ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - WILL BOOK 2 - Elizabeth Lester, 3 Aug 1835
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ELIZABETH LESTER WILL
State of North Carolina
County of Onslow
Will Book 2


This is the last will and testament of me, Elizabeth Lester, of the county of 
Onslow, widow.
I will and direct that all my just debts and funeral expences be full paid and 
satisfied and (illegible) thereto
I devise and bequeath unto my two grand children Andrew J. Johnston and 
William H. Johnston & to their heirs forever all my lands of every description 
to be equally divided between them when the said Andrew J. Johnston shall have 
arrived at the age of twenty one (21) years.
I lend to my daughter Polly Hemby one negro girl by the name of Charlotte and 
her increase untill the said Andrew J. Johnston shall have attained the said 
age of twenty one (21) years, I then I give the said Charlotte and her 
increase to the said Andrew J. Johnston and William H. Johnston & to their 
executors and administrator forever to be equally divided between them.
I give and bequeath unto Andrew J. Johnston one feather bed & furniture and 
unto William H. Johnston one feather bed & furniture.
And here I wish it to be distinctly understood and provided that the above 
legacies of every description to William H. Johnston are given upon the 
condition that they shall be accepted in full satisfaction of any demand which 
the said William H. may have against me or any other person an account of a 
balance due for the purchase of land divised to the said William H. by my late 
husband Banister Lester and which was sold under execution; and upon the 
further consideration that the said William H. execute a full release of the 
same to my executor hereafter appointed.
Any monies arising out of my late husband's office of clerk of the county 
court and the hands of Luke Huggins or otherwise due to me from the aforesaid 
source, I direct to the education of my two grand children above mentioned.
I give & bequeath to my daughter Polly Hemby one negro man by the name of Sam; 
and one negro woman by the name of (Hellen?); and the balance of my house hold 
& kitchen furniture.
I give to my son Thomas Johnston one Negro man by the name of Dandy.
And I hereby constitute and appoint my friend Dexter Burns sole executor of 
this my last will and testament whereof I now subscribe my name & set my seal 
the 3rd day of August AD 1835.
(signed) Elizabeth Lester

Signed sealed published & declared by the above named Elizabeth Lester as and 
for her last will and testament in the presence of us, who have hereunto 
subscribed our names as witnesses thereto in presence of the said Testatrix 
and in the presence of each other.
M. E. Manly
Jno. A. Averitt

State of North Carolina}
Onslow County}
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, May Term 1840
Then was the written will of Elizabeth Lester offered for probate and admitted 
on the oath of John A. Averitt, the subscribing witness thereto and Dexter 
Burns the Executor therein named qualified in due form of law.  Let it be 
recorded.
Jasper Etheridge, CCC (clerk of County Court)