Onslow County NcArchives Wills.....Aman, Ruth Jane June 18, 1917
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Source: North Carolina State Archives - Raleigh
Written: June 18, 1917
Recorded: January 8, 1921

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,	}
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    ONSLOW COUNTY		}


					I, RUTH JANE AMAN, of White Oak 
Township, Onslow County, 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, that is to say:

	ITEM I.  It is my wish and desire that my Executors, hereinafter named, 
shall give my body a decent burial, suitable to the wishes of my friends and 
relatives, including a Monument to cost approximately Five Hundred ($500.00) 
Dollars, the selection and cost of which, however, is left in the discretion of 
my Executors, hereinafter named; and I direct that my Executors pay all of my 
funeral expenses, together with all my just debts, out of the first monies 
which may come into their hands belonging to my estate.

	ITEM II.   I give and devise unto my nephew, David Sanders Thomas, son 
of my sister, Adella C. Thomas, and his heirs in fee, my home place, described 
as follows:
		Beginning at the Bridge on Grant’s Creek on the Swansboro Road 
to Maysville, then down the various courses of said Creek to the mouth of Flag 
Branch (the same being the second branch on the Landing or plantation road 
below the House), then up the various courses of said Branch to R. E. Gerock’s 
line, then with the said line to the Swansboro and Maysville road, then with 
said Road to the Bridge, the beginning.

	ITEM III.   I give and devise unto Adella C. Thomas, wife of Lewis 
Thomas, and her heirs in fee, a certain tract of land known as the “Cellar 
Fields” land, and described as follows:
		Beginning at the mouth of Flag Branch, thence down the various 
courses of Grant’s Creek to the mouth of Willowhead Branch, then up the various 
courses of said Branch to it’s head, then along a Turn-Row now dividing the 
Bunga and Cellar Fields in a North-Westerly to a stake in R. E. Gerok’s line, 
then along said line to Davis S. Thomas’ line Flag Branch, then down said 
Branch to it’s mouth, the beginning.

	ITEM IV.   I also give and devise unto Adella C. Thomas, and her heirs 
in fee, another lot or parcel of land on the West side of the Swansboro and 
Maysville Road, described as follows.
		Beginning at R. E. Gerock’s line on said road, running along 
said Road to a fence dividing Lots No. 1 and 2, where Levert Stanly now lives, 
then with said division fence to N. S. Shepard’s line, then with the said line 
to R. E. Gerock’s line, then with said line to the beginning, known as Lot No. 
2.

	ITEM V.   I give and devise unto Daniel R. Phillips, son of my sister, 
Polly Phillips, and his heirs in fee, a certain tract of land known as 
the “Bunga” lands, and described as follows:
		Beginning at the mouth of Willowhead Branch, then down Grant’s 
Creek to White-Oak River, then up the said River to R. E. Gerock’s line, then 
along said line to a stake Adella C. Thomas’ line,  and then along the Turn-Row 
to the head of Willowhead Branch, then down said Branch to it’s mouth, the 
beginning.

	ITEM VI.   I also give and devise unto Daniel R. Phillips, and his 
heirs in fee, another lot or parcel of land on the West side of the Swansboro 
and Maysville Road, described as follows:
		Beginning at the fence the division line between Lots No. 1 and 
2, then withnsaid Road to N. S. Shepard’s line, then with said Shepard’s line 
to the fence the dividing line between Lots No. 1 and 2, then along said line 
to the beginning on the Road.

	ITEM VII.   I give and bequeath unto my beloved niece, Viola P. Womble, 
wife of W. G. Womble, all money on hand at my death, including all money which 
I may have in Bank, or not in Bank.

	ITEM VIII.   I give and bequeath unto the Tabernacle Methodist Church 
South of the Wilmington District, North Carolina Conference, situate in White 
Oak Township, Onslow County, the sum of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars, as a 
trust fund to be held in perpetuity, the said fund to be paid to Trustees 
appointed by the aforesaid Conference, the interest of which shall be used 
annually to help pay the salaries of the Pastors of said Church, the interest 
as aforesaid to be paid to the Stewards of said Church to be used as above.

	ITEM IX.   It is my wish and desire that my Executors, hereinafter 
named, shall sell all my personal property of every kind and description, 
consisting of household goods, stock of all kinds, provisions I may have on 
hand, carriages, buggies, farming implements, etc., and out of the proceeds of 
such sale, I give and bequeath unto Ruth E. Womble, daughter of Viola P. and W. 
G. Womble, and Sena L. Wells, daughter of Charles Wells, One Thousand 
($1,000.00) Dollars, to be equally divided, share and share alike.  The 
remainder of the proceeds from such sale, I desire to be equally divided 
between my brother, Wesley E. Morton, my nephew, William J. Provow, and my 
great niece, Sena L. Wells, daughter of Charles Wells.

	ITEM X.   I hereby constitute and appoint W. G. Womble and David S. 
Thomas my lawful Executors 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.
		IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed, sealed, published and 
declared this instrument as my Will on this the eighteenth (18) day of June, A. 
D., 1917.

				R. J. Aman (SEAL)  [her signature]

Signed, sealed, published and
declared by the said Ruth Jane
Aman 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.

