 1 Runletts 9 Casks
2 Poplar Table 1 flask bottle 1 Dbl flint Tumble 1 Riddle & Sifter
10--old pewter 1 Adze & froes* 1 drawing knife 1 hammer and sheepshears
1 f pnitchers watts Hymn Book, 1 hand Joynter also ax 2 cleveres and one
Frizniron* 1 Inch Chizzle 1 Ladle flesh fork 1 large Bill 2 Stone Juggs
2 small ditto 4 old Iron 1 Old Grubbing hoe 1 peck Measure 1 flax hackle
1 whipsaw & 2 Iron wedges 1 Reaphook
Andrew Hogg Ex
Cas well County July Court 1793
This inventory was duly returned to Court by
Gideon Hogg Exes & on Motion ordered to be recorded
Peslr A Ellurphey Cole
Froes A wood cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from a block
*Friz-Iron An iron for curling hair (usually heated in a lamp chimney)
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REBECCA HOGG
Rebecca Hogg was born in Caswell County, North Carolina in 1760. She was one of 11 children 7 girls and 4 boys) born to Gideon Hogg and his wife, Judith. The terms of her father's will, in April of 1793 was in accordance with the custom of the era. Gideon left almost everything he had (land, etc.,) to his wife Judith, and after her death to his son Andrew Hogg (the oldest son). All of the other children, including Rebecca, received one shilling currency. This kind of property division was one of the principal reasons for the Western migration of the descendants of the early settlers in the colonies. At least one of Rebecca's brothers, Gideon Hogg, Jr., served in the Revolutionary war.
Rebecca Hogg married William Shelton the son of another William Shelton. The Shelton’s were from Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Just across the state line from Caswell County, North Carolina, when she was past the age of 45 she left Virginia (around 1803) to move to Christian County in western Kentucky. It must have been very difficult to take her children into the new land. They had the choice of two routes from Virginia to Kentucky-through the Cumberland Gap, which is most likely, or down the Cumberland River, Probably they came through the Cumberland Gap.
Rebecca had five sons (Elijah, William, Abraham, Joseph and Robert). They all left home to Join with Captain James Robison's Company of Kentucky Detached Militia in the war of 1812, only four of those sons returned home. William died, although the others did return. At the end of the war, the other boys came home, but almost immediately two of them, Joseph and Abraham, moved to Illinois. Joseph settled in Hamilton County, Ill., and Abraham near him in Jefferson County. Many years later William moved to Illinois to be near these two sons, but it; is believed that Rebecca Hogg Shelton died in Christian County, Kentucky, and is buried there. William is buried, along with Abraham, in Shelton Cemetery in Jefferson County. Joseph is buried in Auxier (sometimes also called Shelton Cemetery), in Dahlgren Township, Hamilton County. The two brothers are buried about 3 miles apart.