"LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF FANNIE PERSON ADAMS
I, Fannie Person Adams, of the city of Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, being 
of sound mind and knowing that the duration of life is uncertain, do make, publish and 
declare this as my last will and testament, as follows:-
	1. I bequeath all of my personal property of every description and I devise all 
of my real property of every description to my beloved husband, Henry B. Adams, for 
and during the term of his natural life, if he shall survive me, for the term of his natural 
life, with full power to use the same as he may see fit, even to a consumption of it in its 
use, as his wishes or necessities may direct, and with full power to convey, sell, 
dispose of and convert, in either form, to his own use any and all of said property, real 
or personal.
	2. Subject to the provisions of item one above set forth, I do hereby devise to 
my daughter, Martha Fletcher Adams, a house and lot in the City of Monroe, North 
Carolina, on the east side of and fronting College Street, adjoining the lot of W. M. 
Gordon and Ethel Josephine Rudge and being the Western part of the lot purchased by 
me at the  sale of the estate lands of Thomas D. Wolfe for partition and conveyed to me 
by Thomas J. Jerome, Comissioner, being all of said lot remaining after conveying a 
part to my daughter, Ethel Josephine Rudge, the lot herein devised being ninety feet 
front and extending back from College Street One hundred and sixty feet to Ethel 
Josephine Rudge's lot; and I also bequeath to my daughter, Martha Fletcher Adams, 
my piano now in my residence in Monroe, North Carolina, and I fix the value of the lot 
and piano herein devised and bequeathed to Martha Fletcher at the sum of two 
thousand dollars, for which she shall account in the final settlement and distribution of 
my estate.
	3. Subject to the provisions of item one above set forth, it is my will that all of 
my personal and real property of every description remaining shall shall be divided 
among my children, subject however to the payment of one hundred and fifty dollars to 
my daughter, Nina Adams Houston, as mentioned in the next item of my will, in the 
following proportions, Viz. to C. Bruce Adams one sixth, to Hal B. Adams, one sixth, 
to Ethel Josephine Rudge one sixth, to Ray K. Adams one sixth and to Martha Fletcher 
Adams one third, my daughter Martha Fletcher Adams however accounting for the lot 
and piano at the valuation of two thousand dollars as herein before stated in the specific 
devisee and bequest, and Ethel Josephine Rudge, accounting for that part of the Wolfe 
lot conveyed to her by my husband and myself at one hundred and fifty dollars and Hal 
B. Adams and Ray K. Adams accounting for the items advanced to them for their 
profession education by my husband and myself and for other purposes as shown by 
the accounts kept by my husband in a small book now in his office. And in the 
distribution of the remainder of my estate under this clause, my daughter Martha 
Fletcher Adams, shall be allowed to select any bonds, stocks, or other securities 
affording a permanent income, which she may prefer, to make up any deficiency there 
may be due her under this clause of my will. I desire to state here that the double 
portion of my property herein given to my daughter, Martha Fletcher Adams, is so 
bestowed at the request of my daughter, Nina Adams, who has generously asked me to 
so will what would otherwise have been her own portion of my estate, which meets 
my approval and is in accord with my wishes. As I desire that my daughter, Nina 
Adams Houston shall have some momento of my affection for her, I direct that my 
executor shall pay to her one hundred and fifty dollars with which to purchase a 
diamond ring for herself, which shall be done as soon as practible after my death.
	4. I do hereby appoint my oldest son, Clement Bruce Adams, the executor of 
this my last will and testament and revoke any wills by me heretofore made. 
	In witness whereof, I do hereto set my hand and seal on the 29th day of 
January, 1915. Fannie Adams (Seal)
	Signed, sealed, published and declared by Fannie Person Adams to be her last 
will and testament in the presence of us who at her request and in her presence and in 
the presence of each other do subscribe our names as witnesses thereto.
Raymond C. Griffin, Joel W. Griffin.

State of North Carolina, Union County
	I, Fannie Person Adams, of said county and State, make this final Codicil to 
my Last Will and Testament dated January 29, 1915, which I ratify and confirm, 
except as the same has been changed by the death of my husband and except as the 
same shall be changed hereby. 
	Whereas by my will above metioned and I bequeathed and devised an interest 
therein specified direct to my son H. B. Adams:
	Instead, I do now bequeath and devise said interest in my estate to W. C. 
Houston and C. B. Adams, Trustees, or to the survivor of them, on the following uses 
and trusts;- To have and to hold the same during the natural life of my son H. B. 
Adams, and to pay him the income (net) arising therefrom, after paying taxes, 
insurance and repairs if any on same. At the death of my son H. B. Adams I do 
bequeath and devise the aforesaid interest in my estate as follows; - One fifth each to C. 
B. Adams, Ethel Josephine Rudge, and R. K. Adams, and two-fifths to my daughter 
Martha Fletcher Adams, my reason for the omission of my daughter Nina Adams 
Houston in this division, and for the additional share given my daughter Martha 
Fletcher Adams fully appearing in the Last Will and Testament to which this is a 
codicil.
	Any clause or clauses, phrase or phrases in said Last Will and Testament 
inconsistent with the terms of this Codicil, I do hereby revoke.
	In testimony whereof, I the said Fannie Person Adams, do hereunto set my 
hand and seal, this 17th day of November, 1916.
							Fannie P. Adams (L.S.)
	Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Fannie Person Adams, to 
be a codicil to her last will and testament in our presence, and we in her presence, and 
in the presence of each other, have, at her request, hereto submitted our names as 
witnesses.
							Z. Paris, J. E. Reed"

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