Burke County NcArchives Photo Document.....Peter McKibbon Denton 1879
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State of North Carolina
Burke County
 
Know all men by these presents that I PETER DENTON do hereby will and bequeath 
all my real estate consisting of one tract known as the Abram Smith peace 2 
entries adjoining it and Fifty acres lying on the Little Cedar to my Sons J.A. 
DENTON , J.R. DENTON, M.McK. DENTON,  D.F. DENTON, J.W. DENTON, a Daughter POLLY 
M. DENTON,  to have and to hold to their sole use and I also will and bequeath 
my personal property to my Wife POLLY DENTON to have and to hold during her life 
time (after my burial is paid) and to be equally divided among all the heirs of 
my estate.
Givin under my hand and seal this the 24th day of September 1879
PETER DENTON  seal
 
Attest:
A.D. Ross
M.J. Denton 
 
(Carl: J.A. is JOSEPH ALEXANDER, J.R. is JOHN ROBERT, M. McK is MICHAEL 
McKIBBON, D.F. is D. FRANKLIN,  J.W. is JAMES W. and Polly M. is MARY MELINDA 
“POLLY”. 
A Son WILLIAM A. DENTON born 1829 died November 22, 1862 Fredericksburg, 
Spotsylvania, Virginia, 
Another Son PETER HENDERSON DENTON born @1836 died May 3, 1863 at 
Chancellorsville, Virginia) 
 
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State of North Carolina 
Burke County                        
In the SS Probate Court
 
A paper writing purporting to be the Last Will & Testament of PETER DENTON 
deceased is exhibited before me the undersigned Judge of Probate for sd. County 
by D.F. DENTON and the due execution ????? by the said PETER DENTON by the oath 
of A.D. ROSS & M.J. DENTON two subscribing witnesses thereto who being duly 
sworn doth depose & say each for himself deposeth & saith that he is a 
subscribing witness to the paper writing now shown herein purporting  to be the 
Last Will & Testament of PETER DENTON dec’d that said PETER DENTON in the 
presence of this deponent subscribed his name at the end of sd paper writing 
which is now shown him as aforesaid and which bears date of the 24th day of 
September 1879.
And the deponent further saith that the said PETER DENTON the testator aforesaid 
did at the time of subscribing his name as aforesaid declare the said paper 
writing so subscribed by him & exhibited to be his Last Will & Testament and 
this deponent did thereupon subscribe his name at the end of said will as an 
attesting witness thereto and at the request and in the presence of sd. Testator 
that at the said time when said Testator subscribed his name as aforesaid and at 
the time of the deponents subscribing his name as an attesting witness thereto 
as aforesaid the said PETER DENTON was of sound mind and memory of full age to 
execute a Will and was not under any restraint to the knowledge information or 
belief of this deponent. And further these deponents say not.
A.D. Ross  seal
M.J. Denton  seal
 
Generally sworn and subscribed this 21st day of November 1879 before me D.C. 
Beanson Probate Judge

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