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WOLF

Charles Wolf received earlier land grants - details not readily available.

N.C. State Archives - Land Grants, Wayne County
Charles Wolf - File No. 449, Grant No. 381, issued 11-17-1790.
Entry No. 256, entered 2-27-1788, Book 76, Page 103.
On the West side of Thunder Swamp.  Beginning at a stake his own corner in his field and runs with his line N 25 E 192 P. to a Red Oak in or near Kornegay's line, then with or near said line S 35 E 100 P. to a Post Oak, his corner in Aaron Martin's line, then with his line S 50 W 60 P. to a Blackjack the corner, then S 1144 P. to a Pine near an open Meadow, then W 40 P. to a stake, then to the Beginning, Containing 140 acres.

T. Giles, Surv.

Charles, Wolf - File No. 798, Grant No, 756, issued 7-3-1 800.
Entry No. 868, entered 1-15-1799, Book 108, Page 89.
On the South side of Buck Swamp, on the head of the Marsh Branch. Beginning at the last corner of his 250 acre Pattent and runs his own line S 60 W 187 P. to a Pine Samuel Atkinson's corner, then With his line S 13 W 89 P, to a Pine his corner then with the County Line S 77 E 290 P. to the Beginning, Containing 200 acres.

250 A. Grant, dated 4-29-1768, Dobbs Co.

Wayne County, N.C., Deed Book 8, Page 420, Deed dated 8-6-1805.
Charles Wolf, Snr. deed of gift to his son, Stephen Wolf of Wayne County, N.C. Beginning at a stake (red and white Oak pointers) by the the of the road at the Southwest corner of the Plantation fence and runs with the fence as it now stands to the Marsh Branch, then up the meanders of the sd. Marsh Branch to Jesse Walters line, then with his line to the Duplin County line, then with sd. line and my Pattent lines to where a due South line run from the Beginning would strike the sd. county line or my Pattent line, then with the sd. North and South line to the Beginning, Containing 200 acres.

Wayne County, N.C., Deed Book 10, Page 55, Deed dated 1-2-1812.
Stephen Wolf of Wayne County, N.C., to his Father Charles Wolf, Snr. of same. For the sum of 330 Pounds 6, me in hand paid by the said Charles Wolf Snr., 200 acres of land in Wayne County. (Same land as described in Deed 8-6-1805).

Wayne County, N.C., Deed Book 1O, Page 42, Deed dated 3-1-1813.
Charles Wolf, Snr., for love and affection, gift, 100 acres of land to daughter , Chelly (Charity) Manly, wife of James Manly, Jr. Land joins his own line and Richard Martin, Daniel Kornegay and Barfield. Beginning at a Blackjack, Richard Martin's and my own corner.

Witness
Saml. Lee Jr.
Abraham x Killet
his mark.

Charles Wolf (Seal)
Reg. May Court 1813

N.C. State Archives, Wayne County Wills.

I, Charles Wolf Snr. of Wayne County and State of North Carolina being of sound and perfect mind and memory do this 26th. day of October in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand eight hundred and thirty one make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, (and hereby revoking all my former Wills) that is to say.
First - I give and bequeath (after my just debts are paid) one fourth part of the land where I now reside unto my daughter Charity Manly and likewise one fourth part of all my other Estate of every kind unto her the sd. Charity Manly, her heirs and assigns forever.
Secondly - I give and bequeath one fourth part of the land Wnere I now reside unto my Grand-Daughter Polly Manly and to be laid off adjoining the land before given to the sd. Polly's Mother and including the dwelling house and likewise one fourth part of all my other Estate unto her the sd. Polly Manly my Grand Daughter, her heirs and assigns forever.
Thirdly - I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary King, of Sampson County, one half the land where I reside and likewise one half of all my other Estate unto her the sd. Mary King her heirs and assigns forever.
And I the sd. Charles Wolf the Testator do hereby constitute and appoint John Eliot Snr, and John Eliot Jnr, Executors to this my last Will and Testament, in testimony whereof I the sd. Charles Wolf the Testator have here to set my hand and affixed my seal the day and year above mentioned. In the presence of us who were Present at the time of Signing and Sealing.

