Pitt County, NC - Will of Stanley Moore, 1886 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Note: Stanley Moore's 6th great grandfather, Richard Moore, was the first governor of Bermuda, circa 1612-1615. Richard signed on with the Virginia Company to come to the New World. The following is copied from an old Xeroxed copy of a handwritten will annotated on pages 354, 356 and 357 of a lined journal, unknown source, dated the 20th day of June 1885. It is believed to have been copied from Pitt County wills and records. Note: page 355 with presumed Items 4 and 5 is missing. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF STANLEY MOORE I, Stanley Moore of the County of Pitt and State of North Carolina being of sound mind and memory but considering the uncertainty of my earthly existence do make and declare this my last will and testament in matter and form following that is to say- Item 1 That my Executor hereinafter named shall provide for my body a decent burial suitable to the condition and wishes of my Family and pay all burial expenses together with my just debts which shall then be due and collectable by law or Equity out of the monies that may first come into his hands a part or parcel of my Estate. Item 2nd I give and devise and bequeath to my beloved wife Susan A. Moore all my home tract of land on which I now live including also the three shares over the road and opposite the house in which I now live being the same conveyed by deed by a portion of the heirs of Lemuel McGowan’s wife Palina to me. Also, I give and bequeath to my wife Susan A. Moore all my personal property to wit: All Stock, consisting of horses, mules, Cattle, hogs & all the poultry (unreadable the rest of this line) Implements, Carts, wagons, buggies, harness of various kinds, barn, fodder, all household and kitchen furniture, except three feather beds, bed steads and covering for each which I dispose of by Item No. 3 of this Will according to my will and desire and all other personal property of whatever kind I may possess, not otherwise mentioned here and not otherwise disposed of by this my last Will and Testament. To have and to Hold the above described Real and Personal property, subject to the exceptions, unto the said Susan A. Moore during the term of her natural life in heir of all claims to dower and after her deaths the Real property mentioned in the Item is disposed of subsequently by Item No. 3 of this my last Will and Testament according to my desire and all personal property mentioned in this Item and not otherwise disposed of shall be equally divided and given to my daughters, Ida I. Moore, Snodie …Moore, Susan G. Moore, Anna G. Moore and Maggie D. Moore. Item 3rd I give to my daughter, Maggie D. Moore Two Hundred Dollars. To My son Wm. B. Moore Fifty cents. To my son Walter S. Moore one hundred and Fifty Dollars, to my Son Richard H. Moore fifty cents and it is my Will that the remainder of my money after all debts and burial expenses shall be paid, shall be equally divided and given to my beloved daughters, Ida I. Moore, Snodie M. Moore, Susan G. Moore, Anna G. Moore, Anna G. Moore (note: written twice) and Maggie D. Moore. Also, I give…)(end of page) Page 355 is missing. Page 356: above named daughters mentioned in the Item to them, their heirs and assigns for them and their only behoof forever. Item 6th I give and bequeath the Thos Langley tract of land, (adjoining the lands of Benj. Daniel, B.B. Albritton, W.S. Seggett, James Harrison & others, being the same conveyed by Wc G. Daniel & wife to me which deed is recorded in Book I4, pp 113-114 & 115 in the Register of Deeds office in Greenville and containing by estimation 280 acres,) in the following manner to wit: To my son Edward S. Moore sixty (60) Acres. Thaddeus M. Moore fifty (50) Acres and to my sons Robert D. Moore, Doddridge G. Moore and John T. Moore twenty five (25) Acres each, and it is my will and I so declare it that my Executor shall sell the remainder of said tract of land either by private or public sale as he may think best and divide the proceeds of the sale equally among my daughters Ida I. Snodie M. Susan G. Anna G. and Maggie D. Moore and my two sons Edward S. Moore and Thaddeus M. Moore. It is my will that the…(rest of line is unreadable) --ing to one hundred and Seventy five acres shall be taken in a body from any side of said tract of land that my Executor may think best for said devises so as to leave the remainder of said land saleable or if the devisees prefer then my Executor may sell the said tract of land in a body and give to each of my sons his quota or value of his number of acres. To Have and to Hold the above described Real Estate or tract of land to my said sons their heirs and assigns forever. Item 7th I do hereby constitute and appoint J.H. Tucker my true and lawful Executor to all interests and purposes to Execute this my last Will and Testament according to its true meaning and interest thereof (giving him the Commissions allowed by law on all the personal property and the real property which he may sell for division or other purposes under this will, and giving him the sum of twenty five Dollars to divide the lands among my children according the meaning and interest of this my last Will and Testament, and making it due as one of my lawful debts to be paid out of the monies which may fall into his hands as my executor and hereby revoking and declaring utterly void all other Wills and Testament by me heretofore made In testimony whereof I the said Stanley Moore do hereunto set my hand and Seal this the Page 357 20th day of June 1885 Signed sealed and Stanley Moore (Seal) Delivered by Stanley Moore Who requested us to act As witnessed Jonathan White Jas. D. Murphy Whereas, I, Stanley Moore, have made my last will and testament in writing bearing date on the 20th day of June 1885 and have thereby made sundry devises and bequeaths according to my Will and desire at that time. Now therefore, I do by this, my writing, which I do hereby declare to be a codicil to my said will to be taken and construed as part thereof, will and direct that if I shall die before the cotton or any part of it is sold, which I now have on hand of the Crop of 1885, that my Executor shall sell the same and apply the proceeds as it is provided in Item 4 of my last Will and testament. I hereby make the following changes in Item 6. of my Will to wit: I will and direct & bequeath the sum of fifty cents to each of my sons, Doddridge G. Moore and John T. Moore in full and instead of their __(rest of line in unreadable) Land, and I give and bequeath to my son Robert L. Moore thirty acres instead of twenty five of the lands mentioned in said Item and the balance after Edward S. Thaddeus & Robert S. Moore shall be allotted to them as is provided in Item 6, shall be rented out until Maggie my youngest daughter shall arrive at the age of twenty one and the rents derived therefrom shall be divided between my daughters named in item 6, and when Maggie shall become twenty one years of age then this land shall be sold or divided as my daughters shall prefer and divided among my daughters, Ida I. Moore, Susan G., Snodie M., Anna G. & Maggie D. Moore, giving to Maggie one fourth more than to others named both of the annual rents and the lands when divided or the money if sold, and the rest of Item 6 to remain in full force and effect except as to those parts which conflict with this part of the codicil & those I declare null & void. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 20th day of January 1886 Stanley Moore (Seal) ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Cathy Moore - CathyMoore@VSPA.com ___________________________________________________________________