Will of Eli West of Jones & Onslow Co., NC.
Jones Co, NC, Will Book ? page 129 - 130 - 131.
Transcribed byPauline Mitchell Pierce from a microflim copy of the Jones
Co, NC wills.
Names include
Eli West
wife Kair West (Caer Hadnot Ward) (She was first wife of Seth Ward)
dau. Chasty Ward (She married George Ward, son of Seth Ward)
dau. Elizabeth West (She married Samuel H. Mitchell, son of Col. George
Mitchell)
dau. Phebe West
nephew Eli West
Dr. Loomis
Exec. Frederick Harget
William T. Gardner
Edward Starkey
Jonathon Kay
Witnesses. Joseph Hill
J. Reaves??
Edward Starkey
W. Dennis
Negroes
Burrey
Old Jude
Old Sam
Little Sam
Old fellor
Places include:
Jones Co., Onslow Co., Carteret Co., NC and Cumberland Co.,
Tn. Also Dudley Island, Carteret Co.
In the name of God Amen
I Eli West of the County of Jones being very sick & weak in body but of
sound mind and perfect memory Do make this my last will and testament in
manner & form following
First & chief of all I recommend my soul to the mercy of Allmighty God
hoping for the salvashion there of through the mercy alone of my blessed
Savour Jesus Christ my body I desire to be decently burried at the
discretion of my Executors here after named and as for such worldly goods
as it hath pleased God to Bless me with I dispose of them as follows. It
is my will & desire that all my just debts shall be first paid and funeral
expenses __?
Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Kair West fifty pounds to be
raised out of my Estate and the value of a negroe fellow by the name of
Burrey at the valuation when Doctor Loomis took his wife s part of the
Estate and the stock & household furniture that my wife have in her
possession I give her one third part to her & heirs & assign forever
Item I give unto my beloved Daughter Chasty Ward twelve spanish milled
dollars to be converted to the sole use of makin table spoons to her & her
heirs and assigns forever.
Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth West twelve spanish
milled dollars to coverted to the sole use of table spoons to her & her
heirs and assigns forever.
Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Phebe West twelve spanish milled
dollars to be converted to the sole of making table spoons to her & her
heirs and assigns forever.
Item I give & bequeath unto my nephew Eli West who now lives with me sixty
pounds to be put at interest for the benefit of his schooling to be drawn
occasionally to him & his heirs and assigns forever
Item It is my will & desire that the following negroes be sold namely Old
Jude Old Sam & little Sam & Old fellor to be sold for nine months credit
by my executors hereafter named Also it is my will & desire that all my
houshold & kitchen furniture & plantation tools of every kind be sold by my
Executors except what I have given away to my two youngest Daughters.
Item And all my stock of every kind except what I have given to my two
youngest Daughters.
Item Also all my lands lying Onslow County to be to be sold by my Executors
& all warrants that is not laid or as much as my Executors shall think best
Item Also all my land lying in Carteret County to be sold by my Executors
or as much more if my land that I have not heretofore away as my Executors
shall see fit
Also all my land lying in Cumberland in the state of Tenessee to be sold
by my Executors
Item Also it is my will & desire that my two youngest Elizabeth & Phebe's
negroes & stocks to be kept on their plantations & rented all together from
year to year as my Executors shall think best
Item I also give to my three Daughters Chasty Ward & Elizabeth & Phebe West
all my right & title of marsh & land on Dudley Island in Carteret County to
be equally among the three children to them & their heirs and asigns
forever______________
Item I do hereby Authorize & Empower my Executors herein after named or
either of them to make good Lawfull & Indefeasible Deeds & titles to all
the Lands as well as other property which they shall sell & dispose of
agreable to this my Last Will & testament above mentioned any Custom to the
Contrary not with standing as it is the true intent and meaning hereof that
they my said Executors or either of them should have full power & authority
so to do.
Item I Conclude Constitute and appoint my beloved friends Frederick Harget
William T. Gardner Edward Starkey & Jonathon Kay Exeutors to this my
last will & testament revoking all other wills by me at any time heretofore
made & I do declare this only to be my last will In witnesseth I have
hereunto set my hand & seal this 2nd of January 1797.
Signed sealed & Delivered }
to be the testators last will }
in presents of us } Eli West {Seal}
Joseph Hill
J. Rsaves???
Edward Starkey
W Dennis
State of North Carolin
Jones County Court february Term 1797.
Then was the within last will & testament of Eli West Deceased proved in
open Court by the oaths of Joseph Ill & Edward Starkey & ordered to be
recorded At the same time Jonathan Kay & Edward Starkey (I did not get the
last sentence)
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