Will of Furney G Dupree




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  Furney G. DUPREE Will & Court Records Will Book A, page 140- Lenoir County, N.C. Clerk of Courts Office Kinston, N.C. Lenoir County In the Probate Court Before Wm. W. N. HUNTER Judge of Probate In the Matter of the Will of F.G. DUPREE J. F. DUPREE being sworn doth say: That F. G. DUPREE, late of said county is dead, having first made and published his last will and testament and that J. F. DUPREE is the executor named therein. Further, that the property of the said F. G. DUPREE consisting of about 120 acres of land & bed & bed clothing is worth about $600.00, as so far as can be ascertained at the date of this application; and that Furney DUPREE, Ava A. JACKSON, Jesse F. DUPREE, James E. DUPREE, Wiley DUPREE, Evaline JONES, William C. DUPREE, Lula DUPREE, and Elizabeth DUPREE are the parties entitled under said will to the said property. Signed: J. F. DUPREE Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 8th day of August 1877 Wm. W. N. HUNTER Probate Judge, State of North Carolina Lenoir County In the Probate Court: A paper purporting to be the last will and testament of F. G. DUPREE, deceased, is exhibited before me, the undersigned Judge of Probate for said county, by Jesse F. DUPREE, the executor therein named, and the due execution thereof by the said F. G. DUPREE, by the oath and examination of David E. CURTIS and Elijah TAYLOR, the subscribing witnesses there to 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 F. G. DUPREE, that the said F. G. DUPRE, in the presence of this deponent, subscribed shown as aforesaid and which bears date of the 20th day of March, 1877. And the deponent further saith that the said F. G. DUPREE, the testator aforesaid, did at the time of subscribing his name as aforesaid declare the said paper writing as 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 as an attesting witness thereto and at the request and in the presence of said testator. And this deponent further saith that at the said time when the said testator subscribed his name to the said last will as aforesaid and at the time of the deponents subscribing his name as an attesting witness thereto as aforesaid the said F. G. DUPREE 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. D. E. CURTIS, Seal Elijah TAYLOR, Seal Severally sworn and subscribed this 8th day of August, 1877 Before me. Wm. W. N. HUNTER Probate Judge Lenoir County Probate Court, Aug. 8th, 1877 On reading and considering the application of J. F. DUPREE, to admit a paper writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of F. G. DUPREE, deceased to probate and to be qualified as executor thereof according to the appointment there by made and having examined on oath, D. D. CURTIS and Elijah TAYLOR, the two subscribing witnesses thereto as to the execution thereof. It is adjudged that the said paper writing and every part thereof is the last will and testament of the said F. G. DUPREE, Dec’d, and the same as such is ordered to be recorded and filed, and thereupon the said F. G. DUPREE, the executor aforesaid, comes forward, and takes and subscribes the following oath. State of North Carolina Lenoir County I, J. F. DUPREE, do solemnly swear that I believe this writing to be and contain the last will and testament of F. G. DUPREE deceased and that I will well and truly 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 an executor agreeable to the trust and confidence reposed in me, and according to law, so help me God. J. F. DUPREE Sworn and subscribed before me This 8th day of August 1877 Wm. W. N. HUNTER Probate Judge Whereupon, Letters Testamentary are issued to the said J. F. DUPREE, as executor of the said last will and testament. Wm. W.N. HUNTER, Probate Judge Page 142 In the name of God, Amen, Know all men by these presents that I Furney G. DUPREE, of the county of Lenoir and state of North Carolina, being now of sound mind and memory, but considering the uncertainty of my earthly existence do make and declare this my last will and testament, to wit: First, that my executor herein after named, shall provide for my body a decent burial suitable to the wishes of my relation and friends and pay all funeral expences out of the moneys that may first come into his hands as a part and parcel of my estate. Item, I give and bequeath to my son Furney DUPREE the house and land that he now lives the lines to commence at the ditch bridge near the gate and running with the ditch North to the James DAUGHETY’S lines then with the old lines to the path near Nathan DAUGHETY’S house, then with the path to the beginning. Item, I give to my daughter Ava A. JACKSON my bead and bead clothing. Item, I give to my sons Jesse F. DUPREE and James E. DUPREE fifty dollars each to balance against horses that I have heretofore given my other sons. Item, my executor shall shall sell all of my lands together with all other property not hereto fore provided for the lands shall be divided into two lots commencing at the river and running by the grave yard and running the old road out to the Neuse Road at Nathan DAUGETY’S and shall be sold on five years time to be paid by five installments with six percent interest. The proceeds of my lands and other property not heretofore disposed of shall be equally divided between my sons and daughters, namely, Wiley DUPREE, Jesse F. DUPREE, Evaline JONES, James E. DUPREE, Ava A. JACKSON, William C. DUPREE, Litha DUPREE and Elizabeth DUPREE. And I do hereby constitute and appoint Jesse F. DUPREE my lawful executor to all intents and purposes to executier this my last will and testament according to the time intent and meaning of the same, and every part and clauses thereof revoking and all other wills and testaments by me heretofore made in witness where of I the said Furney G. DUPREE do hereunto set my hand and seal this the tweneth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy seven. Signed: F. G. DUPREE Signed, sealed published and declared by the said Furney G. DUPREE to be his last will and testament in the presence of us, Who at his request and in his presence do subscribe our names as witnesses. David E. CURTIS Elijah TAYLOR Recorded in the office of the Superior Court Clerk and Probate Judge of Lenoir County, North Carolina, the 19th day of September 1877. END OF DOCUMENT (Furney G. DUPREE and Teresa his wife were my great great grandparents. If you have further info on this family please contact me

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