Will of Pride Jones - 1 Jan 1889

Original Will, on file in Raleigh, NC Archives CR 073.801

In the name of God Amen

I Pride Jones of Orange County and
State of North Carolina do make publish
and declare this to be my last will and
testament hereby revoking all former
wills or parts of wills
   I give to my wife Martha Ann Jones all
my property of whatsoever kind and description
she has certain right with rigard to real
estate and personal property which
Major Graham will explain to her
I bid in the Mill property as agent
of my son Pride.  I wish him to turn
over that property to Mr. H. Hughes, Jas
A. Cheek, D. M. Laws and Mrs Sallie
R. Collins to save them from loss by
reason of their being my securities
         Witness my hand this
Jany 1 1889              Pride Jones

I appoint my wife Martha Ann
Jones the executrix of this my last will
& testament

            Jany 1 1889    Pride Jones


North Carolina    }   Superior  Court
Orange County     }   April 23rd 1889

On the 23rd day of April 1889, before 
S. M. Gattis Clerk of the Superior Court
of Orange County, the following paper writing is
produced in open Court purporting
to be the last will and testament of
Pride Jones, late of the County of
Orange, ["purporting" crossed out] bearing date
January 1st 1889, and motion is 
made to receive proof of the said
paper writing, as the last will and
testament of said Pride Jones; and
to support the said application the
following witnesses are produced;
John W. Graham, Allen J. Ruffin,
D. H. Hamilton, and D. C. Parks,
who being duly sworn in open
Court, testify respectively as follows,
that they are each of them well
acquainted with the handwriting
of said Pride Jones, having often
seen him write and acknowledge
his signature to paper writings,
and that they do know his handwriting
and they do further say that the
said Pride Jones departed this life

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on the 6th day of April 1889, and that on
the 1st day of January 1889 the said Pride
Jones had sufficient capacity to execute 
a will, and that the said paper writing
and very part thereof is in the 
handwriting of said Pride Jones de- 
ceased; and the said Allen J. Ruffin
and John W. Graham do say that the
said paper writing now produced
was found among the valuable papers
& effects of said Pride Jones, in a small
box in which was contained deeds
receipts and notes plus tax receipts
and other memoranda of business
transactions,       John W. Graham
                    D. H. Hamilton
                    D. C. Parks
                    A J Ruffin
                   -----------
subscribed & sworn to before me this
23rd & 24th April 1888     S. M. Gattis CofC

Whereupon the Court clerk declares all
of said witnesses to be credible persons
and upon consideration of said motion
and the proof is sufficient thereof, dost
pronounce the said paper writing to
be the last will and testament of 

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said Pride Jones deceased and suf-
ficient in law to pass personal estate
and convey lands and it is ordered 
that the said will be recorded 
                     S.M. Gattis
                  Clerk Superior Court



Transcription by Ben Franklin of Durham, NC <benz2@earthlink.net>
2 Dec 2009.  Please credit me if you use this. This information is in 
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