ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - WILL BOOK 1 - John Lovet, 17 Oct 1828
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JOHN LOVET WILL
State of North Carolina
County of Onslow
Will Book 1

In the name of God amen.  I, John Lovet, of the county of Onslow & State of 
North Carolina, farmer, being very sick & weak in body but of perfect mind & 
memory.  Thanks be given unto God, calling unto mind the mortality of my body 
& knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make & ordain this 
my last will & testament, that is to say principally & first of all, I give & 
recommend my soul unto the hand of Almighty God that gave it & my body I 
recommend to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the 
discretion of my Executors, nothing doubting but at the final resurrection I 
shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God & as touching(?) such 
worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life.  I give, 
divide & dispose of the same in the following manner & forever.
First I give & bequeath unto my son Elijah Lovet  nine pieces of gold already 
received & one hundred & ten dollars in silver already received, one negro man 
by the name Friday, 2 cows & calves, one yoke of oxen, 2 beds, one horse
2nd  I give & bequeath unto my daughter Laindona (or Laindora ?) nine pieces 
of gold, one hundred & ten dollars of silver already received, 3 negroes by 
the name of Shack, Rachael, & Beak (?), two cows & calves & one sorrell mare, 
one riding chair, two beds, one yoke of steers.
3rd   I give & bequeath unto my son Brice the lands & plantation whereon I now 
live containing 650 acres, one negro woman by the name of Marget & all her 
increase Jim, Jude, Kitty & her two children Patsy & Will & his increase 
Sutton, Cyrene, Mary & Vilet, one horse, two cows, 2 beds, 9 pieces of gold, 
one hundred & ten dollars silver already received & one yoke of steers.
4th  I give & bequeath unto my son Dempsey 9 pieces of gold, one hundred & ten 
dollars silver already received, one piece of land lying in Jones County to be 
divided between him & David.  Dempsey to have the west part, one negro girl by 
the name of Ester, two cows, one horse, 2 beds & yoke of steers.
5th  I give & bequeath unto my son David 9 pieces of gold, one hundred & ten 
dollars silver already received.  I give David the east part of my trent land 
in Jones County, four negroes by the name of Alec, Silvia, Ki??, & Rachel, one 
horse, two cows, 2 beds & one yoke of steers.
Also I leave my Banks lands to be divided amongst my all my (sic) children.
And I hereby make & ordain Daniel Ambrose & Hawkins Marshall Executors to this 
my last will & testament.  Utterly disallow, revoke & disannul all & every 
other former statements, wills, legacies, bequests & Executors by me in 
(illegible) before named willed & bequeathed ratifying & confirming this & not 
other to be my last will & testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand this the 17th day of October in the year of our lord one thousand eight 
hundred & twenty eight.
Signed sealed published pronounced & declared by the said John Lovet as his 
last will 7 testament in the presence of us who in his presence & in the 
presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names.
Daniel Farnell
John Eubanks
Daniel (his X mark) Coston

(signed) John Lovet

Hawkins Marshall qualified thereto.

Onslow County, Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Nov term 1828.  Then was this 
within will of John Lovett duly proved in open court by the oath of Daniel 
Farnell & the affirmation of John Eubanks two of the subscribing witnesses 
thereto & Hawkins Marshall one of the Executors therein named came into court 
& was qualified as Executor thereto agreeably to law.
Attest  Danl Ambrose, clk