Granville County, NC - Will of Cornelia Davis, 1908

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Last Will and Testament of Cornelia Davis located in the NC Archives, 
December 2003.

State of North Carolina
County of Granville

I, Cornelia Davis, of the County of Granville, State of North Carolina, 
being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this to be 
my last will and testament, in words following, that is to say:

   1. I wish that my body may be given decent burial and that all my 
      just debts be paid by my executor hereinafter named out of any 
      funds belonging to my estate coming into his hands. 
   2. I direct that all the land which I own in fee simple shall after 
      my death be divided into seven shares, or into as many shares as 
      there shall be children of mine, or children of deceased children 
      per ?? living at my death, and I give and devise to each of my 
      daughters Genetta Wilson, Augusta Haswell, Araminta Haswell, 
      Cordelia Davis, and Cora Davis one share of my said land, to each 
      of them for the term of their natural lives and after their death 
      to the child or children of said daughters in fee simple, but if 
      either of my said daughters shall die without issue living at the 
      time of their death, then the share herein devised to such 
      daughter shall revert to and vest in my heirs at law in fee 
      simple. And I give and devise to my son Lawrence Davis one share 
      in my real estate in fee simple. And to my grandchildren Hubert 
      and Lucy Inscore, children of my deceased daughter Sarafina 
      Inscore, I give and devise one share in my said real estate in 
      fee simple.
   3. It is my will that the said lands devised in the preceding 
      paragraph shall be actually partitioned and not sold for 
      division.
   4. Whereas my only son Lawrence has been faithful in taking care of 
      me and looking after the farm, and has in the course of such 
      employment purchased and added to the live stock, machinery, and 
      tools, now therefore in order that there may not be any dispute 
      as to whom these belong, I devise and bequeath to my said son 
      Lawrence Davis all my interest and right, if I have any, in and 
      to the horse, mules, oxen, farming tools and all machinery of 
      whatever nature which are now or may be at the time of my death 
      in use on my said farm lands or on that in which I have a life 
      estate coming from my deceased husband Jonathan F. Davis.
      5. I name as the executor of this my last will and testament my son 
      Lawrence Davis, who shall not be required to give any bond.

Cornelia Davis (her mark X)


Signed, sealed, published, and declared to be her list will and 
testament by Cornelia Davis, who signed the same in our presence, we 
being requested by her to act as witnesses thereto and who signed the 
same as witnesses thereof in her presence and in the presence of each 
other. This the 24th day of November 1908.

W. A. Davis
L. F. Smith



This note was attached to the will:

To the Clerk of Superior Court of Granville Co. We the undersigned 
heirs of Mrs. Cornelia Davis estate do recommend that H. S. Powell be 
appointed as the administrator of the estate.

Signed

Herbert Inscoe (his mark X)
Genetta Wilson
Cordelia Davis
Gussie Haswell
Cora Powell
Airmenta Pleasants

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