Asa J. Jones  [his signature]
Luther Provow  [his signature]
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,	)
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	ONSLOW COUNTY.		}

	CODICIL TO THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF RUTH JANE AMAN, DATED JUNE 
18, 1917.
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	Since writing the foregoing, which is my last Will and Testament, I 
have invested certain sums of my money into Liberty Bonds and War Saving 
Stamps, issued by the United States Government, and it is my wish and desire 
and I so direct my Executors named in my foregoing last Will and Testament, to 
turn over to my beloved niece, Viola P. Womble, wife of W. G. Womble, all 
Liberty Bonds and War Saving Stamps, issued by the United States Government, 
which I may own at the time of my death, whether in Bank or not in Bank, it is 
my wish and desire and I so direct shall go to my beloved niece, Viola P. 
Womble, wife of W. G. Womble, as provided in ITEM VII of my last Will and 
Testament dated June 18, 1917.
	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed, sealed, published and declared this 
instrument as a codicil to my last Will and Testament which is attached hereto, 
on this the 21st day of October, A. D., 1918.
				Ruth J. Aman (SEAL) [her signature]

Signed, sealed, published and declared
by the said Ruth Jane Aman to be a codicil
to 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.

Asa J. Jones [his signature]
Jarvis Pridgen  [his signature]
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No.423 – Probate of Will Upon Examination of Subscribing Witnesses. – Printed 
and for sale by the Edwards & Broughton Printing Company, Raleigh, N. C.
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NORTH CAROLINA		}
   ONSLOW County		}  IN THE SUPERIOR COURT –BEFORE THE CLERK.

   IN THE MATTER OF THE WILL OF R J Aman, DECEASED.

   The paper writing hereto attached and purporting to be the last Will and 
Testament & codicil of R J Aman, deceased, is exhibited before the undersigned 
Clerk of the Superior Court of Onslow County, North Carolina, by W G Womble & D 
S Thomas, the executor therein named, and thereupon the following proof thereof 
is taken by the oath and examination of Asa J Jones and Luther Provow and 
Jarvis Pridgen, the subscribing witnesses thereto, as follows:
NORTH CAROLINA, Onslow County.
Asa J Jones Luther Provow and Jarvis Pridgen, being duly sworn, depose and say, 
and each for himself deposes and says, that he is a subscribing witness, to the 
said paper writing now shown him purporting to be the last Will and Testament 
and codicil  R J Aman, and that he saw her execute this writing as her last 
Will and Testament, and that affiant attested it n the presence and at the 
request of said R J Aman, deceased; and that at the time of its execution (or 
at the time its execution was acknowledged) said R J Aman was in affiant’s 
opinion, of sound mind and disposing memory.
			Asa Jones [his signature]
			Luther Provow [his signature]
			Jarvis Pridgen [his signature]

	Severally subscribed and sworn to before me, this 8th day of January, 
1921.
					N G Benton [his signature]

				Clerk Superior Court Onslow County.

	And thereupon it is considered and adjudged by the Court that the said 
paper writing and every part thereof is the last Will and Testament and codicil 
of R J Aman, deceased, and it is ordered that the same, with the foregoing 
examination and this certificate, be recorded and filed.
	This 8th day of January, 1921.
			N G Benton [his signature]
		Clerk Superior Court of Onslow County.

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Additional Comments:
Ruth Jane (Morton) Aman was the daughter of West Morton and Rachel Henderson.  
One record puts her birth as 05 Sep 1840 and the date of her death as 27 Dec 
1920.  She married David Sanders Aman on 04 Jan 1859.  I have no record of 
their ever having any children.  They did own the former David Ward Sanders’ 
plantation, Palo Alto, for some years.

“David Sanders Thomas, son of my sister, Adella C. Thomas.”  Adella C. Morton 
was the youngest child of West and Rachel Morton.  She married Lewis G. Thomas, 
the son of Marquis D. Thomas and Elizabeth A. Gregory of Richlands, NC.

Her brother, Wesley E. Morton, also married a child of Marquis D. Thomas and 
Elizabeth A. Gregory, Marinda Caroline.  An unmentioned brother, John Best, 
married Sena Ann (Serena) Thomas, also a child of M. D. Thomas.  I mention this 
because the name “Sena” recurs throughout the various generations and offspring.

“Sena L. Wells, daughter of Charles Wells”  Charles Wells was married to her 
sister, Serena Morton.  The 1850 Census has him listed as “Needham Wells”.

Viola P. Womble, I believe to be the daughter of John L. Provow and Susan Ann 
Morton, her sister.  I am not sure if “William J. Provow” was the son of Susan 
Ann Morton or her sister, Sarah.  Both Sarah and Susan Ann were daughters of 
West and Rachel Morton.  Sarah married John L. Provow first.  After Sarah died, 
Susan Ann, who’s husband had also died, married John L. Provow.

“Daniel R. Phillips, son of my sister, Polly Phillips”  Apparently, Polly was 
the preferred name of, “Mary A Morton”, the oldest child of West and Rachel 
Morton.  She was married to Brice Phillips.  In one census, she is listed 
as “Polly Phillips” and in another, she is shown as “Mary Phillips”.

Ruth Jane Morton Aman, her husband, David S. Aman, her sister, Adella C. 
Thomas, and her sister’s husband, Lewis G. Thomas are buried beside one another 
in the Tabernacle Methodist Church Cemetery.

The “David Thomas Bible” Record – Onslow County, is another excellent source 
for information on many of the persons mentioned in the Ruth Jane Aman Will.  
It can also be found online.

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