LENOIR COUNTY, NC - Will - Probate & Will of Isaac Stroud, 1871/72.
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Application of Probate of Will of Isaac STROUD: 29 Feb. 1872-Lenoir
Co.,N.C.
Amos STROUD & Owen STROUD: Application for Probate of Will of Isaac STROUD
Enrolled in the Office of the Superior Court Clerk and Probate Judge of
Lenoir County the 29th day of February 1872.
Hon. H N. HUNTER
Probate Judge
Lenoir County-In the Probate Court-Application for Probate of Will of Isaac
STROUD.
Amos STROUD & Owen STROUD: To the Court: The application of Amos STROUD and
Owen
STROUD shows:
1) That they are the parties and appointed executors of the last will and
testament of Isaac STROUD on said will.
2) That there belongs to their testator's estate about two hundred and
fifty acres of land, worth about two hundred and fifty dollars, and about
six hundred dollars worth of personal estate, consisting of two horses, a
buggy, three carts, farming implements, and other articles.
3) That the following are the names and residences of the parties entitled
to
their testator's property.
Sarah Ann STROUD, Lenoir Co.,N.C.
Harriet STROUD, col., Lenoir Co.,N.C.
Amos STROUD, Lenoir Co.,N.C.
Curtis STROUD, Lenoir Co.,N.C.
Isaac STROUD, Lenoir Co.,N.C.
Samuel STROUD, Lenoir Co.,N.C.
Elizabeth BROWN, Lenoir Co.,N.C.
Nancy TURNER, Jones Co.,N.C.
Elvy SMITH, Duplin Co.,N.C.
Owen STROUD, Duplin Co.,N.C.
Richard STROUD, Lenoir Co.,N.C.
Lettson? STROUD, Lenoir Co.,N.C.
Jonas A. STROUD, Lenoir Co.,N.C.
Hannah TINDALL, Lenoir Co.,N.C.
Pena MERCER, Lenoir Co.,N.C.
William STROUD, minor whose guardian is A. STROUD, Lenoir Co.,N.C.
James TINDAL, John Isaac MERCER, minor without Guardian, Lenoir Co., N.C.
Nancy TINDAL, Georgia; Leih TINDALL, Georgia; the two latter are minors
without Guardian.
Known and subscribed: Nov. 6th, 1871
Amos STROUD
Signed: R.F. GREEN, P.J.
Owen STROUD
Testimony:
Lenoir County, Probate Court
A paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Isaac
STROUD, deceased, is exhibited before me, the undersigned Judge of Probate
for said County, by Amos STROUD and Owen STROUD the Executors therein named
and the due execution thereof the said Isaac STROUD by the oath and
examination of John MAXWELL, and of Aretus JONES, Sr. the subscribing
witnesses thereto, who being duly sworn doth depose and say, and each for
himself deposeth and said that he is a subscribing witness to the paper
writing now shown him, purporting to be the last will and Testament of
Isaac STROUD. That Isaac STROUD in the presence of this deponent subscribed
his name at the end of said paper writing which is now shown as aforesaid,
and which bears date on the 27th day of July A.D., 1871. And the deponent
further said that the said Isaac STROUD, the testator aforesaid, did at the
time of subscribing his name as aforesaid, declare the said paper writing
so subscribed by him, and exhibited to be his last Will & Testament and
this deponent did thereupon subscribe his name at the end of said will as
an attesting witness thereto, and at the request and in the presence of the
said Testator and this deponent further said that at the said time, when
the said Testator subscribed his name tot he said last will and testament
as aforesaid, and at the time of the deponents subscribing his name as an
attesting witness thereto, as aforesaid the said Isaac STROUD was of sound
mind and memory of full 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. Severally, sworn and subscribed this 6th
day of November, 1871.
John MAXWELL
(Signed) R.F. GREEN, P.J.
Aretus JONES, Sr.
Oath: Lenoir County
We, Amos STROUD and Owen STROUD do solemnly swear that I believe the
writing to be and contain the last will and testament of Isaac STROUD,
deceased, and that we will execute the same by first paying his debts, and
then his 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
Executors and agreeably to the trust and confidence reposed in us and
according to law so help us God.
Sworn, subscribed Nov. 6, 1871.
Amos STROUD
(Signed) R.F. GREEN, P.J.
Owen STROUD
Isaac STROUD, dec'd.; Last Will And Testament:
I, Isaac STROUD of the County of Lenoir and State of North Carolina, being
of a sound mind and memory but considering the uncertainty of my earthly
existence do Make and declare this my last will and testament in manner and
form following, that is to say:
First, That my executor shall provide for my body a decent burial, suitable
to the wishes of my relatives and friends, and pay all funeral expenses,
together with my first debts, out of the moneys that may first come into
his hands as a part of my estate.
Item: I give and devise to my beloved wife Sarah Ann all of that portion of
my land from the high water mark of the South west prong of Tuckahoe to the
burn coat road supposed to contain eighty-five acres more or less for and
during her natural life time and at her death to my son Isaac STROUD'S son
Isaac to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and devise to my beloved wife Sarah Ann one child's part of my
personal estate, and one years support for herself.
Item: I give and devise to my two grand-sons John Isaac MERCER (son of Job
& Pena MERCER) and James TINDAL (son of Allen and Hannah TINDAL) all that
portion of my lands on the north side of Tuckahoe ------ Tuckahoe swamp;
said land to be equally divided between them, and be to them and their
heirs forever.
Item: I give and devise unto my daughter Pena MERCER one year's support for
herself and children provided they remain as a part of my family until my
death.
Item: I give and devise unto Harriet, a colored woman, one year's support
for herself, provided she shall remain as one of my family until my death.
Item: I devise that all the remainder of my property of every description
shall be sold and the proceeds be equally divided among all my children
viz: Amos STROUD, Owen STROUD, Curtis STROUD, Richard STROUD, Isaac STROUD,
Lutson STROUD, Samuel STROUD, Jane A. STROUD, Job STROUD, Elizabeth BROWN,
Hannah TINDAL, Nancy TURNER, Pena MERCER, and Winnifred TINDAL'S children,
viz.: Nancy TINDAL and Sarah TINDAL if living at the time of my decease, if
not every part to be divided among the rest of my children.
Item: I devise that my wearing apparel be distributed among my sons as they
may see proper to divide them.
And lastly. I do constitute and appoint my two sons Amos STROUD and Owen
STROUD executors to this my last will and testament according to the true
intent and meaning of the same. In Witness whereof I do hereunto set my
hand and seal this 27th day of July A.D. 1871.
Witness: John MAXWELL Isaac STROUD
Aretus JONES, Sr.
Note:
The above Will of Isaac STROUD, and the proceedings thereon, were found by
me among the "unfinished business" of R.F. GREEN, late Probate Judge, on
the 24th day of March, 1872.
Wm. W.H. HUNTER
Probate Judge
Recorded the 25th day of March, 1872.
Wm. W.H. HUNTER,
Probate Judge
End of Document.