ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - WILL BOOK A - Everett Simmons, 5 Sep 1826 --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- Record of Wills, Book A 1800-1825 Onslow County, North Carolina In the name of God, Amen: I Everett Simmons, of the County of Onslow and State of North Carolina, being in a perfect state of health and of sound mind and memory blessed be God for the same and calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is once appointed to die do make ordain and constitute this my last will and testament, First, I give and recommend my soul into the hands of the Almighty God who gave it and my body to the earth to be buried in a decent Christian manner nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again, by the mighty power of God who gave it. And as touching such worldly estate as wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life, I give dismiss and dispose of the same in the following manner and form; First I lend unto my wife all my plantation during her natural life or widowhood also one bed and furniture as aforesaid and at the expiration of life or widowhood then to James Padrick forever. And unto my daughter Elizabeth Humphery I have already given her a fair and equal share of my property already, by now gives her one dollar more to be raised out of my estate and at the death or marriage of my wife, my will and desire is that if either should take place before my two small children come of age, that my land be rented out at the discretion of my executors and the money arising there from to go to the use of raising and schooling my children Offa and Alfred and if either of them should die before coming to lawful age or lawful issue then the disused part to go to the surviver of them two, and both should live when my daughter Offa arises to age or should marry then my lands to be equally divided between her and my son Alfred and Alfred to have the part where the house is but if either of the two last mentioned die then all of his or her part to go to the surviver of the two to them their heirs and assigns forever. I also give unto my daughter Offa one bed and bedstead and furniture also I give unto my son Alfred one bed and bedstead and furniture. My will and desire is that all my just debts be paid out debts that hold against sundry people and if any balance should be left and the balance if any should be together with the sale of my horse which I wish to be sold to go to the supporting and schooling of my two small children. I also lend unto my wife my old mare two cows and calves under the same rules as before named together with all the provision on hand to enable her to support my children but if my executor should judge my children to be unjustly dealt by, by supposing them to endulge in their own way and notions and not bidding fair to be useful members of the community, then and in that case for my executor to take charge of my children and to be entitled to draw from my wife in proportion to their support out of the funds left her for their support so as to enable him to have them better dealt by and all the remainder of my property not herein named except the bofat and its furniture and kitchen furniture, I leave to be sold and the money arising there from to go to the use of my two children Offia and Alfred, the bofet and its furniture kitchen furniture to my wife as aforesaid. I hereby nominate and appoint my well beloved friend Daniel M. Dulany & Benjamine Scott executors to this my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 5th day of Sept 1826 in the presence of us. (NOTE: No signatures found on this typed transcription) ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Beverly Cole <> ___________________________________________________________________