Wayne County - Nov. Term 1831.
The Last Will and Testament of Charles Wolf Snr., dec'd. was offered for probate in open Court and proved by the Oath of David Giddens and William Clark before witnesses thereto, let the same be recorded. At the same time John Eliot Jr. one of the Executors therein named qualified as Executor,
B. Hooks, Clk

N.C. State Archives, Wayne County Wills.

I, Edith Wolf of Wayne County and State of North Carolina being of sound and perfect mind and memory do this 17th. day of October in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand eight hundred and thirty one make and publish this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say.
First - I give and bequeath to mv Sister Chelly Manly and my niece Polly Manlv the whole of my land as left me by my Father Charles Wolf's Will, reference thereunto being had, to be equally divided between them the sd. Chelly and Polly Manly, to them their Heirs and assigns forever.
Secondly, I give twenty dollars unto my two nieces. Nancy and Sally Manly to be equally divided between them.
Thirdly - I give the residue of mv Estate, goods and chattels as left to me by the Will of my Father Charles Wolf and any other chattels of my own acquiring unto my Sister Chelly Manly and my niece Pally Manly to be equally divided between them, to them, their Heirs, and assigns forever.
And I the sd. Edith Wolf do hereby constitute and appoint John Eliot Snr. and John Eliot Jnr. Executors to this my Last Will and Testament.
Signed, Sealed, Published and declared by the sd. Edith Wolf the Testatrix as her last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who were Present at the time of Singing and Sealing.

Wayne County Feb. Term 1832 - Recorded.
John Eliot Jr. qualified as Executor.

Edith Wolf - Personal Estate - Inventory, May 1832.
1. A Note on David Johnson and John Cotton endorsed as good by James Rhodes, payable to Edith Wolf the Testatrix on the 25th. of Dec. 1831 with interest from the 1st. day of May 1830, for $150.00.
2. Her wearing apparel.

John G. (Ghost) Eliot

N.C. State Archives, Wayne County Estates - Charles Wolf.

To the Worshipful the Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarters of Wayne County.
The petition of Richard Wolf, Theophilus Guy and Charlotte wife, and Henry Nunnery and Nancy his wife, respectfully sheweth unto your worships, that on the ____ day of ____ 1831, Charles Wolf late of
said County died, that your Petitioners Richard, Charlotte and Nancy are the children of said Charles by his first marriage, that the said Charles had also a son by said marriage by the name of John Charles Wolf who removed to Georgia and died leaving (as your Petitioners have been informed and believe) four children whose names are unknown to your Petitioners.
Your Petitioners further shew that after the death of his first wife, the said Charles Wolf married again and had several chiidren, two of whom, Viz., Charity, wife of James Manly of Wayne, and Mary, wife of Bryant King of Sampson, alone survived the said Charles, the others dying in his lifetime without issue.
Your Petitioners further shew unto your worships that the said Charles died possessed of a considerable real and personal estate amounting, as they have been informed and believe, to the sum of Four or Five Thousand Dollars, and that at November Term 1831 of this Worshipful Court a paper writing purporting to be the last Will of Charles was exhibited for Probate and admitted by said Court to be proven in common form, and John Eliot, Jnr. qualified as Executor thereto.
Your Petitioners further shew unto your Worships that the said writing bears date a very short time before the death of said Charles, that at the date thereof he was more than One Hundred years of age, that he was in a state of complete dotage, being very imbicile in mind and infirm in body, that he was blind, and did not know his own children.
In this condition your, Petitioners charge that the said Charles was utterly incapable of making a Will, and that the paper writing aforesaid was unduly and fraudulently obtained, or procured to be executed.
Your Petitioners shew that by said writing the whole of said Charles' property is given to his children by his last marriage, and your Petitioners and the minor Grand Children of said Charles in Georgia are fraudulently and unjustly deprived of their patrimony.
Your Petitioners further charge that they had no notice nor information that the said paper writing would be offered for Probate as aforesaid, and that the said Grand Children of said Charles Wolf, or some of them are and were at the time of said Probate, minor and non resident.

