{"id":212,"date":"2009-08-26T22:43:33","date_gmt":"2009-08-27T04:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/?page_id=212"},"modified":"2009-08-26T22:43:33","modified_gmt":"2009-08-27T04:43:33","slug":"will-of-zadock-askew-1818","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wills\/will-of-zadock-askew-1818","title":{"rendered":"Will of Zadock Askew – 1818"},"content":{"rendered":"

Transcribed by Ben Askew, Jr.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The Last Will and Testament of Zadock Askew of Jones Co., NC<\/p>\n

Transcribed from the Original Will
\nLocated in the State Archives, Raleigh, NC
\nBy Ben Askew,Jr.<\/p>\n

Jan. 9,1818 Book B Page 50<\/p>\n

Proven-May Term 1818<\/p>\n

In the name of God Amen.<\/p>\n

I Zadock Askew of the county of Jones and State of North Carolina being\u00a0weak and sick in body but of sound mind and memory and desirous of ——–\u00a0the future management of my affairs do make this my last will and testament.<\/p>\n

First. I recommend my soul to the protection of that supreme being who give\u00a0it and my body to be decently buried<\/p>\n

Item. I give unto my beloved wife Nancy the house and lot where on I now\u00a0live together with all my household and kitchen furniture of any\u00a0description,bed and bedding,——— and during her natural life.<\/p>\n

Item. I also give my wife two cows and yearlings and my stock of provisions\u00a0that is now laid in for the support of my family.<\/p>\n

Item.My will and desire is that my children should be educated out of the\u00a0rents of my lots I bought of ——— in Trenton and the hire of my negro\u00a0woman ——–<\/p>\n

Item. I give unto my daughter Elizabeth Askew two hundred dollars to be paid\u00a0to her out of my property when she comes of age or marriage.<\/p>\n

Item. My will and desire is that the balance of my property be equally\u00a0divided between my two sons Benjamin and John Askew when they come of age.<\/p>\n

Item. Lastly I nominate and appoint ———– Hathaway my executor to this\u00a0my last will and testament revoking all others here to fore made in witness\u00a0where of I the said Zadock Askew have hereunto set my hand and seal this 9\u00a0th day of Jan 1818<\/p>\n

Witness<\/p>\n

Rob—-??Kornegay??<\/p>\n

?A.B. Bush?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Transcribed by Ben Askew, Jr. The Last Will and Testament of Zadock Askew of Jones Co., NC Transcribed from the Original Will Located in the State Archives, Raleigh, NC By Ben Askew,Jr. Jan. 9,1818 Book B Page 50 Proven-May Term 1818 In the name of God Amen. I Zadock Askew of the county of Jones … Continue reading “Will of Zadock Askew – 1818”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":188,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-212","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/212\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}