According to the Pleasant Hill Church Minutes, Jane Adams died February 1883.
The following is her will, which is recorded in the Jones County Wills.
I, Jane Adams, of the county of Jones and the State of North Carolina being of
sound mind and memory, but considering the uncertainty of my earthly existence,
do make and declare this my will and testament in the manner and form that is
to say:
First. That my Executor (hereinafter named) shall provide for my body a decent
burial suitable to the wishes of my friends and relatives and pay all funeral
expenses out of the monies that may first come into his hands as a part or
parcel of my estate.
Item 2nd. I give and devise to my beloved daughter Betsy Adams one third part
of my cleared land (including my dwelling house) also one third part of my
woodland to have and hold the same to her, her heirs and assigns in fee
simple forever.
Item 3rd. I, give and devise to my beloved son George W. Adams two thirds of my
cleared lands and two thirds of woodland (which is all the remainder of my lands
after my daughter Betsy Adams has received her portion as given in Item 2nd of
this my last will and testament) to have and to hold the same to him, his heirs
and assigns in fee simple forever.
Item 4th. I, give and bequeath to my beloved son George W. Adams one bed and
furniture that belonged to his father, one bureau, one cross cut saw and two
chairs and a bread tray.
Item 5th. I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Betsy Adams one bed and
furniture that was given to me by my father and mother, also one loom and Slaie
and the harness belonging to the loom, and one spinning wheel, one table and
three chairs and two pots.
Item 6th. I give and bequeath to my beloved nephew Stephen H. Adams, son of my
daughter Betsy Adams one bed and the furniture belonging to him, also one cow
and calf claimed by him, also one steer.
Item 7th. I give and bequeath to my daughter Hetty wife James Houston five
dollars in cash.
And lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my beloved son George W. Adams my
lawful Executor to intent and purpose to execute this my last will and testament
according to the ????? intent and meaning of the same and every part and clause
thereof; hereby revoking and declaring utterly void all other wills by me
heretofore made.
In witness whereof I, the said Jane Adams, do hereunto set my hand seal this 1
1th day of June A.D. 1880.
her
Jane (X) Adams
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Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Jane Adams to be her last
will and testament, in the presence of us who at her request and in her presence
do subscribe our names as witnesses thereto.
Benj. Brock, Jr.
Susan Eubanks
State of North Carolina In the Probate Court
Jones County
A paper purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Jane Adams deceased is
exhibited before me the undersigned Judge of Probate from said county, by George
W. Adams, the executor therein mentioned, and the due execution thereof by the
said Jane Adams by the oath and examination of Benj. Brock, Jr. and Susan
Eubanks the subscribing witnesses therein; who being duly, oath depose and
say, and each for himself deposeth and saith, that he is a subscribing witness
by the paper writing now shown him (& her) purporting to be the last Will and
Testament of Jane Adams that the said Jane Adams in the presence of this
deponent subscribed her name at the end of said writing, which is now shown as
aforesaid and which ???? date of the 11th day of June 1880.
And the deponent further saith, that the said Jane Adams the testatrix aforesaid
at the time of subscribing her name as aforesaid, ???? the said paper writing
so subscribed by him and exhibiting to be her last Will and Testament, and this
deponent did there upon subscribe his (or her) name at the end of said Will as
attesting witness thereto, and at the request and in the presence of said
testatrix and this deponent further saith that the said time when the said
testatrix subscribed her name to the said last will as aforesaid, and at the
time of the deponent's subscribing his (or her) name as an attesting witness
thereof, as aforesaid, the said Jane Adams was of sound mind and memory, of full
age to execute a Will and was not under any restraint to knowledge, information
or belief of this deponent: and further these deponents say not.
Generally sworn and subscribed Benj. Brock
this 12th day of March 1883 Susan Eubanks
before me.
Thos. J. Whitaker
Jones County In the Probate Court
The State of North Carolina
To all whom these presents shall come Greeting: It being satisfactorily proven
to the undersigned, Judge of Probate for Jones County, that Jane Adams, late of
said county, is dead. Having made her last Will and Testament, which has been
attested(?) to probate, a true copy where of is hereunto annexed and George W.
Adams, the Executor named therein, having qualified as such according to law.
How these are therefore to empower the said Executor to enter in and upon all
and Sin????on the goods and chattels rights and ????? of the said deceased, and
the same to take into possession wherever to be found and are the just debts of
said deceased to pay and satisfy, and the residue of said estate to distribute
according to the discretion of said Will.
Witness my hand, and the seal of said county, this the 12 day of March 1883.
Thos. J. Whitaker
State of North Carolina
Jones County In the Probate Court
I, George W. Adams, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I believe this writing
to be and contain the last Will and Testament of Jane Adams, deceased; and that
I will and truly execute the same by first paying her debts and then her
legacies, as far as the said estate shall extend or the law will charge me and
that I will well and faithfully execute the office of an Executor agreeable to
the trust and confidence reposed in me, according to law, so help me God.
George W. Adams
Sworn and subscribed before me this
12th day of March 1883
Thos. J. Whitaker, Probate Judge
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