Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Clark, William S. 1923 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tommy Colbert clycolbert@aol.com June 20, 2011, 11:26 pm Source: N C Archives Written: 1923 Clark, William S. will not dated, probate date 23 Jun 1923; I, William S. Clark, Edge. Co declare this to be my last will and testament... I direct my executor to pay my just debts and funeral costs from the first moneys that come into their hands; to my beloved wife, Lossie G. Clark, all of my household and kitchen furniture contained in my residence and home in Tarboro; to my beloved wife, whatever interest I may own in the Negro tenement houses in the Dancy or Panola Field in or near Tarboro; to my sons, S.N. Clark and D.R. Clark and my daughter, Nan G. Clark and the survivor of them all the real estate owned by me individually but none of that in which I own an interest as a member of the firm of W.S. Clark & Sons, also all shares of the capital stock in incorporated companies owned by me at the time of my death, in trust to collect the rents from the said real estate and dividends and income from said shares of stock to disburse and pay as follows: first, pay all taxes and insurance on said property, all assessments and street paving due on home property, and all repairs thereto, second, pay to my sister in law, Nannie Grist, the sum of $40 per month during her life, third, the balance of said rents, dividends and income to be paid to my wife, Lossie G. Clark for her natural life, and in the event said rents, dividends and income are not sufficient to pay my said wife as much as $3600 each year, executors are to borrow enough money to pay her that amount; after the death of my wife, all the above property to be divided equally among my children, share and share alike, except such amount will be held out to pay my sister in law, Nannie Grist, during her natural life, $40 per month; to my daughter, Rena H. Clark, I give the sum of $3000; to my beloved daughter, Rena H. Clark, $3000; to my beloved wife, Lossie G. Clark and my beloved daughters, Nan G. Clark, Sue C. Bellamy, Isabelle C. James and Placide C. Taylor, the sum of $2000; I do not include my sons in this because I consider their separate estates of greater value than that of my daughters and feel that their interest in the firm of W.S. Clark and sons have been of pecuniary vale to them; to my grandsons, William Clark Bellamy and William Clark James, each the sum of $250 in addition to what I may have given them during my life; to my grand-nieces, Matilda Hart and Nannie Hart, children of my nephew, Almon Hart, each the sum of $500; all gifts given to my children prior to this date shall be considered as a gift and not an advancement; all the rest of my property I give to my children, William G. Clark, S.N. Clark, D.R. Clarn, Nan G. Clark, Sue C. Bellamy, Rena H. Clark, Isabelle C. James and Placide C. Taylor, share and share alike, but subject to the provisions hereafter mentioned in will (NOTE: this refers to how business of W.S. Clark & Sons shall be operated or disposed of), signed W.S. Clark, wit. C.A. Johnson, Almon Hart. Will was not dated, but witnesses state that will was signed on 29 May 1923. Abstracted 8-28-04, NCA file CR.037.801.7, CTC. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/edgecombe/wills/clark1857gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb