ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - WILL BOOK 2 - Francis Matticks, 15 Nov 1842
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FRANCIS MATTICKS WILL
State of North Carolina
County of Onslow
Will Book 2

I, Francis Matticks, being sick in body but of disposing mind and memory do 
make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following 
(viz.).
First, I give to my beloved wife Didama Matticks all the lands lying in Onslow 
County that I obtained by intermarriage with her, also all the Negroes that I 
obtained by an intermarriage with her by known by the following names: Peter, 
Jack, March, Matilda, & Clary.  Also, I give to her of my own family Negro boy 
Mills and Negro girl by the name of Annis, to her & her heirs forever.  I also 
give to my beloved wife Didama four feather beds and furniture, her choice; 
also my travelling trunk and two more trunks her choice; also, one beaureau 
and two tables her choice; also what parts of the kitchen furniture she may 
want; also, two heads of horses, her choice; also one jig, her choice; also, 
four cows and calves, her choice; one yoke of oxen, her choice; also, I give 
to her for her years support seventy five barrels of corn and thirty five 
hundred pounds of pork, fifty pounds of coffee, and one hundred pounds of 
sugar, one barrel of molasses and two barrels of flour, twenty five pounds of 
butter and eight bushels salt & six stacks of blade fodder.  I also give to 
her the sum of fourteen hundred dollars to be paid to her out of the sales of 
my perishable property, if there is a sufficiency after paying my just debts.  
And if there is not a sufficiency, she must wait for the money to be raised by 
the hire of my Negroes.
Secondly, I give to nephew Francis A. Matticks, son of Micajah F. Matticks, 
one Negro boy by the name of Alec.  I give to nephew Joseph T. Matticks, son 
of John Matticks, one Negro boy by the name of Oliver.
After my estate is settled fully, the residue of my estate, both real and 
personal (except negro woman Milly Ambrose, Margaret & her increase), I give 
to Micajah F. Matticks, Allen B. Matticks, William Matticks, and John Matticks 
children, each brothers children who may be living at the time of distribution 
after my estate is settled.
In case that Lewis O. Henderson and wife Hannah Eldy does not ever bring any 
suit against my estate or interrupt any way, then I lend unto the said Hannah 
Eldy Henderson my negro woman Milly Ambrose and my negro woman Margaret and 
increase during her natural life and then I give them to the heirs of her 
body.  And lastly, I nominate and appoint my friends Daniel Ambrose and my 
friend Bazel M. Barry and my brother Allen B. Matticks my Executors.  Witness 
my hand and seal this 15 day of Nov. 1842.
(signed) Francis Matticks

In presence of tests:
Brice Burnap
John L. Freeman, Jr.

State of North Carolina}
Onslow County}
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, February Term 1843.
Then was the foregoing will offered for probate and admitted on the oath of 
John L. Freeman, Jr., one of the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to 
be recorded and Bazel M. Barry, Esq., one of the Executors therein named was 
duly qualified in open court and letters testamentary were ordered to be 
granted unto him.
Attest:  Jasper Etheridge, CCC (county clerk of court)