His definition of Amanuensis is:
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.
Today’s subject is the Will of David W. Honeycutt,, 1903.1 2
Will of David W. Honeycutt
Cabarrus County In the Superior Court
In the matter of the Will of } before Jno. M Cook
David W. Honeycutt} Clerk of Superior Court
Geo. W. Dry, being duly sworn, doth say:-
That David W. Honeycutt, late of said County, is dead having first made and published his last will and testament and that he, the said "Geo. W. Dry, is the executor named therein.
Further, that the property of the said David W. Honeycutt, consisting of real and personal property, is worth about $400.00, so far as can be ascertained at the date of this application and that Caroline M. Honeycutt, James A. Isenhour, Jacob B. Isenhour and James W. Peacock are the parties entitled under said will to the said property.
Subscribed and sworn to} Geo. W. Dry
Before me Nov. 30, 1903}
Jno. M. Cook, C. S. C. }
WILL
I David W. Honeycutt of the County of Cabarrus and sate of North Carolina being of sound mind and memory but considering the uncertainty of my earthly existence do make and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say:
Item: I give and devise to my beloved wife Caroline M. Honeycutt thirty-eight acres of land set out by metes and bounds as follows--
Beginning on a White Oak Wilson Honeycutt corner, thence So. 46 ½ W. 60 poles to a Stone thence So. 45 poles to a persimmon, thence So. 57 E. 55 poles to a stone in G. C. Lentz field, thence No. 23 E. 76 poles to a stone, thence N. 20 E. 41 poles to a stone in G. C. Lentz line, thence with the said Lentz No. 54 West 15 poles to a stone, thence No. 20 E. 41 poles to a black oak, thence South 87 W. 40 poles to the beginning containing 38 acres be the same more or less I now live on to have and to hold to her the said Caroline M. Honeycutt for and during the term of her natural life.
Item - I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Caroline M. Honeycutt all the Household and Kitchen furniture, viz 4 beds safe and bookcase bureau tables sewing machine Clock Cookstove safe &c also one cow.
Item After the death of my beloved wife Caroline M. Honeycutt I give and bequeath to James A. Isenhour, Jacob B. Isenhour and James W. Peacock the thirty-eight acres of land bounded as follows,
Beginning on a White Oak Wilson Honeycutt corner, thence So. 46 ½ W. 60 poles to a Stone thence So. 45 poles to a persimmon, thence So. 57 E. 55 poles to a stone in G. C. Lentz field, thence No. 23 E. 76 poles to a stone, thence N. 20 E. 41 poles to a stone in G. C. Lentz line, thence with the said Lentz No. 54 West 15 poles to a stone, thence No. 20 E. 41 poles to a black oak, thence South 87 W. 40 poles to the beginning containing 38 acres be the same more or less.
And lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint trusty friend Geo. W. Dry my lawful executor to all intents and purposes to execute this my last will and testament according to the true intent and meaning of the same and every part and clause thereof hereby revoking and declaring utterly void all other wills and testaments by me heretofore made.
In witness whereof I the said David W. Honeycutt do hereunto set my hand seal this 14 day of Feb. 1903.
David W. Honeycutt {Seal}
Signed sealed published and declared
by the said David W. Honeycutt 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 thereto.
John D. Klutts
H. C. Lentz
G. C. Lentz
State of North Carolina} In Superior Court
Cabarrus County} Before Jno. M. Cook, Clerk
In Re Estate of}
David W. Honeycutt, deceased} Order for probate of Will
A paper writing purporting to be the last Will and testament of David W. Honeycutt, deceased, is exhibited in open Court for probate by Geo. W. Dry, Executor therein named, and the due execution thereof by the said David W. Honeycutt, deceased, is duly proven by the oath and examination of G. C. Lentz and H. C. Lentz two of the subscribing witnesses thereto; and it is further shown to the satisfaction of the Court by said witnesses that the said David W. Honeycutt was at the time of making said will of sound mind and memory of full age to execute a Will under no restraint to their knowledge, information or belief:
It is thereupon considered adjudged and decreed that said proof is sufficient and according to law and that said paper is and contains the last Will and Testament of David W. Honeycutt deceased. And on motion, it is ordered that said Will be admitted to probate and recorded in the Book of Wills of Cabarrus County and as such filed as provided by law in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court of said County.
It is further ordered that said Geo. W. Dry be allowed to qualify as executor as provided by and enter upon the discharge of the duties imposed by said trust, which is this day done and letters testamentary issued.
Dated this the 30 day of November 1903.
Jno. M. Cook
Clerk of Superior Court
David W. Honeycutt was a son of James Irvin Huneycutt and Sarah Barrier. He first married Mary M. Umstead on 3 February 1857 in Orange County, North Carolina. David and Mary are enumerated with a Lutheran Minister and his wife, the Rev. Levi Cook Groseclose in 1860. Mary passed away on 24 Jul 1863 according to her tombstone at Gold Hill Cemetery. Their daughter, Emma Caroline passed away shortly after birth (7 May 1858-12 June 1858). In 1870, David is back in the home of his parents.
On 27 May 1877, David W. marries Caroline M. Crowell in Rowan County, North Carolina. Carolina as his second wife. I have found no known children born to this marriage.
David W. Honeycutt died on 29 March 1903; Caroline M. Honeycutt died 23 Nov 1919. They are both buried in Saint Stephens Lutheran Church Cemetery, Gold Hill, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
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[1] "North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GGZN-V3Y?cc=1867501&wc=32G4-829%3A169768201%2C170908201 : 21 May 2014), Cabarrus > Wills, 1888-1905, Vol. 04 > image 266 of 306; county courthouses, North Carolina.
[2] Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Will Book 4, pages 506-508 Will of David W. Honeycutt; Probate Court Office, Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
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