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Tyrrell County
Book 4, Page 282
Dated 5 January 1912
I, Joseph Roughton, of the aforesaid county and state being of sound mind but considering the uncertainty of my earthly existence, do make and declare this my last will and testament:
First. My executors, hereinafter named, shall give my body a decent burial suitable to the wishes of my friends and relatives, and pay all of my funeral expenses together with all my just debts, out of the first moneys which may come into his hands belonging to my estate.
Second. I give to my beloved during her natural life the house and lot on Broad Street, together with all my chattel property such as furniture, stock, etc.
Third. After mine and my wife's death it is my will that all of my real and personal property be sold by my executors and of the proceeds I give to Mrs. Leah West, One Hundred and fifty dollars.
My adopted son, William C. Roughton (ne Woodard) one hundred dollars.
Mrs.Hattie Sykes twenty-five dollars, the balance to be equally divided among all my children Mrs. Leah West, Mrs. Hattie Sykes and Mrs. Fleedie E. Cahoon.
Fourth. I hereby constitute and appoint my beloved daughter Mrs. Leah West my lawful executor to all interest and purpose to execute this my last will and testament according to the true intent and meaning of the same and every part an clause thereof, hereby revoking and declaring utterly void all other wills and Testament by me heretofore made.
Joseph (his -X- mark) Roughton (Seal)
Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the said Joseph Roughton to be his last will and testament in the presence of us, who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other do subscribe our names as witnesses thereto.
R. A. Kohloss (witness)
Minnie M. Taft (witness)
Probate
State of North Carolina)
Joseph Roughton, Decd. ) s.s. In the Super. Court
A paper purporting to be the last will and testament of Joseph Roughton, deceased is exhibited before me, the undersigned Clerk of the Superior Court for said county by Mrs. Leah West, the executrix therein mentioned, and the due execution thereof by the said Joseph Roughton by the oath and examination of R. A. Kohloss and Minnie Taft the subscribing witness thereto, who being duly sworn, doth depose and say, and each for himself deposeth and saith, that he is a subscribing witness to the paper-writing now shown him, purporting to be the last will and testament of Joseph Roughton; that the said Joseph Roughton 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 of the 5th day of January, 1912.
And this deponent further saith, that the said Joseph Roughton 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 and Testament, and this deponent did thereupon subscribe his name at the end of said Will, deponent further saith, that at the same time when the said testator subscribed his name to the said last Will as aforesaid, and at the time of the deponent's subscribing his name, as an attesting witness thereto, as aforesaid, the said Joseph Roughton 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.
R. A. Kohloss
Minnie M. Taft
Severally sworn and )
Subscribed, this 5th day )
Of August 1913, before me,)
W. M. Brickhouse, C. S. C.
North Carolina)
Tyrrell ) s.s. In the Superior Court
It is therefore considered and adjudged by the court that the said paper writing and every part thereof is the last Will and Testament of Joseph Roughton, deceased. Let the said Will together with the probate, be recorded and filed.
This 5th day of August 1913.
W. M. Brickhouse
Clerk Superior Court
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