TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Francis Marion Owen, 4 May 1917
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Will of Francis Marion Owen (1827-1923, buried at Macedonia Baptist
Church Cemetery, Gloucester Township, Transylvania County, NC, son of
John W. Owen and Lavinia Parker), m. Margaret Jane Wood (1841-1882,
buried at Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Gloucester Township,
Transylvania County, NC, daughter of Andrew Jackson Wood and Jane
Henderson)

Submitted by Philip Underwood-Sheppard

Transylvania County, North Carolina, Record of Wills, Book 3, pp.
129-130:

State of North Carolina,
County of Transylvania.

I, Marion Owen, of said State and County, and of Gloucester Township,
being of sound mind and disposing memory, but considering the
uncertainty of my earthly existence, do make, publish and declare this
to be my last Will and Testament:

FIRST: - My Executor, hereinafter named, shall give my body a decent
burial, suitable to the wishes of my friends and relatives, and pay all
funeral expenses, together with all my just debts, out of the first
moneys which may come into his hands belonging to my estate:

SECOND:- I give and devise unto my son, Spurgeon Owen, in fee simple
forever, all rights, interests or equities, which I may own at my death
in and to any lands, situate, lying and being in said State and County:

THIRD:- I give and bequeath unto my said son, Spurgeon Owen, all money,
or moneys, live stock, farming tolls, household and kitchen furniture,
notes or other evidence of debt due me, provisions on hand, and any
[and] all other personal property of every kind and description which I
may own at my death:

FOURTH:- I hereby constitute and appoint my trusty friend, Roland Owen,
my lawful executor to all intents and purposes, to execute this my last
Will and Testament, according to the true intent and meaning of the
same, and every part and clause thereof - hereby revoking and declaring
null and void all other Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made.

In witness, I, Marion Owen, do hereunto set my hand and affix my private
seal, this the 4th day of May, 1917.

             his
Marion   X   Owen  (SEAL)
            mark

Signed, sealed and delivered, published and declared, by the said Marion
Owen to be his last will and testament in the presence of us, who, at
his request and in his presence, (and in the presence of each other) do
subscribe our names as witnesses hereto.

Witnesses} D. L. English
  Cos Paxton
  O. W. Clayton

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North Carolina  In the Superior Court,
Transylvania County. Before N. A. Miller, C. S. C.

Now comes Roland Owen, Executor named in a paper writing purporting to
be the last will and testament of Marion Owen, deceased, and exhibits
the said paper writing before me, the undersigned Clerk of the Superior
Court of Transylvania County, and the due execution of said paper
writing as the said last Will and Testament is proved by the oath and
examination of Cos Paxton and D. L. English, the subscribing witnesses
thereto, who, being duly sworn, doth depose and say, and each for
himself deposeth and sayeth that he is a subscribing witness to the
paper writing now shown him purporting to be the last Will and Testament
of Marion Owen: that the said Marion Owen in the presences of this
deponeth, subscribe his name at the end of said paper writing now shown
as aforesaid, did, at the time of subscribing his name as aforesaid,
declared the said paper writing so subscribed by him and exhibited to be
his last Will and Testament and this deponeth did thereupon subscribe
his name at the end of said Will as an attesting witness thereto, and at
the request and in the presence of said testator: That at the said time
when said testator subscribed his name to the said last Will and
Testament as aforesaid and at the time of this deponeth subscribed his
name as attesting witness thereto as aforesaid the said Marion Owen was
of sound mind and memory of full age to execute a will, and was not
under any restraint to the knowledge, information or belief of this
deponent; and further these deponents say not.