Northampton County, NC - Wills - Bolton, Emma ( Baugham ) - c1933

Will of Emma Baugham Bolton

WILL OF MRS. EMMA BOLTON
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON.

     I, Mrs. Emma Bolton, of the aforesaid county and state, being of sound 
mind, but considering the uncertainty of my earthly existence, do make and 
declare this my last will and testament:
     FIRST:  I direct my executor hereinafter named to give my body a decent 
burial, suitable to the wishes of my friends and relatives, and to have 
erected at my grave a suitable marker.
     SECOND:  I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Janie Lehew all of 
my personal property and effects that I may die possessed of every 
description and name and wheresoever located.
     THIRD:  I give and devise to my beloved daughter Janie Lehew my farm 
located in Rich Square Township consisting of 82 acres more or less and 
bounded by the lands of S. M. Baugham, to be hers in fee simple absolute 
forever.
     FOURTH:  I direct my executor to pay my funeral expences out of the 
first rents coming from my farm devised in paragraph three, and also any 
debts that I shall owe at my death.
     FIFTH:  I hereby constitute and appoint my beloved daughter Janie Lehew, 
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 and clause thereof-hereby revoking and declaring utterly void all 
other wills and testaments by me heretofore made.
                                   Mrs. Emma Bolton.(SEAL)
     Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Mrs. Emma Bolton, to 
be her last will and testament in the presence of us, who, at her request and 
in her presence ( and in the presence of each other), do subscribe our names 
as witnesses thereto.

                                   R. K. Grant.
                                   J. T. Bolton.

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT.
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY.
     A paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Mrs. 
Emma Bolton, deceased, is exhibited before me, the undersigned, Clerk of the 
Superior Court for said county, by Janie Lehew, the executrix therein 
mentioned, and the due execution thereof by the said Mrs. Emma Bolton is 
proved by the oath and examination of R. K. Grant and J. T. Bolton, the 
subscribing witnesses thereto, who being duly sworn, doth depose and say, 
and each for himself deposeth and saith, that he is a subscribing witness to 
the paper writing now shown him, purporting to be the last will and testament 
of Mrs. Emma Bolton; that the said Mrs. Emma Bolton, in the presence of this 
deponent, subscribe her name at the end of said paper writing, which is now 
shown as aforesaid, and which bears date of the ---day of --------, 19--.
     AND this deponent further saith, that the said Mrs. Emma Bolton, the 
testatrix, aforesaid, did, at the time of subscribing her name as aforesaid, 
declare the said paper writing so subscribed by her and exhibited to be her 
last will and testament, and this deponent did thereupon subscribe his name 
at the end of said will, as an attesting witness thereto, and at the request 
and in the presence of said testatrix.  And this deponent further saith that 
at the same time when the said testatrix subscribed her name to the said last 
as aforesaid, and at the time of the deponent's subscribing his name as 
attesting witness thereto, as aforesaid, the said Mrs. Emma Bolton was of 
sound mind and memory, of full age to execute a will, and was not under any 
restraint, to the knowledge, information or belief of this deponent: And 
further these deponents say not.

                                   R. K. Grant.
                                   J. T. Bolton.


     Severally sworn and subscribed, this 3 day of April, 1933, before me.
                                   W. J. Beale
                                   Clerk Superior Court.

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT.
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY.

     It is therefore considered and adjudged by the court that the said paper 
writing and every part thereof is the last will and testament of Mrs. Emma 
Bolton, deceased.  Let said will, together with the probate, be recorded and 
filed.
     This 3 day of April, 1933.
                                   W. J. Beale Clerk Superior Court.

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