Henderson County NcArchives Wills.....Jones, Solomon 1885
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Source: Henderson County, Nc Original Wills
Written: 1885

Will of Solomon Jones

Henderson County, NC Original Wills, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, 
NC; Recorded Copy, Henderson County, NC Will Book 2, 1887-1906, pp. 313-316.
Will devised June 11, 1885.
Proven May 11, 1899.

I, Solomon Jones of Henderson County and State of North Carolina, being by 
occupation a farmer, make this my last will.
I give, devise, and bequeath my estate and property, real and personal, as 
follows, that is to say:
My real and personal estate on “Mount Hebron” in Henderson County, North Carolina 
to go to my wife Assena T. Jones during her mortal life, then to be sold and 
divided equally among my first wife’s children, and if none alive to my first 
wife’s grandchildren.
I give and devise Thirteen Hundred and Forty-three dollars joint stock in the 
Middle Saluda Turnpike Road to my sons and daughters as follows, to wit:  William 
Jones, Hicks Jones, Elizabeth Sentell, Eliza Fanxler? [Tankersley], Lucinda 
McCrary, Mahulda Anders, Matilda Hart, and Jane Cox.
I give to Julia Ann McCrary her husband Adolphus’ cash notes; to Rebecca Mullinax 
her husband Ervin Mullinax’ cash notes; to Maria Anderson wife of William 
Anderson, one hundred and fifty dollars in notes on her husband. 
If my present wife should have an heir or more by me, I desire it or them to be 
equal heirs with my first wife, Mary Jones’ children.
I appoint Assena T. Jones, my wife, of the county of Henderson and State of North 
Carolina, executrix of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have signed and sealed and published and declared this 
instrument as my last Will and Testament at Hendersonville, Henderson County, 
North Carolina.  This is the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and 
Eighty Five, the eleventh day of June.

						Solomon Jones

The said Solomon Jones of Hendersonville on the eleventh day of June, One 
Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty five, signed and sealed this instrument and 
published and declared the same as and for his last will and we at his request in 
in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto written our names 
as subscribing witnesses.

						J. G. Waldrop
						D. Stradley
						W. G. B. Morris

State of North Carolina – Henderson County}
In the Superior Court, May, 1899.

The foregoing annexed paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament 
of Solomon Jones deceased is exhibited before me for probate by Assena T. Jones 
the executrix therein named and it is duly proven by the oath and examination of 
J. G. Waldrop, that he is a subscribing witness to said paper writing, that the 
said Solomon Jones signed the same in his presence, and that he with D. Stradley 
and W. G. B. Morris witnessed the execution of the same and signed their names 
thereto as such, that the said W. G. B. Morris is dead and D. Stradley is a 
nonresident of the State of North Carolina.  That at the time of said Solomon 
Jones’ signing said Will, he was of sound mind and memory, of full age and was 
not to his knowledge or belief under any restraint.  And it is duly proven by the 
oath and examination of S. W. Hamilton that he is well acquainted with the 
handwriting of the said Solomon Jones the testator and D. Stradley and W. G. B. 
Morris the subscribing witnesses thereto, having often seen them write, that the 
signature of the said Solomon Jones the testator to said Will is in his own 
handwriting and that the signature of the said D. Stradley and W. G. B. Morris as 
subscribing witnesses thereto are in their own proper handwritings, that the said 
D. Stradley is a non-resident of the State of North Carolina and that W. G. B. 
Morris is dead.
	It is therefore adjudged that the said paper writing and every part 
thereof is the Last Will and Testament of the said Solomon Jones deceased.  And 
it is ordered and adjudged that the same be recorded and filed as such and the 
said Assena T. Jones is duly qualified as Executrix thereof by taking and 
prescribing to the oath of office prescribed by law and letter.  Testamentary are 
duly issued to her.  This the 11th day of May, 1899.
						W. Pace
						Clerk of Superior Court

Henderson County – In the Superior Court}
In the Matter of the Will of Solomon Jones}
Before C. M. Pace, Clerk of Superior Court.

Assena T. Jones being duly sworn doth say:
That Solomon Jones late of said County is dead, having first made and published 
his last Will and Testament and that she is the executrix named therein.
Further that the property of the said Solomon Jones consists of a tract of land 
containing 160 acres worth about $800, a small amount of household and kitchen 
furniture is worth about $15.00 so far as can be ascertained at the date of this 
application; and that she is the party entitled under said will to said property 
during her lifetime.  

						Assena T. Jones

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11th day of May, 1899.

						C. M. Pace
						Clerk of Superior Court

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