ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - WILL BOOK 1 - John Matticks, 7 Mar 1828
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JOHN MATTICKS WILL
State of North Carolina
County of Onslow
Will Book 1

In the name of God amen.  I, John Matticks, being in a low state of health but 
of sound & perfict memory blessed by god for it do this day make & publish 
this my last will & testament in manner following to wit.
1st  I give & bequeath to my son Micajah F. (?) Matticks all that piece of 
land lying on the miry branch bought of Ivy Watson together with four negroes 
to wit - Esther, Enoch, Mariah & Lucy with one bed, bed stead & furniture.
2nd  I give unto my son Francis Matticks all the land bought of Selby H. Wise 
(?) & that bought of Ivy Watson adjoining it together with five negroes to wit 
- Elias, Tony, Milly, Edney, & Harriet with one bed, bedstead & furniture & my 
new canoe I leave equally betwixt Francis Matticks & Allen Matticks.
3rd  I give unto my son William B. Matticks all that land lying in Carteret 
County bought of Benjamin Cowel & wife Together with all the land bought of 
William Jones & wife in the county of Onslow together with five negroes to wit 
- Balaam, Lewis, Pat & her child Hester & Edmund with one bed, bedstead & 
furniture the choicest also my flat (?) & fifteen dollars extra of the present 
years crop which I wish to be divided between William, John & Allen Matticks.
4th  I give unto my son John Matticks all the land bought of Kilby Jones & 
Edward Starkey together with five negroes to wit - Isaac, Luke, Nan, Soock & 
Reuben together with one bed, bedstead & furniture also my large canoe.
5th  I give unto my son Allen Matticks all the land bought of Israel Gray & 
John Starkey on which I now live together with five negroes to wit - Haladay, 
Moan, Elsy, Sofia & Anthony also one bed, bedstead & furniture.
6th  I leave to my niece Sally H. Stephenson one bed, bedstead & furniture.
7th  My will & desire is that all the rest of my property not mentioned in the 
will should be equally divided among my five children except two cows & calves 
which I wish my son William to have also excepted & not to be divided all of 
the household & kitchen furniture not mentioned in the will.
8th  I constitute & appoint my son Francis Matticks & William B. Matticks, 
Executors to this my last will & testament.  In testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand & seal March 7, 1828.
(signed) John Matticks
Test:  Thos. Newbold, Brice Burnap

(illegible) my father will & desire is that the land & team employed in making 
the present crop should not be divided or interrupted until the present crop 
should be done.
(signed) John Matticks
Test:  Eben Burnap

Onslow County, Court of Please & Quarter Sessions August term 1828.  Then was 
the foregoing will of John Matticks duly proved in open court by the oath of 
Brice Burnap one of the subscribing witnesses & the codicil proved by Eben 
Burnap subscribing witness & Francis Matticks & William B. Matticks the 
executors named in said will appeared in open court & qualified thereto 
agreeably to law.
Danl Ambrose, clk