Lenoir County NcArchives Court.....E. S. Broadway, W.B. Ferrell & Wife Et Al., Vs. 1883 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sloan S. Mason http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00022.html#0005225 February 20, 2020, 3:00 pm Source: Clerk Of Court-probate Records Lenoir Co., Nc Written: 1883 Superior Court Spring Term 1883 W.B. FERRELL & wife et al., vs. E. S. BROADWAY Estate of Jesse W. BROADWAY- Deposition of Council HOOTEN 15 Nov. 1883 Council HOOTEN being sworn says that he lives in less than one half mile of where Jesse W. BROADWAY, Dec'd & Elizabeth OXLY, Dec'd. lived and died-his lands adjoins the lands of the said Jesse W. BROADWAY dec'd- he has lived within that distance of where they lived together for 15 or 16 years and up to their death - he knew the said BROADWAY & OXLY well - has visited their house, he is 66 years of age next February and is a man of family - owns 130 acres of land in Lenoir County. This affiant further says that the general report in the neighborhood where the said Jesse W. BROADWAY & Elizabeth OXLY lived was at the time they began to live together that they lived in fornication & adultery and this general report continued up to the time of the death of the said Elizabeth OXLY. This affiant further says that the general report was that they were indicted several times for living together - he heard a report from two or three persons about the time said BROADWAY joined the church that they were married - but the general report still continued that they were not - never heard any one say that they saw them married - that the said BROADWAY & OXLY began to live together in fornication & adultery soon after the death of the defendants mother, wife of said BROADWAY - he further says that Elizabeth OXLY is first cousin of his wife. This affiant further says that he knows this land well and have known it for 50 years - was raised near it and have been on it very frequently - sees it when home every day of his life - stays very close at home and attends to his business - he says further that owing to the claim the VAUSE hires and one Mrs. DICKINSON were making to this land at the time the defendant purchased under mortgage for $725.68 he paid about its value. He further says that the defendant has considerably improved this land since he has had it in charge - it is worth a good deal more now than it was when he took charge of it - it has been improved by ditching clearing, manuring, building houses & c? but he defendant. He further says he has known the defendant since childhood and know him to be prudent in business and careful - he is not wasteful but is close in business transactions. He further says that if the rents of the land were to go into his deft's hand they would be taken care of. He further says that the defendant's property taking care of this land & improving, and in fact is doing much more for it than his father did. This affiant further says that he knows the general character of of J. G. PRICE - that is very good - knows that general character of Mrs. Tearsay PATE- it is good - knows the general character of Ann BUDD - it is good for truth - has never heard anything against the character of David CRAFT. Signed: Council (his X mark) HOOTEN Sworn to and subscribed before me this 15th Nov. 1883 J. W. GRAINGER, J. P. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb