Wayne County, NC - Will of Mary E. Strauss, 1899

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Will of Mary E. Strauss
Record of Wills
Book 2, Page 236

State of North Carolina:
Wayne County:

     I, Mary E. Strauss of said County and State, being of sound mind and 
memory, do make, and declare and publish this my last will and testament, 
in manner and form following – to wit:  I give, devise and bequeath all my 
Estate and property, real personal or mixed unto my beloved husband Joseph 
Strauss and his heirs forever.

     In (cannot read) whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 
(blank) day of November A.D. 1888.

                                         Mrs. M. E. Strauss (signed) (Seal)

Signed and declared by the        )
said Mary E. Strauss as and       )
for her last will and testament   ) 
in the presence of us, all        )
being present at the same         )
time, who, at her request in      )
her presence and in the           )
presence of each other, have      )
herewith subscribed our           )
names as witnesses.               )

I. B. Fonville  (signed)
W. H. Fonville  (signed)
J. H. Hines     (signed)



STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA )
Wayne                   ) ss.             IN THE SUPERIOR COURT

     A paper purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Mary E. Strauss 
deceased, is exhibited before me, the undersigned, Clerk of the Superior 
Court for said County, by Joseph Strauss, the (cannot read) therein named, 
then bring us executor therein mentioned, and the due execution thereof by 
the said Mary E. Strauss in  (cannot read) by the oath and examination of W. 
H. Fonville and J. H. Hines the subscribing witness thereto; who being duly 
sworn, doth depose and say, and each for himself deposeth and saith, that he 
is a subscribing witness to the paper-writing now shown him, purporting to be 
the last Will and Testament of Mary E. Strauss that the said Mary E. Strauss 
in the presence of this deponent subscribed her name at the end of said 
paper-writing, which is now shown as aforesaid, and which bears the date of 
the (blank) day of November, 1888.
     And the deponent further saith, That the said Mary E. Strauss the 
testatrix aforesaid, did at the time of subscribing her name as aforesaid 
declare the said paper-writing so subscribed by her, and exhibited to be her 
last Will and Testament, and this deponent did thereupon subscribe his name 
at the end of the Will, as an attesting witness thereto, and at the request 
and in the presence of said Testatrix.  And this deponent further saith, that 
at the same time when the said testatrix subscribed her name to the said Will 
and Testament, and at the time of the deponent’s subscribing his name as an 
attesting witness thereto, as aforesaid, the said Mary E. Strauss was of 
sound mind and memory, full of 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.

                                                James H. Hines  (signed)
                                                W. H. Fonville   (signed)

Severally sworn and subscribed, this 19th day   )
of January, 1899, before me.                    )

            I. F. Ormond or Osmond (signed)     )
                         Clerk Superior Court   )

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NORTH CAROLINA      )
Wayne County        )  ss.             IN THE SUPERIOR COURT

     It is therefore considered and adjudged by the Court that the said 
paper-writing and every part thereof is the last Will and Testament of Mary 
E. Strauss, deceased.  Let the said Will, together with the probate, be 
recorded and filed.
     This 19th day of January, 1899

                                         I. F. Ormond or Osmond (signed)  
                                              Clerk Superior Court

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