ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - WILL BOOK 1 - Woodhouse Rhodes, 3 May 1827
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WOODHOUSE RHODES WILL
State of North Carolina
County of Onslow
Will Book 1

In the name of God, amen.  I, Woodhouse Rhodes of the county of Onslow & State 
of North Carolina being in bad health but of sound mind & memory thanks be to 
almighty God for the same and calling to mind the mortality of my body & 
knowing that it is appointed to all men once to die, do make & ordain this my 
last will and testament in manner and form following:
First of all, I resign my soul to almighty God who gave it & my body to the 
earth from whence it came to be buried in a decent Christian like manner;  And 
as for what worldly goods I am blessed with in this life, I dispose of as 
following to wit:
ITEM  It is my will that first of all that my just debts & funeral expenses be 
paid out of my estate.
ITEM  I give & bequeath unto my beloved wife Elizabeth Rhodes one negro woman 
by the name of Doris (?), one cow & calf, one sow & pigs, one bed & furniture 
ad chest, one table, one safe, all my wooden ware, all my crockery ware and 
pewter ware, six sitting chairs, pr of scales & weights, one large hogshead, 
(illegible) barrels, one meal (?) stand, two jugs, one large butter pot, two 
woolen wheels, one linnen wheel, one loom & (illegible) and all my pot ware to 
her & her heirs forever………..
ITEM  I give unto my daughter Earlina Harget five shillings, she already 
having received her portion of my estate.
ITEM  I also give unto my daughter Mary T Humphrey five shillings, she also 
having received her portion of my estate.
ITEM  I give unto my son Asa Rhodes five shillings, he also having received 
his portion of my estate.
ITEM  I give Christopher and Henry Rhodes heirs of my son Lemuel Rhodes five 
shillings their father having recd his portion of my estate.
ITEM  I give unto my son Henry Rhodes my large bible and dictionary and one 
large silver spoon to him and his heirs forever.
ITEM  I give unto my son Durant H. Rhodes one large silver spoon, one pair 
small steelyards (?) and one large geography to him & his heirs forever.
ITEM  I give and bequeath unto the heirs of my daughter Narcissy H. Howard one 
negro girl Zilpha to be equally divided among them.
ITEM  I give unto my son Anthony Rhodes one pot rack to him & his heirs 
forever.
ITEM  I give and bequeath unto my son Edmund Rhodes one disk, one looking 
glass, one Buffet, one pair of andiron, one pair of large steelyards (?), 
one shot gun, one chisel & broad axe and one (illegible), three silver tea 
spoons to him & his heirs forever.
ITEM  I give & bequeath unto my daughter Margaret Rhodes one bed and 
furniture, two cows & calves, to her & her heirs forever.
ITEM  I appoint my son Durant H. Rhodes Executor to this my last will & 
testament:  assigned sealed & delivers in presence of us on the 3rd day of May 
AD 1827…..
John A. Averitte
Edmund H Rhodes
(signed) Woodhouse Rhodes

Durant Rhodes qualified 6 August 1827
In Onslow County Court  August term 1827
   This will of Woodhouse Rhodes was duly prove in open court by the oath of 
John A. Averitt & Durant Rhodes the executors therein named approved in open 
court  as was qualified agreeably to law.
(signed) Danl Ambrose, clk