In consideration of the premises and to the end that the rights of your Petitioners may not be barred without an opportunity of being heard in their defense, mav it please your Worhips to order said probate to be set aside, that those in in the probate of said instrument as a Will, may be at liberty to offer the same for re-probate if they think proper so to do and that your Petitioners may have an opportunity of filing a caveat thereto and contesting the validity thereof. That your Petitioners have such other and further relief as the nature of their case may require.
And that the said John Eliot Junr., the said James Manly and Charity his wife, the said Bryant King and Mary his wife, and the said minor children of John C. Wolf, and all interested may be duly notified of the filing of this Petition and be made parties thereto in due form of law, that they may shew cause if any they have why the Prayer of your Petitioners should mt be granted.
W. C. Stanly
M. H. Bryan For Petrs.

Richard Wolf, one of the Petitioners herein named maketh Oath that the facts stated in the foregoing Petition as of his own knowledge are true, the rest he believes to be true.
Sworn to before me in open Court.

Richard Wolf and Others vs Heirs of Charles Wolf - Feb. Term 1832.
To Bryan(t) King and Mary his wife, you are hereby notified that a paper writing purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Charles Wolf dec'd. has been exhibited for Probate at last term of this Court which a caviate has been filed by Richard Wolf and others and an issue made up to try the same according to law.
Witness, P. Hooks, Clerk of our said Court, at office the 3rd. Monday of Feb. A.D. 1832.
P. Hooks Clerk.

Also same notice, To James Manly and Charity his wife.

To the Sheriff of New Hanover County. You are hereby commanded to summon William E. Clark (a subscriber to the last will and testament of Charles Wolf, decd.) personally to be and appear before the justices of the Court of Pleas and Charter Sessions, to be held for the County of Wayne at the Court House in Waynesborough on the 3rd. Monday of August next, then and there to testify and the truth to say on behalf of James Manly and Bryan King, in a certain matter of controversy before sd. Court pending, then and there to be tried, wherein Richard Wolf and others are Plaintiff and the Heirs of Charles Wolf Snr. dec'd. are Defendants.

Witness, P. Hooks, Clerk of our said Court, at office the 3rd. Monday of May 1832. P. Hooks Clk

Wayne County Summons.
John Barfield, Nancy Barfield, Isaac Crow, Theophilus Crow, Jesse Alfred Rowers, Sally Barfield, Frederick Barfield - appear 3rd. Monday of August 1832, an behalf of Richard Wolf and others.
Issued 3rd. Monday of May 1832.
P. Hooks Clk

Theophilus Barfield - appear 3rd. Monday of Nov. 1832, on behalf of Richard Wolf and others.
Issued 3rd. Monday of May 1832.
P. Hooks Clk.

Theophilus Crow, Moses Crow, Daniel Kornegay, Willie Powell, Jonn Eliot Snr. and wife Mary, Anna Crow and Susanna Barfield . appear 3rd. Monday of August 1932, on behalf of James Manly and Bryan King.
Issued 3rd, Monday of May 1832. P. Hooks Clk

Inventory of Charles Wolf's Personal Estate
Recorded Feby, Court 1832

An Inventory of the Personal Property of Charles Wolf Senr. Deceased which came to the hands of John G. Eliot his Executor.
3  head of horses.
5  cows and calves, 4 other cattle.
16 fattening hogs.
4  sows and 26 pigs,
13 shoats.
25 or 30 barrels of corn, supposed.
4  blade stacks.
3    top stacks.
25 bushels wheat, supposed
1    horse cart and gear.
7    ploughs and 5 stocks.
1 gabbing hoe and 5 weeding hoes.
some other plantation tools.
2000 lbs. cotton in the house and in the patch, supposed.
1 loom
4    beds, steads, and furniture.
2 beds, steads and furniture claimed by, 1 by Polly Manly and 1 by CheUy (Charity) Manly.
Household furniture, kitchen furniture, wearing apparel.
A variety of things of little value.


