Person:Sarah Briggs (15)

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Sarah Briggs
b.1761 Stokes Co., NC
d.11 Dec 1879 Stokes Co., NC
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Milton Briggs
  2. Sarah Briggs1761 - 1879
Spouse and Children
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m. 1784
  1. William Vest - 1848
  2. Charles Ervin Vest, II1783 - 1860
  3. Sarah Elizabeth Vest1787 - Abt 1869
  4. Frances VestAbt 1792 -
Spouse and Children
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  1. John M. Doss
  2. Mathew M. Doss
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Facts and Events
Name Sarah Briggs
Gender Female
Birth[1] 1761 Stokes Co., NC
Marriage 1784 Richmond, VAto Charles Ervin Vest, I
Marriage to Mr. _____ Doss
Will[4] 10 Sep 1878 Surry Co., NC
Death[2] 11 Dec 1879 Stokes Co., NC
Burial[3] Abt 1879 Antioch Methodist Church, Rural Hall, NC

According to Mary Jo Martin (jomartin1@@worldnet.att.net) Sarah's parents were Sheriff Jesse and Charity (Banner) Briggs. According to www.fmoran.com/vest.html, her parents were Thomas and Elizabeth Briggs. Her will was witnessed by Jesse Briggs, which most-likely means that he was some type of relation to her.

Her will (which was dated 11/13/1874, and is found in the Surry County, NC Will Book #6, page 133, reads as follows:

WILL OF SARAH DOSS:

After my decease my body is to be decently buried without ostentation or unnecessary expense; my personal expenses and just debts are to be paid by my executor, My sons--John M Doss, Mathew M Doss--and my daughter Sarah E Jones, wife of William Jones, dec'd, get all my estate-- real, Personal, and mixed. My executor shall sell all real and personal property at public sale to the highest bidder for cash and divide it equally among them. Executor: My friend R T Saunders.

Witnesses: Jesse Briggs and Lemuel P Jones. 10 Sept 1878 - Surry Co.,NC ________________________________________________________________________________

CODICIL TO WILL OF SARAH DOSS:

The $50.00 that my son Mathew M Doss has received shall be in full of his part of my estate instead of one-third thereof. All my property and money and whatever that may lawfully belong to me in the State of North Carolina and all of my interest and part in the estate of my brother Milton Briggs in the State of Iowa, Fremont County, both real and personal, are to be equally divided between John M Doss and Sarah E Jones by my executor.

Witnesses: James K Bradley andF M Belton.

L. P. Jones proved Will of Sarah Doss; Jesse Briggs had lately died in Surry County. Codicil to Will proved by James K Bradley and F M Belton. Probate 5 Jan 1880.

References
  1. ↑ Jomartin1@@worldnet.att.net. Research by Mary Jo Martin. (Dec. 2005).
  2. ↑ Jomartin1@@worldnet.att.net. Research by Mary Jo Martin. (Dec. 2005).
  3. ↑ Jomartin1@@worldnet.att.net. Research by Mary Jo Martin. (Dec. 2005).
  4. ↑ Doss (Briggs-Vest), Sarah; Will. (Will Book #6)
    133.
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