Johnston County NcArchives Wills.....Coats, William 1856 ************************************************ 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: Mark Valsame mv66nc@msn.com October 30, 2017, 6:26 pm Will of William Coats Johnston County, NC Original Wills, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC; Recorded Copy, Johnston County, NC Will Book 1, pp. 695-696. Devised September 16, 1856. Proven November 24, 1856. In the Name of God Amen, I William Coats Senr. of the County of Johnston and State of North Carolina being of Sound mind and memory but considering the uncertainty of my earthly existence do make and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say - First that my executor herein after named shall provide for my body a decent burial suitable to the wishes of my relations and friends and pay all funeral expenses together with my just debts howsoever and to whomsoever owing out of the money that may first come into his hands as a part or parcel of my estate. I give and devise to my son A. Coats one hundred acres of land to be his and his heirs forever. I give and devise to my son William H. Coats one hundred acres of land to be his and his heirs forever. I give and devise to my son Thomas Coats one hundred acres of land to be his and his heirs forever. Item I give and devise to my eldest daughter Cintha Austin wife of Alvin Auston the sum of one hundred dollars to be paid by my executor within two years from the time of my death out of any money belonging to my estate not otherwise disposed of which sum together with sundry of small sums heretofore advanced by me will make her a fair and equitable portion according to the value of my personal estate to be hers and at her disposal absolutely forever. Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Zilla Stephenson wife of Moore Stephenson the like sum of one hundred dollars to be paid to her by my executor within two years after my death out of any money belonging to my estate to be hers and at her disposal forever. Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Emily Johnson wife of James B. Johnson the like sum of one hundred dollars to be paid by my executor within two years from the time of my death out of any money belonging to my estate to be hers and at her disposal forever. Item I give and bequeath to the children of my deceased daughter Penelope Flowers formerly the wife of Jacob Flowers, Junr. viz. to the eldest of her children David Lucian Flowers the sum of twenty five dollars and to William W. Flowers next eldest the like sum of twenty five dollars the said sum to be by my executor put at interest within two years from the time of my death and so continued until the heirs above named in this item shall arrive at the full age of twenty one years or shall have a guardian lawfully appointed when the said sum of twenty five dollars each with whatever interest may accrue to paid to them as in this item directed. Item My will and desire is that all the residue of my estate if any after taking out the devises and legacies above mentioned shall be sold and the debts owing to me collected and if there should any surplus over and above the payment of debts, expenses and legacies that such surplus shall be equally divided and paid over to my children in equal proportion share and share alike to them and each and every of them their executors, administrators, and assigns absolutely forever. Item I give and devise to my son Alvin Coats two notes which I hold against him to be his and his heirs forever. Item I give and devise to my son John R. Coats the sum of five dollars to be his and his heirs forever. And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my trusty son William H. Coats my lawful executor to all intents and purposes to execute this my last will and testament according to the true intent and meaning of the same and every part clause thereof hereby revoking and declaring utterly void all other wills and testaments by me heretofore made. In witness whereof I William Coats Senr. do hereunto set my hands and seal this the 16th day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Six. Wm. Coats Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said William Coats, Senr. to be his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence do subscribe our names as witness thereto. Benjamin Grimes Gaston Johnson Johnston County Court November Term, 1856. Then was the execution of this paper writing duly proven in open court by the oath of the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded when W. H. Coats is duly qualified as Executor. J. H. Kennedy, Clk. Johnston County, NC Court Minutes, November, 1856-November, 1864, p. 1. November 24, 1856, A paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of William Coats deceased is exhibited for probation in open court by William H. Coats, the executor therein named and the due execution thereof by the said William Coats proved by the oaths of Benjamin Grimes and Gaston Johnson, the subscribing witnesses thereto. It is therefore considered by the Court that the said paper writing and every part thereof is the last will and testament of the said William Coats and the same is ordered to be recorded and filed. And therefore the said William H. Coats executor as aforesaid, duly qualifies as such by taking the oath required by law. Transcribed by Mark Valsame, Raleigh, NC. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/johnston/wills/coatssr2581gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 6.3 Kb