Notes desperate.
Daniel Cogdell - due Jan. 1, 1818 $46.40
Credit May 11, 1817    4.48
Credit May 3rd.    30.O0
The last credit written with a lead pencil.

Needham Taylor's to Stephen Snell on order for four Pounds Specie due Decr. 25, 1785.
James johnston's for three Pounds Proc. money due Nov. 5, 1777.

Notes supposed good and in the hands of David Giddens for collection before the death of the said Charles Wolf Snr. and for which Notes the said David Giddens gave the Executor a Receipt.

Lewis Pipkin's due July 30, 1831 for        $ 7.00
Joseph Odom's due July 28,1830        2.25
Joseph Mainor's to Mitchel Giddens due August 22, 1830 1.50
John Casey Snr. to Alexander Hines due Dec. 18, 1827 3.00
$13.75

Notice:
The subscriber having qualified as Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Charles Wolf, Snr., dec'd., hereby gives notice to all persons having claims against the Estate of sd. dec'd, to present them for payment within the time prescribed by law or they will be barred of recovery and all persons indebted to sd. Estate are requested to make payment immediately.
Will be sold at the dwelling house of the late Charles Wolf, Snr., on Saturday the 17th. of Dec. next ______. Followed by terms of sale.
John G. Eliot Exr.

I David Giddens do hereby certify that I saw a copy of the within advertisement stuck up at the Court House door in Waynesborough on the 25th. day of Nov, last, one at Hatche's Mill on the same day, one at Futril's Shop on the 26th. day of Nov. last, one at Martin's Storehouse on the same day and the enclosed adv. at Wolf s Gate on the same day.
Sworn to before me David Giddens
this 19th. day of Dec. 1831
Danl. Kornegay

Account Of Sales of the personal Estate of Charles Wolf Snr. dec'd., held on the 17th and 19th of December 1831.

Frederick Barfield
Black Mare        $ 76.00
Cow and calf        7.50
            $ 83.50

James Lewis
10 fat hogs        S 64.25

Samuel Musgrave
Bed and furniture        $ 15.25
Pewter dish        .85
Lot of trumpery        1.15
" of " .05
Carden of coleworts and turnips    .75
        $ 18.05

Wm. K. Westbrook
Bed and furniture    $ 12.30

Samuel Flowers
Woollen wheel    $ 9.90

Henry Revel
7 pewter plates    $2.20

James Manley (Manly)
Lot jugs .25
" " .70
Lot tubs and flax seed .70
Lot trumpery    .50
Horse cart    10.00
Lot ploughs.    1.50
Pot and hook    1.35
Tongs and poker    .25
Lot tinware    .35
Lot tin and wooden ware    .25
Steelyards    .60
3 axes    1.75
side saddle    .50
chest    .50
"    .50
Bed and furniture    7.50
Lot crockery    .55
Skillet    .05
Grindstone    2.05
Lot Tubs and pails    2.50
Cow and calf    5.SU
Bull    8.00
Bed and furniture claimed by his wife    .10
Bed and furniture claimed by his daughter    .10
Chest            .05
Frow            .60
3 baskets    .20
3 baskets    .05
Table and riddles (sieve)    .31
Lot pewter and bowls    .25
Gourd .05
Pen of shucks    .45
Top stack    .55
" "     .60
Blade stack    3.00
2 yearlings    3.50
Cotton in the patch    .50
2 Testaments    .45
Candles    .05
Razor claimed by him    .05
Potatoes in the cellar    .01
Wearing apparel    .05
5 bushels wheat    5.00
Everything else that had not been sold
after all was sold that could be recollected    .02
        $ 64.59

