LENOIR COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Will of John Cobb (1834).
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From the Elizabeth Brooks Bowden Collection, P. C. 1439.1, North
Carolina Archives, Raleigh, NC
Will of John Cobb (1834)
In the name of God, Amen. I John Cobb of the County of Lenoir and
the State of North Carolina, calling to mind the uncertainty of life, do
make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, in manner and form
following, to wit:-
Imprimis. I devise and bequeath to my beloved wife, Ann Cobb my
Home plantation, including my Dwelling House, and the improvements
thereunto appertaining: beginning at the mouth of the small branch which
runs through the field and empties into the South-west Creek below the
mill on the South-east side of the said Creek and running up the said
branch to the main road between the Dwelling House and the mill, then
with another small branch heading about the same place to the mill-pond,
then up the mill-pond to the mouth of another small branch just above
the Peach Orchard fence, then a South course to the Road leading from
where Wm. Burnet lives to the Hawkins plantation then East to Rooty
branch, then with Rooty branch to Cabin branch, then with Cabin branch
to the Southwest Creek, then up the various courses of the Creek to the
beginning; to her and her heirs forever: I also give and bequeath to
her all my House-hold and Kitchen furniture of every description, my
carriage and Harness, twelve head of Sheep, four Cows and four Calves,
four Sows and twenty pigs, twenty Shotes, four head of Beef cattle, one
yoke of Oxen, ox-yoke and cart, all my tame Deer and Goats, Bees, and
poultry, four ploughes, four sets of plough geer, two mules and two
Horses or mares (her choice of my stock) four club-axes, four Grubbing
hoes, four weeding hoes, all my Spirits, Wine and Vinegar, one Barrell
of brown sugar, one Barrell Molasses, two pounds of Hyson Tea, one
hundred pounds of Coffee, twnety five pounds of loaf Sugar, one hundred
Barrells of Corn, and a sufficiency of blade and top fodder to serve her
stock one year, two thousand pounds of Pork, one Barrell of lard, my
Loom Stays and Harness for weaving, warping bars and boxes, two woolen
wheels, one linen wheel, one set winding blades, and Reel, two pair
Cotton cards, one pr. wool-cards, three hundred pounds of ginned cotton,
twenty bushels of wheat, ten bushels Rye, ten bushels Oats and ten
bushels of seed pease, fifty bushels sweet potatoes, ten bushels salt,
one side saddle and blanket and bridle, my watch and wearing apparel,
and one thousand dollars in Cash, also ten negroes, to-wit, three men,
three women, two Boys and two girls, her choice of the description
mentioned, The whole to be delivered to her as soon as may be after my
decease.
ITEM. I give and bequeath to my son William D. Cobb, a mullatto
boy named Frank, and five hundred dollars in Cash to be paid to him by
my Executor hereinafter named of the proceeds of my estate.
ITEM. The whole residue of my estate both Real and Personal
including all my lands, Town property, negroes, and Bank Stock, together
with the proceeds of all my perishable estate of every description, not
before given, Bond notes and accounts, and whatever may be due or owing
to me in any manner whatever, after paying all my just debts, I give and
bequeath to my six children. To-wit, Jesse, Harriet, Richard, John,
Henry, and George Washington, to be equally divided amongst them, the
share of each to be allotted and set apart as they shall arrive aat the
age of twenty one years or marry; and in case either one or more of them
shall die before they arrive at the age of twenty one years or marry,
then the share or shares of him, her, or them so dieing to go to the
survivors or survivor of them.
Lastly. I hereby constitute and appoint my friend John Washington of
the Town of Newbern, Executor of this my last Will and Testament, with
full power and authority to enter upon my estate immediately after my
decease, and carry this my last Will into full and complete execution.
Signed, sealed & published J. Cobb. (Seal.)
by the Testator as his last
Will and Testament in our
presence, who have attested
the same in presence of the Testator
this 21st day of May, 1834.
James G. Herritage
B. Coleman
State of North Carolina. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions.
Lenoir County. July Term 1834.
Then was the foregoing last will and testament of John Cobb, dec'd,
exhibited in open court and on motion, the execution thereof was duly
proven by James G. Herritage and Blount Coleman, the two subscribing
witnesses thereto.
At the same time John Washington, the executor therein named appeared in
Court and qualified as executor thereto, ordered that letters
testamentary issue to the said John Washington and that the same be
recorded.
Lewis C. Desmond, Clerk.
Enrolled in the Clerks Office of Lenoir County Aug. 30th, 1834.
Lewis C. Desmond, Clerk.
North Carolina.
Lenoir County. In Superior Court.
The foregoing three (3) sheets is a true and perfect copy of the Will of
John Cobb, the original of which was re-filed in the Clerk's Office,
June 2nd, 1904, and re-recorded June 3rd, 1904, the Will having being
probated and recorded August 30th, 1834, but since destroyed when the
Court House was burned.
Witness my hand and official seal,
this June 3rd, 1904.
Plato Collins
Clerk of Superior Court.