ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - WILL BOOK 2 - Charney Sparkman, 18 Aug 1837
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CHARNEY SPARKMAN WILL
State of North Carolina
County of Onslow
Will Book 2

State of North Carolina}
Onslow County}
In the name of God, Amen.  I, Charney Sparkman, being weak in body but of 
sound mind, calling to mind the shortness of life & certainty of death & 
wishing to dispose of little property that God has been pleased to bless me 
with, do make and ordain this my last will & testament in manner & form 
following.
1st that my soul be received up into Glory, my body to its mother dust, my 
burial charges be paid & all my other just debts be paid.
2nd My will & disire is that my beloved wife Sarah Sparkman keep & hold all 
the residue of my little stock of property or as will be necessary for her use 
& family during her life or widowhood.  The property sold after my debts is 
paid to be put to the use of schooling my three youngest children.  I now 
nominate my worthy friend Gardner Shepeard my Executor to this my last will & 
testament, hereby revoking all other wills by me at any time heretofore made.  
I do hereunto set my hand & fix my seal this 18th day of Aug. 1837.
(signed) C. Sparkman

State of North Carolina}
Onslow County}
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Feby. Term 1838
Then was the will of Charney Sparkman offered for probate and admitted on the 
oaths of Thomas Mashburn, Binjamin H. Bryan & Henry Melton and Gardner 
Shepeard, the executor therein named qualified in due form of law.
Jasper Etheridge, clk