John Barfield
3 tin waiters    $.35
9 geese at 17-1 / 2 cents each    1.57-1/2
22 1/2 bushels of wheat    22.50
6 skittish hogs     25.00
Cow and calf    6.10
" " " 7.50
" " " 6.00
2 pr. cards    .0.5
Lot pewter    1.70
pr. andirons .20
Brush    .06-1/2
Sundial        .25
Top stack        .60
Blade stack        .75
            $ 72.64

Marshal Kornegay
Teakettle and griddle        $1.25
Gum tray        .50
Bell .40
Pot hook and flesh fork        .30
Basket, pail, etc    1.00
$3.45

David Giddens
2 gimlets .10
Side saddle        1.05
Mans saddle        1.00
Bed and furniture        11.00
2 rawhides        3.0O
5 shotes, 1 sow and pigs wild    12.50
Looking glass    .05
Oven, pan and spider    .50
Bay Mare    50.00
        $ 79.20

Arthur Sasser
Pepper mill    .55
Heifer    4.00
Cow and calf    7.30
$11.45

Willie Powel
Table    $.60
Set chairs    2.05
Cups, saucers and mug    .40
Gum and bran    .26
2 flat irons    .70
Pot and hooks     1.00
Chest    2.00
        $7.01

Bryan(t) King
Lot hoes    $ .55
" " .30
2 pr. hames and. traces        1.30
Riding chair and hamess    (his wife saying she had paid
considerably towards it's purchase)    1.00
Loom    1.00
Safe    .50
Lot tin ware    .45
3 reap hooks    .20
Sieve    .30
Woollen wheel    1.50
Cag    .10
7 chairs    1.45
Lot tin ware and jug    .30
Lot crockery    1.30
Lot cups, saucers and spoons    .20
Sorrel horse    68.00
Lot sleighs    .50
Lot knives and forks    .50
5 barrels corn at 2.30 each    11.50
5 barrels corn at 2.40 each    12.06
4-3/5 barrels corn at 2.35    10.81
2 barrels short corn at 1.40    2.80
2 pr. cards    .61
Stack blade fodder    3.50
Stack    " " 3.00
8 shotes    16.10
3 sows and pigs    15.60
Candle moulds    .35
Lot phials    .05
Flax brake    .05
5-1/6 bushels wheat at 1.00    5.15
        $160.52

Richard B. Hatch
Lot bee hives    $2.00
Riddle and piggin    .30
        $2.30

Theophilus Crow
Washing machine    $ .25
Set chairs    2.65
        $ 2.90

Bryan Sollis
l594 lbs. cotton at 2.05        $ 32.67

Jacob Giddens
Wheel and reel        $ .15
Lot of trumpery        .35
            $ 00.50

Total Amount Of Sales $618.83
John G. Eliot Exr.

Additional Sale noticed at Aug. Ct. Term l832.
Joseph 3. Hurst
3 rakes $ .15
$618.98


Richard Wolf married Mary (Polly) Carraway, daughter of Adam and Susannah (Oates) Carraway, of Wayne County, N.C. Richard Wolf owned land in Duplin and Wayne County, N.C. His Will dated 2-14-1844 and Probated Nov. Term 1848, in Sampson County, left all of his land to his only son, Sebron J. Wolf (spelled Sebourn in Will). Five daughters named: Oldest - Elizabeth Smith, dec'd., Lidey Bell, Peggy Bell, Lucy Wolf and Sally Wolf.
Exec., son - Sebourn J. Wolf
Wit. - F. B. Millard, William S. Hines

Richard x Wolf (Seal)

Sebron J. Wolf married Louisa C. Parker, daughter of James R. Parker, and lived adjacent to him in Wayne County, N.C.

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