ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - WILL BOOK A - William Zadock Mumford --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- Record of Wills, Book A 1800-1825 Onslow County, North Carolina Formally appered before me Reuben Grant, one of the States Justices for the County of Onslow, Benjamin Lanier and Sarah Lanier his wife and made oath through Holy Evangelist of Almighty God and deposeth and saith that they went on the 7th day of Justice to see William Zadock Mumford, being in an ill state of health, then the said Mumford related to the deponeth how he would wish his worldly affairs to be setteled and disposed of, which was in the manner and form following that his manor plantation and the Negroe wench and his large yolk of oxens and his black mare he would lend unto his wife Sarah Mumford durning life to enable her to support and maintain and schooling his children until they arrive to the age of sixteen years, then they the said William & James Hinton Mumford and the estate lent to wife to be equally divided between his two sons to be put to trades the after plantation to his son James Hinton Montford and that all of there rest of his possessional estate be sold at vendue and the money's arising therefrom to be equally divided between his two sons and he desired that his wife Sarah and the deponant Laner should have the management and settling his business should he die the deponant further declares the said Zadock Mumford departed this life last living that twelve oclock, sworn to and signed 20th day of November about four oclock p.m. Ben Laner Sarah (her X mark) Laner Sworn to before me: R. Grant, J.P. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Beverly Cole ___________________________________________________________________