Wayne County, NC - Will of Elizabeth Pate, 1885

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In the name of God Amen
I ELIZABETH PATE of the County of Wayne and State of North Carolina 
being in good health of body and of sound mind memory and understanding 
but mindful of the uncertainty of my earthly existence do make this my 
last will and testament in manner and form following.
Item 1
I do hereby desire that my executor to be hereafter named shall provide 
for my body a decent burial suitable to the wishes of my relations and 
friends and pay all funeral expenses and last debts out of the monies 
that shall first come into his hands as part of my estate.
Item 2
It is further my will and desire that all the personal and real estate 
of which I shall die seized and possessed shall be equally divided 
between my children herein named. That is to say my son MCDONALD PATE, 
PATSY ROUSE,wife of WILLIAM J ROUSE, CORA PATE, ARKANSAS PATE, BRYAN 
PATE and FRANCIS MARION PATE, these children having never received from 
myself nor from their father, MAJOR I PATE, during his lifetime any 
portion of our personal real estate.
Item 3
It is further my will and desire that the portion above bequeathed and 
devised to PATSY ROUSE , wife of WM. J ROUSE, shall after her death 
descend and be given to her two children, CHARLEY and STEPHEN ROUSE and 
if these children die without heirs of their bodies then the property 
shall revert to the heirs mentioned in Item 2 to be divided as the law 
in such cases provides.
Item 4
I hereby constitute and appoint my beloved son McDONALD PATE guardian 
to such of my children above named as shall not have arrived at manhood 
or womanhood at the time of my death.
Item 5 
I give and bequeath to my children by my first husband, WRIGHT 
LANGSTON, to wit ALPHA ANN BEST, wife of BENJAMIN BEST, CLARISSA 
JOYNER, wife of EVRITT JOYNER JR, and JOHN LANGSTON five dollars each 
in money, they having already received all the property to which they 
were entitled from their fathers estate.
Item 6
And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my beloved son McDONALD 
PATE 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, hereby revoking and declaring null and utterly void all other 
wills and testaments by me heretofore made.
In witness whereof I the said ELIZABETH PATE have hereto set my hand 
and seal this 15th Oct. 1875
                                                                                    
ELIZABETH (X) PATE  Seal
Signed sealed published and declared by the 
said ELIZABETH PATE to be her last will and 
testament in the presence of us who at her 
request and in her presence do subscribe our
names thereto. 
JOHN R. SMITH
R. M. JOHNSON 

PROBATE  14 Nov 1885

Book 1 Record of Wills
Page 357-359
Wayne Co. Courthouse
Goldsboro, NC

Elizabeth Howell Langston Pate is my GGG-Grandmother thru
Alpha Ann Langston who married Benjamin Best, son of 
Theophilus Best & Nancy Daniel.

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