Wayne County NcArchives Wills.....Coor, Edmund May 2, 1890
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Source: Personal Collection
Written: May 2, 1890
Recorded: January 28, 1895

NORTH CAROLINA  -- WAYNE COUNTY -- WILL OF EDMUND COOR

"I, Edmund Coor, of Wayne County, North Carolina, being of sound mind and 
memory do make and declare this to be my last will and testament.
Item I.  It is my will and desire that my executrix hereinafter named shall 
provide for my body a decent burial suitable to the wishes of my relatives and 
friends, and that she shall pay out of the first money coming into her hands 
as part and parcel of my estate all funeral expenses and all my just debts.
Item II.  It is my will and desire that the tract of land conveyed to me by M. 
K. Crawford & wife Z. O., containing  47 acres, more or less, and situate in 
Wayne County, North Carolina, be rented out annually by my executrix, either 
publicly or privately as she shall deem best, and the proceeds from the same 
be used by my wife, Adrianna Coor, who is also hereby appointed my executrix, 
for the support, use and benefit of herself and her children in such manner as 
she shall deem best for her welfare and theirs, until our youngest child shall 
arrive at the age of 21 years, when it is my will and desire and I hereby 
devise that the said land be sold and the proceeds of the same be equally 
divided, share and share alike, between our said children, to wit:  Anna 
Eugenia Coor, Charles Edmund Coor, Kate Coor and Temperance Coor, and if any 
one or more of them  should die before the youngest reaches the age of 21, 
without lawful issue, then the share or shares of such child or children to be 
equally divided among the survivor or survivors; but if any one or more than 
one of said children should  die leaving  lawful issue, then said issue to 
represent its or their parent or parents and take such share as such parent or 
parents would have taken if living.
Item III.  I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Adrianna Coor, one horse, 
one buggy and harness, one cow, one calf, one sow and her pigs, two bed 
steads, beds and necessary furniture, one sewing machine, one set cane bottom 
chairs, one rocking chair, half dozen painted chairs, one sofa, all the 
kitchen furniture she may choose to have, all of which she shall select from 
the personal property on hand at my death, all the [personalty?] which I may 
have at my death, also in addition to the above bequests, it is my will and 
desire and I herby so bequeath that my said wife shal have for herself and 
family a years support out of the crops, stock and provisions and personal 
property on hand at my death, to be assigned in the manner provided  by law, 
in accordance with our present mode of living.
Item IV.  I give and bequeath to my daughter Anna Eugenia Coor her bed, 
bedstead, with necessary furniture, one bureau, one falling leaf table, my 
large family Bible, one clock, one [illegible] in my room.
Item V.  I give and bequeath to my son Charles Edmund Coor one bed, bedstead 
with necessary furniture, one book case and one side board.
Item VI.  I give and bequeath unto my daughter Kate Coor the sum of Fifty 
Dollars to be held by her mother in trust for her, without bond.
Item VII.  I give and bequeath unto my daughter Temperance Ophelia the sum of 
Fifty Dollars to be held by her mother in trust for her without bond.
Item VIII.  It is my will and desire that all the residue of my personal 
estate be sold and all the debts due me be collected, and after all my just 
debts are paid and all the legacies above named are delivered and paid, it is 
my will and desire that the residue be loaned by executrix upon good real 
estate security and the interest collected and applied to the support of my 
wife and children and to their eucation in such manner as she shall deem 
proper and necessary, until the oldest shall arrive at the age of 21 years 
when be shall be paid one fourth  of the principal thereof, and as each 
arrives at said age he shall be paid one fourth of the principal of the same, 
and if any one or more of my said children should die without leaving lawful 
issue then the share or shares of such child or children to go to his or their 
surviving brothers or sisters as the case may be; and if any one or more 
should die leaving issue, before said age, then such issue to represent parent 
or parents and tale such share or shares as the parent or parents would take 
if living.
Item IX.  I hereby revoke all former wills made by me.
Item X.  I hereby constitute my beloved wife Adrianna Coor executrix of this 
my last will and testament.
 
May 2, 1890
                                   Edmund Coor (seal)

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Edmund Coor to be his last 
will  and testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his 
presence hereunto subscribe our names as witnesses thereto.  May 2, 1890.

F. A. Daniels
A. J. Brown

Will of Edmund Coor
Recorded in Record of Wills  book no. 2, page 93"
[This will was probated on January 28, 1895]


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