Alexander
W. AGNEW
(1887)
Witnesses: J.H.
McGURIE
(McGuire?) and Daniel COLLIER
[Will excerpt] … I direct that my body be
decently
interred according to the rights and ceremonies of the
Methodist
Episcopal
Church of which I am a member, but with little expense
ostentation;
that
my Executor, erect a modest tomb with suitable inscription to
mark the
place of my interment … As to my worldly estate, I devise
bequeath and
dispose of in the following manner: After my death and funeral
expenses
shall have been paid, I devise and bequeath all the remainder
of my
property,
share and share alike, to my beloved children, James A.
AGNEW, Lily
T. HELBERT and Lewis A. AGNEW. I direct
that my said
executor
proceed with all convenient speed to advertise and sell at
public
auction,
all my property, both real and personal, either for cash or on
credit
with
good and sufficient sureties, direct that the net proceeds of
my said
property
and notes and accounts and cash on hand be divided equally
among my
said
children I do hereby make my beloved son, James A. AGNEW,
executor of
this
my last will and testament.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Isham
ALDRIDGE
(1851)
Administrator: Charles
COCK
[Probate excerpt ~ go here for complete
transcription]
... Said COCK administrator as aforesaid further showing that
James L. ALDRIDGE,
Martin W. ALDRIDGE,
Isham P. ALDRIDGE,
Polly ALDRIDGE
(a lunatic), Price
M. JOHNSON the
husband of Nancy,
Ashley ALDRIDGE
the husband
of Celia, Charles COCK the
husband of Mahala,
and Wiley A. KILGO
the husband
of Rebecca
are the
sole heirs of said estate, and are twenty-one years of age.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Frederick
BAGWELL
(1848)
Witnesses: Robert AVERY and G.L.
HANCOK
[Will] ... I, Frederick BAGWELL
of
county
of Fayette and State of Alabama do hereby make and publish my
last will
and testament and hereby Revoking and making void all former
wills by
me
at any time here to fore made and first after my Decease that
all my
debts
be paid out of my estate and Secondly that Christopher
FISK
have
all of my goods and chattels (donds?) household and kitchen
furniture
farming
utinsils horses cows hogs sheep and every thing else except
what Shall
here after be named upon the condition that he take care of my
wife
during
her lifetime / all of the above named property Said FISK is to
have the
use of during her life time and after her death to be his own
property
with the exception of one flax wheel at the death of my wife
is to be
given
to my Daughter Basheba MATTOX and one bed which is to
be given
to
my grandaughter Polly WINTERS also a certain cott
which is to
be
given to Frederick FISK the Son of Christopher FISK /
in
witness
where of I Frederick BAGWELL the testator have to this my will
written
on one Sheet of paper set my hand and Seal this the 6th of
January
1848.
[Source]
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Lewis
J.
BALLARD
(1890)
Administrator: James W. BALLARD
[Probate excerpt ~ go here for complete
transcription]
... it appearing from the said petition that the only heirs of
said
estate are J.W.
BALLARD, F.E.
BALLARD, A.J.
BALLARD, Margaret
A. BYNUM wife of Wiley BYNUM, Frances M. LONG
wife of James LONG
who resides in
this state and W.A.
BALLARD, G.W.
BALLARD who
resides in state of Texas, and Mary A. LAWRENCE wife of John LAWRENCE who
resides
in this state all of whom are over 21 years & sound mind
and the
children of Elizabeth
S.
COWEN deceased and the children of Jane PALMER
deceased and
the children of Piety
R.
CHAFIN dec’d which children are all minors.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Jesse
BARNES
(1855)
Administrator: Abram HOWTON
~ Guardian
ad litem: Burr
W. WILSON
[Probate excerpt ~ complete transcription
at offsite
link]
... It is further ordered and decreed that the said Abram HOWTON
Administrator
as aforesaid proceed to make distribution ... among those
entitled
thereto [being:] Jethro
BARNES ... Edwin
BARNES ... Welthy
BARNES ... Josiah
BARNES ... Sarah
SMITH
consort of Solomon
SMITH
... Orpha HOLLAND
(consort of Thos.
