Peter Kiser and his brother in law, George Garmon, operated a mill on a branch of Rocky River near Little Meadow Creek. Peter Kiser, George Garmon, and Frederick Kiser, son of Peter, maintained many parcels of land along Rocky River. Peter Kiser wrote his will April 5, 1780, it was proved in January of 1781. The following is the will of Peter Kiser:

In the name of God Amen. I Peter Kiser of the state of N. Carolina & county of Mecklenburg, for _ _ _ being for sometime faling in body & finding myself still on the declining hand, and as it hath pleased an all wise god to bless with a numerous family & and a little of the good things of this life & finding myself of a sound disposing mind & memory think proper to make this my last will and Testament & first _ _ _ my Lord the Almighty God who gave it beging he wants be graciously pleased to accept the same for the merit sake of the same Blessed Jesus in whom I desire to trust, and with respect to my worldly affairs I allow all my Just & Lawful debts to be paid. I bequeath unto my wife Fanny Kiser the one third of all my moveable Estate together with a bed and furniture & her spinning wheel, her wearing apparel & saddle. And from the mouth of the State house branch where it runs into the river & forty rod houses the said mouth of the branch up said branch houses forty rod downward keeping forty rods off said river till ten acres are completed & and also a log house, barn & orchard & the house is the one third of all the rest of the remainder of the plantation as long s she is a widow but no longer & a Box Iron & my big Bible during her widow hood. I will or order that my mill on rocky river & the land adjoining said mill be sold in Ten months after my decease & all my other moveable Estates to be put to public sale as well as the above named mill & and at the death or marriage of Fanny my wife. I order and authorize my Executors to put the plantation I now live on at the date to public Sale & whatever it is sold for & allow it to be divided in the following manner that is to say I allow or order that all of the moveable Estate & the price of the mill. I order that it be divided in Eight Equal Shares between my loving sons and daughters viz: Elizabeth Clingerman, my son Peter Kiser, Margaret Teter, George Kiser, Frederick Kiser, Catherine Kiser, Sarah Kiser, Rachel Kiser all my beloved sons and daughters. I order that all my just debts be Justly discharged with my funeral charges. I nominate and appoint my Trusty & well liked Brother in Law George Garman & my trusty friend William H _ _ _ to be my only Executors of this my last Will and Testament. And do by Hear presents avoke disannul all other wills whatsoever acknowledging this to be my only last Will & Testament. Signed with my hand & sealed with my Seal & dated this 5th day of April in the year of our Lord 1780. Signed, Sealed & Acknowledged as the last Will & Testament of the above named Peter Kiser. In witness of, Signed Peter Kiser

The inventory of his estate was valued at 43,909 pounds. According to the Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Mecklenburg County filed April 1785, daughter Sarah purchased a mare from her father's estate for 2,000 pounds 10 shillings.

The executor named in Peter Kiser's will was George Garmon. Peter's son Frederick filed suit against Garmon stating that George Garmon, who had joint ownership of the mill with Peter Kiser on a tributary of Rocky River, had withheld money that should have been paid to the estate. Frederick Kiser won the suit.

Submitted by Judy Tate