Pitt County, NC - Will of Abram Cox, 1898

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Abram Cox Will

State of North Carolina.  Pitt County 

     In the name of God Amen.
I Abram Cox of the county and state aforesaid being of sound and disposing mind 
do make and declare this to be my last will and testament in manner and form 
following. That is to say:
Item 1st    It is my will and desire that my Executor hereinafter named shall 
give my body such suitable burial as she may deem proper and right, and shall 
pay all my just and honest debts out of the first moneys that may come into her 
hands from any part of my estate.
Item 2nd   I give devis and bequeath to my wife Martha L Cox, my son Moody Cox 
and my sister in law Mary A Haddock the tract of land known as the Home place, 
where I now live containing three hundred and thirty acres more or less, 
adjoining the lands of Lafayette Cox, John W. Cannon and others, for and during 
their natural lives to live, occupy, and possess, as their home, so long as they 
or either of them shall live and at the death of the last surviving one of them 
to be equally divided between John B Tripp, son of Joshua Tripp, being the boy 
I raised, and Walter McLawhorn (sometimes called Cox) and being the same reported 
to be my illegitimate son. To have and to hold after the death of my wife Martha 
L Cox, my son Moody Cox and my sister in law Mary A Haddock and each of them 
share and share alike unto them, their heirs and assigns forever. 
Item 3rd   I give devise and bequeath to my wife Martha L. Cox , all the balance 
of my property, that I shall die seized and possessed of, real, personal, and 
mixed, of all and singular and of kind, to have and to hold unto her the said 
Martha L Cox her heirs and assigns forever
Item 4th   I hereby appoint my wife Martha L Cox, Executrix of this my last will 
and testament without giving bond or security, to execute and administer the same 
in manner and form according to law. 
Hereby revoking and declaring void all other wills and testaments by me heretofore 
made or any codecile thereto.  
     In testimony whereof  I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of 
the subscribing witness hereto, who in my presence of each other have signed the 
same at my request as witness hereto.
     This the 27th day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight 
Hundred and Ninety five.

J. A. Sugg                            Abram Cox (Seal)
Adrian Savage

Pitt County, NC Will Book 3, p. 135

Note: This will for Abram Cox, deceased, together with the probate was recorded 
and filed the 21st day of Jany 1898 by E.A. Moye, Clerk Superior Court

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