HOLLAND)
... Apsella HOWTON
(consort of Abram HOWTON) ... Edy
LANGSTON (consort of Haywood
LANGSTON) ... the heirs of Elizabeth TANZY
deceased
[being:] Abram
TANZY
... Nancy A. TANZY
... Josiah TANZY
... Lydia TANZY
... Mary TANZY
... the
heirs of Patsey
HOLLAND decd [being:] Elizabeth
FOLSOM ... Eliza
TELLER ... Margaret
JORDAN ... Martha
HALL
... Jas. B. HOLLAND
... Thos. R.
HOLLAND
... John C. HOLLAND
... Woodward
HOLLAND
... [Probate Minutes Bk 1, Pp 533-536]
* * * * * * * * * * * *
John
BARNES
(1904)
Administrator: J.H. BARNES
Guardians
ad
litem: R.H.
CORBETT, S.T.
WRIGHT, and W.R. ENIS
[Probate excerpt ~ complete transcription
at offsite
link]
... and now comes on this day J.H.
BARNES the son of said John
BARNES [who] departed this life in this county on or
about the 8
day of May 1904 ... being at the time of his death an
inhabitant of
Fayette ... the only heirs of said estate are the following:
to wit: Catherine
BARNES widow of
deceased, J.H. BARNES, J.F.
BARNES, J.B.
BARNES
and S.E. BARNES,
sons
of deceased over 21 years of age and Nancy REESE
daughter of
deceased over 21 years of age all of whom reside at Cain,
Fayette
County, Alabama, Melinda
HAM
wife of F.H. HAM
who
resides at Rena Alabama, Sallie
WHEELER wife of Nando
WHEELER who resides at Winfield Alabama and Mary STEWART wife
of Murray STEWART
who resides
at or near Mt Calm Fayette County Alabama all of whom are over
21 years
of age / and minor heirs of Liza
HAM deceased who was the daughter of John BARNES dec;
Harvey GARTMAN
resides at
Cain Fayette Co. Ala and Denver, Banks, Austin & Walten HAM who
reside in
Wood County, Texas ... [Probate
Minutes
Bk 6, Pp 401, 402, 403]
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Jacob
BLACK
(1872)
Executor: James S.
SUDDUTH
Witnesses: G.S. WOMACK,
T.H.
DAVIS, and John S. MOORE
[Will excerpt] ... I, Jacob BLACK,
of
the
county of Fayette … that the estate with which has pleased God
to bless
me shall be disposed of … while I have strength and capacity
so to do …
my body to the earth to be buried with little expense or
ostentation,
and
as to my worldly estate … I devise and bequeath and dispose
hereof in
the
manner following … that all my real and personal estate be
sold at
public
sale for the currency of the county and the proceeds of said
sale after
all necessary expenses be paid be divided equally among the
following
lawful
heirs, Isaac BLACK, Robert BLACK, Nancy
PAPPASAN, Elizabeth
PAPPASAN, John BLACK, deceased heirs, Jane
HOLAWAY, Mary
PICKLE, Susan INGLE, F.M. BLACK, George
W. BLACK
and Mary BLACK. My beloved wife, Mary BLACK, shall be
entitled
to
all the estate she possessed at the time of our marriage
independent of
the above division.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Liles
BOX
(1853)
Executor: Thomas J.
BOX
[Probate excerpt ~ go here for complete
transcription]
... He further alleges that the following persons are the heirs
and
legatees of said deceased viz. Mary BOX, widow of said
decedent, Mary A.
TURNER,
wife of W.A. TURNER,
T.J. BOX, T.R. ALDRIDGE, wife
of James ALDRIDGE,
Martha A. YOUNG,
wife of James P.
YOUNG all of full
age B.F. BOX,
Eliza L. BOX, William L. BOX, Sarah Jane BOX, Malinda L. BOX, Aurelia O. BOX and
Locke BOX all
under lawful
age having no guardian none of whom are of unsound mind all of
whom
resides in said county of Fayette....
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Nathanel
BRANDON
(1854)
Wife: Amanda
A. BRANDON ~ Executor: Bartley
GUIN
Witnesses: James
MIDDLETON, James T. COLLINS, and Edward W.
