Abram was the son of Abraham Cox and Jemima Mills. He was married to Martha J. Louise Haddock on 21 Dec 1865 in Pitt County by Justice of the Peace Thomas Cannon. Their known children at this time were Moody Cox and Bruce Cox. In the will for Abram Cox, dated 1898, he does mention an illegitimate son, Walter McLawhorn, sometimes called Walter Cox. Walter was a son of Rebecca McLawhorn.
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Will of Abram Cox filed in Jan 1898
Will of Abram Cox - Pitt County, North Carolina
Posted to Ancestry.com on 16 Mar 2014 by Sara Whitford
Abram Cox Will
State of North Carolina. Pitt County
In the name of God Amen.
I Abram Cox of the county and state aforesaid being of sound and disposing mind
do make and declare this to be my last will and testament in manner and form
following. That is to say:
Item 1st It is my will and desire that my Executor hereinafter named shall
give my body such suitable burial as she may deem proper and right, and shall
pay all my just and honest debts out of the first moneys that may come into her
hands from any part of my estate.
Item 2nd I give devis and bequeath to my wife Martha L Cox, my son Moody Cox
and my sister-in-law Mary A Haddock the tract of land known as the Homeplace,
where I now live containing three hundred and thirty acres more or less,
adjoining the lands of Lafayette Cox, John W. Cannon and others, for and during
their natural lives, to live, occupy, and possess, as their home, so long as they
or either of them shall live and at the death of the last surviving one of them
to be equally divided between John B Tripp, son of Joshua Tripp, being the boy
I raised, and Walter McLawhorn (sometimes called Cox) and being the same reported
to be my illegitimate son. To have and to hold after the death of my wife Martha
L Cox, my son Moody Cox and my sister-in-law Mary A Haddock and each of them
share and share alike unto them, their heirs and assigns forever.
Item 3rd I give devise and bequeath to my wife Martha L. Cox , all the balance
of my property, that I shall die seized and possessed of, real, personal, and
mixed, of all and singular and of kind, to have and to hold unto her the said
Martha L Cox her heirs and assigns forever
Item 4th I hereby appoint my wife Martha L Cox, Executrix of this my last will
and testament without giving bond or security, to execute and administer the same
in manner and form according to law.
Hereby revoking and declaring void all other wills and testaments by me heretofore
made or any codecile there to.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of
the subscribing witness hereto, who in my presence of each other have signed the
same at my request as witness hereto.
This the 27th day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Ninety five.
J. A. Sugg Abram Cox (Seal)
Adrian Savage
Pitt County, NC Will Book 3, p. 135
(http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=feonadorf&id=I44990)
Will of Abram Cox - Pitt County, North Carolina
27 Dec 1895
Pitt County, North Carolina
Sara Whitford originally shared this on 16 Mar 2014 to Ancestry.com
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Will of Abram Cox filed in Jan 1898
Will of Abram Cox - Pitt County, North Carolina
Posted to Ancestry.com on 16 Mar 2014 by Sara Whitford
Abram Cox Will
State of North Carolina. Pitt County
In the name of God Amen.
I Abram Cox of the county and state aforesaid being of sound and disposing mind
do make and declare this to be my last will and testament in manner and form
following. That is to say:
Item 1st It is my will and desire that my Executor hereinafter named shall
give my body such suitable burial as she may deem proper and right, and shall
pay all my just and honest debts out of the first moneys that may come into her
hands from any part of my estate.
Item 2nd I give devis and bequeath to my wife Martha L Cox, my son Moody Cox
and my sister-in-law Mary A Haddock the tract of land known as the Homeplace,
where I now live containing three hundred and thirty acres more or less,
adjoining the lands of Lafayette Cox, John W. Cannon and others, for and during
their natural lives, to live, occupy, and possess, as their home, so long as they
or either of them shall live and at the death of the last surviving one of them
to be equally divided between John B Tripp, son of Joshua Tripp, being the boy
I raised, and Walter McLawhorn (sometimes called Cox) and being the same reported
to be my illegitimate son. To have and to hold after the death of my wife Martha
L Cox, my son Moody Cox and my sister-in-law Mary A Haddock and each of them
share and share alike unto them, their heirs and assigns forever.
Item 3rd I give devise and bequeath to my wife Martha L. Cox , all the balance
of my property, that I shall die seized and possessed of, real, personal, and
mixed, of all and singular and of kind, to have and to hold unto her the said
Martha L Cox her heirs and assigns forever
Item 4th I hereby appoint my wife Martha L Cox, Executrix of this my last will
and testament without giving bond or security, to execute and administer the same
in manner and form according to law.
Hereby revoking and declaring void all other wills and testaments by me heretofore
made or any codecile there to.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of
the subscribing witness hereto, who in my presence of each other have signed the
same at my request as witness hereto.
This the 27th day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Ninety five.
