Wayne County NcArchives Wills.....Hooks, Ann W. 1855
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Written: 1855

In the name of God Amen.

I Ann W. Hooks of the County of Wayne and State of North Carolina do make and 
ordain this instrument or writing to be and contain my last will and testament in 
manner and form following (Viz).

Item 1st - I give and bequeath unto my beloved sister Mary M. Knox wife of Dr. 
Franklin Knox lotts and improvements in the village of Everittsville whereon I 
now reside also the following named Negro slaves Viz, Martha and her two children 
Laura and Mariam with all their future increase to her and her heirs forever.

Item 2nd - I loan to my beloved niece Susan Revis daughter of Turner Revis my 
Negro slave Roma. I also give to the said Susan Revis two beds, bedsteads and 
furniture and should the said Susan Revis leave any child or children her 
surviving or the issue of any such child or children then and in that case I give 
to such child or children or their issue the said girl Roma together with all her 
increase but in case the said Susan Revis should die leaving no child or children 
or the issue of such her surviving then and in that event I give the said girl 
Roma with all her increase to my beloved sister Mary M. Knox to her and her heirs 
forever.

Item 3rd - It is my will and desire that my executor hereinafter named sell all 
the balance of my property of ever kind and description and the proceeds 
therefrom together with any moneys or the evidences of debt due to me at the time 
of my death, be appropriated as follows: first to the paying of my funeral 
expenses and to the payment of all my just debts and if any balance be remaining 
it is my will and desire that my executor pay to the Justices of the Methodist 
Church in Everittsville one hundred dollars and to the trustees of the Methodist 
church in Kinston one hundred dollars and if any balance be still remaining, I 
give the same to my beloved sister Mary M. Knox to her and her heirs forever.

I hereby nominate constitute and appoint my friend David B. Everitte Executor to 
this my last will and testament. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand 
and affixed my seal this 15th day of September AD 1855.

Wm. K. Lane                          Ann W. Hooks {Seal}
Wm. Carraway

A paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Ann W. Hooks is 
offered for probate on the testimony of William K. Lane one of the subscribing 
witnesses thereto and is duly proved and admitted the probate and ordered to be 
recorded.

Entered at Nov. Term 1864
W. G. Hollowell  Clerk C.C.W.

Filed in Office Feby Term 1865
S. H. Denmark Clk
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