LAWRENCE
[Will excerpt] ... Knowing the
uncertainty
of
life and the certainty of death … I will, devise and bequeath
to my
daughter Rebecca
NEWELL, ten head of cattle, my double barreled shot gun
and the
first
born child of my Negro girl Mariar. I bequeath
to my son, Daniel
BRANDON, who is a run away, Fifty dollars, if he ever
returns.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Elias
BROWN
(1862)
Sons: George W. BROWN
and Elias
BROWN Jr.
Witnesses: William C.
NICHOLS, William
M. FORD, and William A. REYNOLDS
[Will excerpt] ... I give to my wife, Gracey
BROWN, all my property, both real and personal, to have
and to hold
during her life. After her death, all property will then go to
my two
sons,
equally divided.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
William
M.
BYRD
(1862)
Witnesses: Alfred B. COULTER, John
SUMMERHILL,
and A.B. ROSS
[Will excerpt] ... Being in feeble health
but
of sound and disposing mind and memory, leave in trust to
daughters and
their children not liable for the debts or liabilities of any
husband
or
husbands.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
William
B.
COLE
(1844)
Witnesses: Albert G.
WHITSON, Hezekiah
JOHNSON, and Thomas WHITSON
[Will excerpt] ... Being at this time
very
much
debilitates by sickness, being desirous to give my relatives
and
friends
as little trouble as possible, in the final adjustment
distribution and
settlement of my temporal concerns.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Andrew
J. CORBETT
(1887)
Witnesses: W.F. MILES
and T.A.
MOORE
[Will excerpt] ... My will is that my
wife, Elizabeth
C. CORBETT, shall retain possession and control of my
entire
estate,
both real and personal, hereby giving her the right to sell
any of it
that
might be necessary for the benefit of my children at home,
believing
she
will take the best care of it possible. It is my will to
make my
children as nearly equal in the amounts of property to them as
has been
received by James F. CORBETT, to-wit: the value of
eighty
dollars
in land or the equivalent in money, one horse, one cow, one
feather
bed,
and clothing for the same and if such is not done before the
death of
my
wife, any has not received and equal part with heirs that
shall be that
made equal before the final distribution so as to make the
distribution
of my estate equal to all my children, names as follows: James
P.
CORBETT, Andrew
Birton CORBETT, Reubin H. CORBETT, John L.
CORBETT
and Elua
J. CORBETT. I hereby nominate, constitute and
appoint my
lovely
wife, Elizabeth C. CORBETT, my sole executrix.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Lewis
CROW
(1882)
Administrators: A.H.
FREEMAN
and Mary Ann CROW
Guardian
ad
litem: John B. SANFORD
[Probate
excerpt ~ download full record in PDF
format here
& here 
]
...
Said decedent left him Surviving Seven Children ... Eliza ASHCRAFT
dec'd who
left five children ... Lexington
CROW dec'd, leaving two children ... Rebeca JOHNSON
dec'd who
left four children ... M.E.
FREEMAN wife of A.H. FREEMAN / Caroline CROW / Malissa McGINNIS
dec'd who
left one child ... Mary
A.
CROW ... [Probate Court Records No. 3]
* * * * * * * * * * * *
E.S.
CURRY
(1885)
Witnesses: J.B. MASON
and M.L.
MASON
[Will excerpt] ... I, E.S. CURRY,
Wife
of W.M. CURRY, make this my last will and
testament. I
give
to Mrs. J.M. CURRY, the mother of my husband, W.M.
CURRY, all
my
real estate and personal property which I may have or be
entitled to in
anyway of whatsoever description or kind at the time of my
death after
all my just debts shall have been duly paid. I hereby
appoint my
husband,
W.M. CURRY, to be executor of this will.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Oliver
P. DAVIS
(1863)
Minor Children: Savanah
DAVIS
(age 17), Miles DAVIS (14), Lutiskey DAVIS
(12), and John
DAVIS (10)
Adult Children: Emily
P. ENIS, Arthur
DAVIS, and James DAVIS
Executor: Thomas D.
ENIS
~ Witnesses: William M. ENIS
and E.P.
WEBB
[Will excerpt] ... In the name of God,
Amen,
considering
the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life do therefore
make,
ordain,
and publish and declare this to be my last will. I
bequeath that
at the time, John, my youngest, becomes of lawful age
that the
Negroes
[7] be equally divided amongst all my [7] children.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Abraham
DEAVORS
(1857)
Daughter: Rachael
Harriet
NEWTON
Witnesses: A.J. HENDON,
E.P.
