Johnston County NcArchives Wills.....Whittington, Richard 1819
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Will of Richard Whittington

Johnston County, NC Original Wills, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, 
NC; Recorded Copy, Johnston County, NC Will Book 1, 1760-1859, pp. 431-432.
Devised October 30, 1819.
Probated May 30, 1821.

In the Name of God Amen. I, Richard Whitenton, Sr. of the county of Johns[t]on 
and State of North Carolina being in a good stat[e] of health and mind and 
memory thanks be given to god calling to mine [mind] the mortality of my body 
knowing that it is a[p]pointed for all men once to die do make and ordane this 
my last will and testament that is to say principely and first of all I give 
my wif[e] Nancy Whitenton one feather bed and bedstead and furniture, one cow 
and calf, one year old colt, one dish, 1 bason, 2 plat[e]s, 2 spoons, 1 tub 
and pale, one iron shufle, one piggin, I lend unto my wife [to] belong to her 
and her heirs forever.
I lend unto my wife Na. Whitenton these articles to wit, one dutch oven, one 
dish, one bason, 2 plat[e]s, 2 spoones, 2 tubs pale & piggin, one ax, to 
belong to her her life time or wider hood.
Also I give and bequ[e]eath to my Son Solomon Whitenton one ca[l]f.
Also I give my daughter Crecy Auston one bed.
Also to Mary Wilder fifty cents five shillings.
Also I give unto Sally Manord five shillings.
Also I give my Son Richard Whitenton, Jr. five shillings.
Also I give my Son James Whitenton five shillings.
Also I give my Son Jonathan Whitenton one iron wedge.
Also I give my daughter Peggy Johnson one pair of fire toungs.
Also I give and bequ[e]ath to my Son William Whitenton one mare bridle and 
sad[d]le, one iron bound pare of cart wheeles & cart, one cow & calf, and the 
balance of eny and all my plantation working tools and all my household and 
kitching furniture and all my mooveble property after paying my de[b]ts that I 
leav[e] at my death and the property that I leave to my wife Na. Whitenton is 
at her death or the end of her wider hood is to belong to my Son Wm. Whitenton 
his heirs or a[s]signes and by him fre[e]ly to be persesed [possessed] and 
injoyed and I do her[e]by disal[l]ow revoke and dis[a]null all and every other 
testament wills legacies bequeaths and executors by me in any wise fore 
mencions willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and No other to 
be my last will and testament in witness whereof I have here unto Set my hand 
and Seal October the 30th 1819.
Signed Sealed and published and declared by the
said Rd Whitenton that his last will and testament
in the presents of each other of us
in his presents hav[e] here unto subscribed
Reuben Barber                                  Richard (+) Whitenton


State of North Carolina, Johnston County May Term, 1821.
Then was the Execution of this Will duly proven in open Court by the Oath of 
Reuben Barber and Ordered to be Recorded.

                                               Rm Sanders Clk


Johnston County, NC Court Minutes, Volume 11, 1819-1822, pp. 171, 173.

p. 171, May 30, 1821, Richard Whittington’s will exhibited in open Court and 
proven by the oath of Reuben Barber and ordered to be recorded.

p. 173, May 31, 1821, Administration on the Estate of Richard Whittington 
Deceased with the Will annexed is granted to William S. Whittington who 
entered into bond in the sum of $500 with Reuben Barber and Ambrose Ingram his 
securities and qualified agreeable to Law order to sell.


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