ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - WILL BOOK A - Charley R. Moore, 18 May 1820
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Record of Wills, Book A
1800-1825
Onslow County, North Carolina

In the name of God, Amen:  I, Charley R. Moore, of sound mind but infirm in 
body and knowing it is appointed for all flesh to die, do make & ordain this 
my last will and testament.
FIRST: I recommend my soul to the Lord of Heaven who gave it & my body to be 
buried in a Christian like manner.
ITEM: It is my wish first that all my just debts shall be paid out of my 
estate.  I lend to my beloved wife Ann Moore the following Negroes (viz.); 
Cains, Dick, Jack, Lott, Sam, Lewis, Rachel, Delsey, Lucy, Moses, young Rachel 
& Delias, the said Negroes & their increase to her, the said Ann Moore, during 
her natural life & it is my will that if the said Ann Moore, after my death, 
should intermarry with any person, that her right in the above loaned Negroes 
shall all not be subject to be sold by the person who should intermarry with 
her & by the intermarriage with the said Ann, there shall be no rite, title, 
nor interest in the said property, which can (not?) be conveyed (by?) the said 
person which shall intermarry with the said Ann.
ITEM: I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Ann Moore the following hogs and 
stock (viz.); Doll, Stump, the Dealer & Alexander, one yoke of oxen & ox cart, 
five cows and calves, two sows and pigs & twelve head of sheep, & all the 
poultry on the plantation & one years provision for herself & family.
ITEM: I lend to my beloved wife all my household & kitchen furniture, as much 
as she shall say that she kneads & the said loaned furniture to be subject to 
the same restrictions as the above named Negroes.
ITEM: I lend unto my beloved wife one Negro man named William which is now in 
the possession of Sarah Philyaw, to be subject to the same restrictions as the 
before mentioned Negroes.
ITEM: It is my will that my Mill and Mill seat (?) be sold in the following 
terms, (viz.); that she shall be offered at publick auction & the amount which 
she shall be sold for, to be paid in the following manner, one fourth case, 
one fourth in twelve months, one fourth in two years & the other fourth at the 
expiration of the third year.
ITEM: It is my will that the plantation whereon I now live to be sold & the 
payments for the said plantation be the same as that of the mill.
ITEM: I give unto my son Alfred Gains Moore the following Negroes (viz.); 
Elisha & Sarah which is in the possession of Sarah Philyaw, the said Negroes 
and their increase to him & his heirs forever.
ITEM: I give unto my daughter Sarah Ann Moore one Negro boy Harry & one Negro 
girl named Fanny, to her & her heirs & their increase to her & her heirs 
forever.
ITEM: I lend the following Negroes unto my father Levi Moore (viz.); Robbin, 
Nanny, Isaac, Ginny & Washington, to him the said Levi Moore during his 
natural life, in trust of my executors hereafter to be named & the rite in the 
said loan not to be subject to any debts of his the said Levi Moore 
contracting & after the death of the said Levi Moore, the said loaned Negroes 
to be equally divided between my son & daughter above named.
ITEM: The Negroes & other property which is heretofore loaned in this my will 
to my wife consisting of thirteen Negroes & furniture to be equally divided 
between my son Alfred Gains Moore & daughter Sarah Ann provided one of my said 
children should die leaving no heirs before the death of my wife, the survivor 
to heir the property of the deceased at the death of the said mother & if the 
survivor should die leaving no heirs, the property to descend to wife, the 
division of the above named property to take place after the death of my wife.
ITEM: All my property which is not named in this my will I wish to be sold by 
executors & out of which first my just debts be paid & the balance, after 
having paid my debts, to be laid out in land in some healthy part of the state 
by the assistance of my executors where my wife shall select, but not lower 
down the country than Sampson County & the said land so purchased the use of 
which I lend to my wife during her natural life, subject to same restrictions 
as the loaned Negroes & after the death of my said wife, to descend & be 
divided in the manner as the Negroes loaned to wife, (via) my son and 
daughter.
ITEM: My wife for and in consideration of the property that I have loaned & 
gave to her, shall give my son a classical education & the profession of Law 
and Phisics, & give my daughter an education suitable to her sex, & she is to 
raise them & all the Negroes willed to them clear of board or charges.
ITEM: If I should die leaving a crop unsold, it is my wish that the corn 
should be made use of in fatting my hogs & if there should be any debts that 
should require cash immediately, that the said pork, after fatted, shall all 
be carried to market & sold for cash & my stock of cattle to be fatted & sold 
in like manner, but if case should not be required that the stock (be sold?) 
after fatted & crop shall be sold at six months credit.
ITEM: It is my will that out of the money arising out of my estate that there 
shall be bot for my brother Daniel Moore a horse, bridle & saddle & the price 
of it shall not exceed two hundred dollars.  I also give him fifty dollars in 
cash for and in consideration of his services rendered to me since he attended 
to my business, & all the accounts which I have against him & all the notes & 
debts paid by me are not to be collected out of him, & that he is not to be 
considered responsible for the payment thereof.
ITEM: I make & ordain my beloved wife & trusty friend John A. Averiett 
executors to this my last will & testament, in testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand & seal 18th May A.D. 1820.

Charley R. Moore (seal)

Witness:
John A. Averiett
W. W. Armsted

N.C. I revoke that part of my will which leaves the plantation I live on to be 
sold & lend it to my wife during her natural life, in the same way I loaned 
the other property, & after her death to descend to my heirs.
ITEM: It is my wish that the following Negroes (viz.); Big Rachel & her two 
children, be sold if my executors think it is necessary, in the place of the 
Boy I have left to be sold which I had given to my son Alfred if the said boy 
should be sold by executors, then I give unto my son Alfred a certain negro 
boy named Mosses this 5th August A.D.1820.

Charley R. Moore (seal)

Witness:
David Moon
John A. Averiett

Charley R. Moore Will 1820

Onslow County:  In court Feb term 1820, this will was proved by the oath of 
John A. Averiett, one of the subscribing witness, and Ann Moore qualified as 
executor therein.
Test: Bannister Lester, clk