J. A. Sugg Abram Cox (Seal)
Adrian Savage
Pitt County, NC Will Book 3, p. 135
(http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=feonadorf&id=I44990)
Will of Abram Cox - Pitt County, North Carolina
27 Dec 1895
Pitt County, North Carolina
Sara Whitford originally shared this on 16 Mar 2014 to Ancestry.com
Abram was the son of Abraham Cox and Jemima Mills. He was married to Martha J. Louise Haddock on 21 Dec 1865 in Pitt County by Justice of the Peace Thomas Cannon. Their known children at this time were Moody Cox and Bruce Cox. In the will for Abram Cox, dated 1898, he does mention an illegitimate son, Walter McLawhorn, sometimes called Walter Cox. Walter was a son of Rebecca McLawhorn.
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Will of Abram Cox filed in Jan 1898
Will of Abram Cox - Pitt County, North Carolina
Posted to Ancestry.com on 16 Mar 2014 by Sara Whitford
Abram Cox Will
State of North Carolina. Pitt County
In the name of God Amen.
I Abram Cox of the county and state aforesaid being of sound and disposing mind
do make and declare this to be my last will and testament in manner and form
following. That is to say:
Item 1st It is my will and desire that my Executor hereinafter named shall
give my body such suitable burial as she may deem proper and right, and shall
pay all my just and honest debts out of the first moneys that may come into her
hands from any part of my estate.
Item 2nd I give devis and bequeath to my wife Martha L Cox, my son Moody Cox
and my sister-in-law Mary A Haddock the tract of land known as the Homeplace,
where I now live containing three hundred and thirty acres more or less,
adjoining the lands of Lafayette Cox, John W. Cannon and others, for and during
their natural lives, to live, occupy, and possess, as their home, so long as they
or either of them shall live and at the death of the last surviving one of them
to be equally divided between John B Tripp, son of Joshua Tripp, being the boy
I raised, and Walter McLawhorn (sometimes called Cox) and being the same reported
to be my illegitimate son. To have and to hold after the death of my wife Martha
L Cox, my son Moody Cox and my sister-in-law Mary A Haddock and each of them
share and share alike unto them, their heirs and assigns forever.
Item 3rd I give devise and bequeath to my wife Martha L. Cox , all the balance
of my property, that I shall die seized and possessed of, real, personal, and
mixed, of all and singular and of kind, to have and to hold unto her the said
Martha L Cox her heirs and assigns forever
Item 4th I hereby appoint my wife Martha L Cox, Executrix of this my last will
and testament without giving bond or security, to execute and administer the same
in manner and form according to law.
Hereby revoking and declaring void all other wills and testaments by me heretofore
made or any codecile there to.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of
the subscribing witness hereto, who in my presence of each other have signed the
same at my request as witness hereto.
This the 27th day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Ninety five.
J. A. Sugg Abram Cox (Seal)
Adrian Savage
Pitt County, NC Will Book 3, p. 135
(http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=feonadorf&id=I44990)
Will of Abram Cox - Pitt County, North Carolina
27 Dec 1895
Pitt County, North Carolina
Sara Whitford originally shared this on 16 Mar 2014 to Ancestry.com
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Will of Abram Cox filed in Jan 1898
Will of Abram Cox - Pitt County, North Carolina
Posted to Ancestry.com on 16 Mar 2014 by Sara Whitford
Abram Cox Will
State of North Carolina. Pitt County
In the name of God Amen.
I Abram Cox of the county and state aforesaid being of sound and disposing mind
do make and declare this to be my last will and testament in manner and form
following. That is to say:
Item 1st It is my will and desire that my Executor hereinafter named shall
give my body such suitable burial as she may deem proper and right, and shall
pay all my just and honest debts out of the first moneys that may come into her
hands from any part of my estate.
Item 2nd I give devis and bequeath to my wife Martha L Cox, my son Moody Cox
and my sister-in-law Mary A Haddock the tract of land known as the Homeplace,
where I now live containing three hundred and thirty acres more or less,
adjoining the lands of Lafayette Cox, John W. Cannon and others, for and during
their natural lives, to live, occupy, and possess, as their home, so long as they
or either of them shall live and at the death of the last surviving one of them
to be equally divided between John B Tripp, son of Joshua Tripp, being the boy
I raised, and Walter McLawhorn (sometimes called Cox) and being the same reported
to be my illegitimate son. To have and to hold after the death of my wife Martha
L Cox, my son Moody Cox and my sister-in-law Mary A Haddock and each of them
share and share alike unto them, their heirs and assigns forever.
Item 3rd I give devise and bequeath to my wife Martha L. Cox , all the balance
of my property, that I shall die seized and possessed of, real, personal, and
mixed, of all and singular and of kind, to have and to hold unto her the said
Martha L Cox her heirs and assigns forever
Item 4th I hereby appoint my wife Martha L Cox, Executrix of this my last will
and testament without giving bond or security, to execute and administer the same
in manner and form according to law.
Hereby revoking and declaring void all other wills and testaments by me heretofore
made or any codecile there to.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of
the subscribing witness hereto, who in my presence of each other have signed the
same at my request as witness hereto.
This the 27th day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Ninety five.
J. A. Sugg Abram Cox (Seal)
Adrian Savage
Pitt County, NC Will Book 3, p. 135
(http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=feonadorf&id=I44990)
Will of Abram Cox - Pitt County, North Carolina
27 Dec 1895
Pitt County, North Carolina
Sara Whitford originally shared this on 16 Mar 2014 to Ancestry.com
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