ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - WILL BOOK 1 - Eli Cox, 1829
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ELI COX WILL
State of North Carolina
County of Onslow
Will Book 1

In the name of God amen.  I, Eli Cox of Onslow County, being in a very low 
state of bodily health but of sound mind & memory & knowing it is appointed 
for all men once to die to make this my last will & testament in the following 
words that is to say…
First of all, I recommend my soul to the hand of my redeemer & my body to its 
parent earth to be buried in a decent Christian like manner at the discretion 
of my Executor hereafter named and as to suching (?) as concerning such 
worldly estate as it has pleased God to bless me with in this life, I dispose 
of in the following manner that is to say…
First, I lend unto my beloved wife Susan all & singular the property, negroes, 
stock of every description, furniture of every item, thing or things of any 
description be it more or less that I have in possession or have any right by 
law in the hands of the administrator of her former husband not valued, 
divided nor reduced to possession or elsewhere, wherever it may be that I got 
by my intermarriage with her the said Susan's death, I then give said property 
so loaned to her the said Susan with its increase if any to the child with 
which beloved wife is now pregnant to it, its heirs & assigns forever.
Second, I desire my wife Susan should pay whatever debt or debts by her 
contracted before our marriage & now remaining unpaid without taking any of my 
property owned & held by me before our marriage to aid in such payment.  And 
the better to enable her to make such payment or payments, I give & bequeath 
to her the said Susan all my crop of every description now standing & growing, 
housed & ready to house on the premises where I married her or adjoining 
thereto at Jesse Humphrey's old house being in cotton growth, the balance of 
said crop after the payment of the debt or debts first named, if any, I give 
to my wife, her heirs & assigns forever.
It is also further my will & desire that my land & plantation on blue creek 
should be equally divided in quantity of acres between my two sons, namely 
Edward W. Cox & Daniel N. Cox, so as to give Daniel N. Cox that half, 
including the present dwelling house to them, the said Edward W. Cox & Daniel 
N. Cox, to them, their heirs & assigns forever.  Also, further lend unto my 
beloved wife two negro slaves of my own family of negroes (viz.) Dick & Betsey 
during her natural life & at her death I then give said slaves Dick & Betsey & 
increase if any to the child with which she is now pregnant to it, its heirs & 
assigns forever.
I also give to my wife one hundred dollars in money to be paid her by my 
Executors hereafter named to her, her heirs & assigns forever.
I also give & bequeath to my daughter Emily N. Cox my negro slaves (viz.) 
Aner, Chany, Redding, Anne or Ame & Aggy to her, her heirs & assigns forever.
I also give & bequeath unto my son Daniel N. Cox my negro slaves viz. Caty, 
Carolina & Jack - to him his heirs & assigns forever with their increase & C.
It is also my will & desire that my daughter Emily have one half the rent of 
that part of my blue creek plantation bequeathed to my son Daniel N. Cox til 
he the said Daniel N. Cox arrives to the age of eighteen years (illegible) the 
said Emily should marry to her, her heirs & assigns forever.  I also give 
Emily my daughter one horse cold about three months old called Major to be 
raised & used by her brother Edward when not in her immediate use. Where 
(illegible) use to her, her heirs & assigns forever.  I also give Emily one 
feather bed & furniture to her, her heirs & assigns forever.  I also give 
Edward W. Cox, one feather bed & furniture one man called Jim, my stock of 
cattle I bought with premises except one cow to him, his heirs & assigns 
forever.  The cow last excepted I give to Emily, her heirs & etc. (?) forever.  
My other beds & furniture I leave to be sold & the profits there arising to go 
to my David N. Cox, his heirs & assigns forever.  The corn & fodder due him 
for the rent of my blue creek plantation I leave to be sold & equally divided 
between my other children already named to them & their heirs & assigns 
forever.  My geese at Gabriel Gray's I give to Edward W. Cox in like manner 
with his other gifts & etc. (?)
I also give & bequeath to my friend James Glenn of Onslow County fifty dollars 
out of my estate to him, his heirs & assigns forever.
The balance of my estate not herein disposed of, I give to David N. Cox & 
heirs forever.
I also constitute & appoint my beloved son Edward W. Cox, Executor to this my 
last will & enjoining all other wills & acknowledging this to be my only will 
in testimony whereof I the said Eli Cox do here set my hand & seal.
(signed) Eli Cox.

In presence of  W. T. Humphrey
James (his mark) Pierson

State of North Carolina, Onslow County, Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, 
November Term 1829.  Then was the will of Eli Cox offered for probate & the 
execution thereof duly proved in open court by the oath of W. T. Humphrey one 
of the subscribing witnesses & Edward W. Cox came into & qualified as Executor 
thereto agreeable to law.
Danl Ambrose, clk