Amanuensis Monday is a genealogy blogging theme. It was started by John Newmark who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog.
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 Last Will of William Riley Huneycutt, Jr. 1
State of North Carolina}ss
Stanly County} In the Superior Court
A paper writing purporting to be the Last will and testament of W. R. Huneycutt, deceased, is exhibited before me, the undersigned, Clerk of the Superior Court for said County, by the executor therein mentioned and the due execution thereof by the said W. R. Huneycutt is proved by the oath and examination of J. W. Smith and W. O. Poplin and C. C. Whitley 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 W. R. Huneycutt that the said W. R. Huneycutt in the presence of these deponent, subscribed his name at the end of said paper writing, now shown as aforesaid, and which bears date of the 29th day of June 1905.
And the deponent further saith, That the said W. R. Huneycutt, 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 as an attesting witness thereto, and at the request and in the presence of the said testator. And this deponent further saith, that at the said time of deponent subscribing his name as an attesting witness thereto,as aforesaid the said W. R. Huneycutt 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.
Severally sworn and} J. W. Smith {seal}
subscribed this 8th day of} W. O. Poplin {seal}
May 1906 before me.} C. C. Whitley {seal}
R. A. Crowell CSC
June 29, 1905
State of N. C. Stanly County
Know all men by these presents that I W. R. Huneycitt of the aforesaid State and County am of sound mind and do hereby make my first & last will as to the disposition of my property both real and personal. That it is my will that my wife Jane Huneycutt shall have full control of all my property both real and personal her lifetime or widowhood and the benefits of the same, it is my will that she pay or caused to be paid the present debts against said property, it is also my will that after her deth [death] or widowhood that the said property be equily [equally] divided among my eight children that - I have by my present wife Jane Huneycutt. This is my last will and testament and now I commit my soul and body unto the hands of him that doth all things well.
Witness: W. R. X his mark Huneycutt
J. W. Smith Testator
W. O. Poplin
C. C. Whitley
J. X his mark Huneycutt
William Riley Huneycutt married Eliza Jane Hinson on 25 Nov 1875. He was the son of William Riley Sr and Mila Ann Whitley.
They would have eight children as stated within the above will – “said property be equily [equally] divided among my eight children that - I have by my present wife Jane Huneycutt.” Those eight children were 4 sons and 4 daughters.
William Riley Huneycutt, Jr. is my 3rd cousin 3 times removed.
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[1] "North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9GCC-LGD?cc=1867501&wc=32GQ-2NL%3A169988501%2C170067001 : 21 May 2014), Stanly > Wills, 1868-1907, Vol. 2 > image 287 of 359; county courthouses, North Carolina.
