Wayne County NcArchives Wills.....Hooks, Curtis 1854
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Written: 1854

Wayne County, NC Wills
N C Archives
CR 103.801.8

In the Name of God Amen. 

I Curtis Hooks of the County of Wayne and State of North Carolina being of sound 
disposing mind and memory do make and publish this my last will and testament in 
manner and form following (Viz)

Item 1st - I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Ann W. Hooks the following 
property Viz five Negro slaves, Martha, Roina, Laura, Mariam & Lewis together 
with all their future increase, two beds, bed stead and furniture her choice, two 
horses Jane and Paris, two cows & calves her choice, three sows and pigs her 
choice, six ewes and lambs her choice, one buggy, one years provisions for 
herself and family to her and her heirs forever. 

I also leave to my beloved wife Ann W. Hooks during her natural life the 
following property Viz - my other Negro slaves Mathew, Sylva & Bob. One yoke of 
oxen and ox cart, one horse cart, all necessary farming tools of every 
description her choice, my houses and lots in Everettsville, all my household and 
kitchen furniture not given away in this will and the following land and 
buildings on the north side of Little River as follows Viz - beginning at the 
mouth of the swamp where the same empties into Little River, then down the river 
as the same meanders to a white oak formerly the dividing corner between my 
brother, Albert G. Hooks and myself, then with the drain to the mouth of a ditch 
then with the ditch as the same meanders to the first fork of said ditch then 
with the left prong of the ditch to the head, then with the hill to a mulberry 
tree on the path, thence to a mulberry tree where the old land used to run, then 
to the head of a bottom near the lower corner of the orchard, then down the 
meanders of the bottom to a branch, then down the turn of the branch as the same 
meanders to the run of the swamp, then down the run of the swamp to the 
beginning, also the growing shed and the lots around it the shed of the smoke 
house and the Negro house next to the road or path, with free ingress and egress 
thereto.

Item 2d - I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Caroline E. Fitsgerald the 
following property Viz - one lot and the improvements therein in the town of 
Goldsborough and known in the plan of said town as No [blank], my Negro slaves 
Aaron, Phillis, Peny and her two children Lany, Georgiana and George and Malchus 
and all their future increase, three beds, bed stead and furniture, one thousand 
dollars in cash and after the death of my beloved wife Ann W. Hooks, I also give 
my said daughter Caroline E. Fitsgerald my house and lots in Everittsville and my 
two Negroes Mathew and Sylva and all their future increase, one half of all the 
household and kitchen furniture loaned to my beloved wife Ann W. Hooks and one 
half of all the balance of my estate not herein specifically given away to her 
and her heirs forever.

It is my will and desire that the following property (to wit) all of my lands and 
improvements on the north side of Little River not loaned to my wife Ann W. Hooks 
and after her death that portion also containing about six hundred and eighty 
acres, my Negro slaves Mary, Margrett, Moses, Ben, Roda and child, Harry, 
Patience and child, with all their future increase, three beds, bed steads and 
furniture, one Boranch, and after the death of my wife Ann W. Hooks my Negro man 
Bob and one half of the household and kitchen furniture loaned to my said wife 
Ann W. Hooks, together with one half of the residue of my estate not specifically 
given away be held by my executor hereinafter named for the sole and separate use 
of my beloved daughter Nancy Malvina Sheras during her natural life and at her 
death if she should leave any child or children or the specie of such her 
surviving, then and in that case all of the aforesaid property to belong to the 
child or children or the specie of any one who may have died leaving issue such 
issue to represent the percent and take such part as he or she or the issue of 
such would if living but should the said Nancy Malvina die without a child or 
children or the specie of such then and in this case I give all the aforesaid 
property to my beloved daughter Caroline E. Fitsgerald to her and her heirs 
forever.

I hereby nominate constitute and appoint my friend William K. Lane Executor to 
this my last will and testament hereby notifying and confirming this to be my 
last will and testament revoking and annulling all other wills by me made

Signed Sealed and acknowledged
in the presence of this 2d day of May 1854
Wm. Hollowell                                    C. Hooks {Seal}
D. B. Everitt

Wayne County Augt Term 1854
The foregoing paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of 
Curtis Hooks is offered for probate on the testimony of David B. Everitt one of 
the subscribing witnesses thereto and is duly proved and admitted to probate and 
whereupon Wm. K. Lane the Executor therein named is duly qualified.
Benj. Aycock Clk


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