Cherokee County, NC - Will of George W. Hampton, 1889


Transcribed by Eugene Hampton from a copy of the original will on page 
92 of the will book for Cherokee County, North Carolina

In the name of God Amen.

I George W. Hampton of the State of North Carolina in the County of 
Cherokee being of sound mind and memory as usual, and calling to mind 
the uncertainty of life and certainty of death do make  and ordain this 
my last will and testament in manner and from as follows Viz.

Item 1  I will my soul to God who gave it and my body to the dust from 
whence it came to be interred in a decent Christian like manner at the 
discretion of my friends, nothing doubting but what it will be raised 
again at the resumption of the dead.

Item 2nd  I will and bequeath to my beloved wife Mary Ann Hampton all 
of my estate consisting of lands and all of my personal property of 
every description consisting of Horses Cattle Sheep Hogs and household 
and Kitchen fixtures and farming utensils, with the exception of three 
hundred Dollars worth of property according to what property was worth 
before the commencement of the present war during her natural  life.

Item 3rd  I will and bequeath to my son Wm. Harrison Hampton one 
hundred and fifty dollars worth of property and all the increase of the 
same as long as he may continue at home with his Mother.

Item 4th  I will and bequeath to my son Francis Marion Hampton one 
hundred and fifty dollars worth of property and all the increase of the 
same so long as he may continue at home with his Mother.  The two last 
bequests to Wm. H. Hampton and F. M. Hampton the property to be values 
to them according to the value of property before the commencement of 
the present war in the heretofore (sic) United States, to make them 
equal with those of my children that have married and left home.

Item 5th  I will that at the death of my beloved wife Mary Ann Hampton 
that all of the property she may be possessed of both real and personal 
that the same be sold and divided equally among the lawful heirs of my 
body.

Item 6th  I will and bequeath my son Albertie's part of any said estate 
to his two sons Wm. Francis Hampton and Albertie Hampton, my two grand 
children.

In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand the 29 April 1863

Attest Drury Weeks}                              G. W. Hampton
Attest C.T. Rogers}


Transcribed by Eugene Hampton from a copy of the original will on page 
93 of the will book for 
Cherokee County, North Carolina

North Carolina}
Cherokee County} On the Superior Court Dec. 17 1889

	A paper writing purporting to be the last will and Testament of 
G. W. Hampton is Exhibited in open court by F. M. Hampton one of the 
decease’s sons and the due executor thereof is proven by the oath and 
examination of J. H. Hameson and M. C. King Esq’s who declared that 
they were well acquainted with the handwriting of Drury Weeks now dead, 
and with the handwriting of C. T. Rogers a resident of the State of 
Georgia and that the signatures to said will within are genuine and 
their own handwriting,

The said Drury Weeks and C. T. Rogers being the subscribing witnesses 
to said will of George W. Hampton.

It is therefore considered and declared by the court that the said 
paper writing and every part thereof is the last will and testament of 
the said George W. Hampton deceased and the same is adjudged 
sufficiently proven and is remanded and filed in the “Book of Wills” 
pages 92 & 93.  In witness thereof I have hereto set my hand and seal 
of office in Murphy this Dec. 17 1889.

                                    D. W. Deweese Clerk Sup. Court

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