ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - WILL BOOK 2 - Dennis Aman, 5 Jun 1849
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DENNIS AMAN WILL
State of North Carolina
County of Onslow
Will Book 2


State of North Carolina, Onslow County, New River, In the name of God, Amen
I, Dennis Aman, of the County of Onslow & State of NC, being weak in body but 
in perfect mind & memory, blessed be God for the same, and calling to mind 
that it is allotted for all men to die, make and ordain this to be my last 
will and testament.
First, I resign my soul to God who gave it and my body to be decently buried 
in a Christian like manner and as to what it hath been please God to bestow on 
me of this worlds wealth, I distribute in the following form & manner.
First, I lend to my beloved wife Ellen, born of the body of Sarah Evens, wife 
of Samuel Evens, during her natural life the land and plantation whereon I now 
live, known by the name of the Bryant land and also one negro woman Kitty, one 
horse of her choice, one riding chear & gear, one cart, three cows & calves, 
three sows & pigs, two feather bed & furniture, two plows & gear, two hoes, 
two axes, one clock, one cupboard and its furniture, during her life.  Then I 
give to my said wife Elende all my pottry of all kind, two of her choice pots, 
one oven, one pan, tea kettle & hand irons, five tongs & shovel, two smoothing 
irons, two wheels and all my cards, one loom & gear, two chests & cheas box, 
six chairs, two tables, two washing tubs, two pales, one (beult? way?) & 
cistern, one (shire?) morter coffee mill, one jar, one canoe & 2 nets, to her 
and her heirs forever.  Then I give to my son John Dennis Aman, after the 
death of my said wife, the land and plantation that I loaned to my wife, to 
him and his heirs forever.  Then I give to my son R. Thomas the following land 
beginning at a red oak at the river, thence a westerly course to a popular in 
the Hall line, then up said line to a sweet gum, then down my Bryant tract of 
land to the beginning, to him and his heirs forever, it being the upper part 
of the Hall land and should either of my said sons die before coming of age 
the other surviving to have his part of said land.
Then I give to my son Jesse Aman, the following land, beginning at a red oak 
at the side of the river, then the various courses of the river to the mouth 
of the south west neck, then up the creek to the (lee?) line, then to popular 
in said line, thence an easterly course to the beginning, to him & his heirs 
forever, it being the lower part of the Hall land.  Then I give to my daughter 
Mary Ennett one Negro boy Randol and also one Negro boy Peter to her and her 
heirs forever.  Then I give to my three daughters, Ellen, Nancy & Mourning 
Aman the following Negroes, one negro man Ben and one boy named Sam, one girl 
name Sarah and one child Fanny to be equally divided between them and if 
either of them die under age, the surviving one or ones to have their share of 
said Negroes.  Then I give to my daughter Rachel, wife of Aron F. Littleton, 
one dollar in (specia?) and no more, then I give to my five children Ellen, 
Nancy, John Dennis, R. Thomas & Mourning one feather bed and furniture, each 
of them & furniture then I leave one hundred dollars to educate my last five 
mentioned children.
Then I give to my two grandchildren Robert & Elijah Aman one hundred dollars 
to be equally divided between them.  Then the balance of my unencumbered 
property to be sold on a six months credit and all my debts that are due to me 
collected and all my just debts paid and all expences paid, I leave three 
hundred dollars to be given to my wife Ellen for her & family support and the 
balance to be equally divided among my five youngest children.  Then all the 
balance of the property loaned to my wife with the exception of my land that 
was willed to John, I leave to be sold at my said wife's decease and the 
profits of said sale to be equally divided among my children as follows; Mary, 
Jesse, John D., Ellen, Nancy, R. Thomas & Mourning.
Then I leave and ordain my wife Ellen Aman and Joseph Ennett Executors to this 
my last will and testament revoking all other wills by me made and publish 
this to be my last will and testament in witness whereof I have set my hand 
and seal this fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 
hundred and forty nine and in presence of us
Test:  Jesse Aman
Test:  James R. Philips

(signed) Dennis Aman

State of North Carolina}
Onslow County}
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions December Term 1849
Then was the foregoing paper writing purporting to be the last will and 
testament of Dennis Aman deceased offered for probate and admitted upon the 
oaths of Jesse Aman and James R. Philips the subscribing witnesses hereto and 
ordered to be registered and filed as the last will and testament of Dennis 
Aman, deceased, and Joseph Ennett the executor therein named appeared in open 
court and was duly qualified as executor aforesaid when letters testamentary 
was granted him by order of said court.
Jasper Etheridge, clk