WEBB, and Christopher DEAVORS
[Will excerpt] ... I give and bequeath to
my
beloved
wife, Abagale DEAVORS: four hundred eighty acres, all
the
cattle,
hogs, and sheep, and also two gray mares and one blind sorrel
horse;
To [son] George W. DEAVORS, sixty dollars in
money. To
[son] John
Jasper DEAVORS, one rone colored colt; To young
sons, James
C. and Isaac B. DEAVORS to have sixty dollars in
money a
piece
or a colt a piece.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Joseph
C. DOBBINS
(1866)
Sons: Dury DOBBINS
and (?)
DOBBINS
Daughters: Malner,
Nancy, Mahulda
C., and Martha J.
Executor: W.P. RUSH
~
Witness: John M. SHACKLEFORD
[Will excerpt] ... I give and bequeath to
my
beloved
wife one pair of mules, with mule wagon and harness, four cows
and
calves
to have during widowhood. But if she shall marry at any
time it
is
to be returned to my son, Dury. I bequeath to
Dury some
700
and sixty acres, one sorrel mare and two colts, a gray mule,
one trunk,
watch and gun and all the farming tools so long as he may
remain in the
place, also one buggy and harness. I also wish my four
daughters
to have each of them a heifer a piece and land being four
hundred and
twenty
acres a piece.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Elizabeth
E. DOBBS
(1882)
Witnesses: W.P.
JOHNSON
(by his mark) and M.A. JOHNSON
[Will] ... I, Elizabeth E. DOBBS,
do
hereby
claim my exemption rights to property exempt from execution
under the
laws
of the State of Alabama, both real and personal and the
following
property
as my own. That I have paid my own money for money that
I
received
from my father's estate and land that is deeded to me and my
two
children, Thomas
J. DOBBS and Marsaler DOBBS. Township 14
[South]
Range
11 West, containing 240 acres, for which I gave $245 dollars
and the
following
personal property: one yoke of oxen that was bought from Daniel
FOWLER
known as one Brindle steer with a sore in his forehead and one
black
with
some white spots on him, named Buck and Dick. I paid
Daniel
FOWLER
$20 money and two yearlings at $10. The wagon that I
bought from P.M.
NEWTON, I furnished $22. I also bought a black cow
from J.N.
SMITH for which I paid $16 of money that I taught school
for, and
her
increase. A gray mare, that is the mare that my husband,
J.H.
DOBBS, bought from M.D. WILKS, 10 or 12 years
old was
delivered
up to me in place of a mule my father gave me which I have
leave to be
traded for one that would suit me and his mare I claim as my
property,
in place of the mule and following household property: two
beds and two
bed steds and bed clothing, one clock, one cook stove, and
vessels, one
looking glass to all of which is my property and the proceeds
of my
money
that I, which is my property and the proceeds of my money that
I,
received
from my father's and his estate.
I, Elizabeth E. DOBBS, do hereby as my
last
will
and testament and the same do to my children Thomas J. DOBBS
and
Marsaler
DOBBS at our deaths, their father and mother, J.H. DOBBS and
Elizabeth
E. DOBBS, and we, Thomas J. DOBBS and Marsaler DOBBS, do
hereby bind
ourselves
to work for and support and protect them in their old age to
the best
of
our skill and ability.
Before me, William M. ENIS,
Justice
of
the Peace in said county, personally appeared
Elizabeth E. DOBBS and being
by me duly sworn deposes and says that the above contains a
correct and
full account of my property, sworn to and subscribed before me
on this
22nd day of May 1882.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Horace
DODSON
(1875)
Witnesses: J.B.
McCLUNG
and Josiah SOUTH
[Will excerpt] ... First, I make and
constitute
and appoint my wife, Mary DODSON, my lawful
Executrix. I
will
all my property both personal and real to my said wife and
Executrix
and
my son, William Franklin DODSON, to behold and managed
by my
said
Executrix during her lifetime or widowhood for her own benefit
and the
benefit of my said son, William Franklin DODSON. I will
on the
death
or marriage of my said wife, Mary DODSON, that the property be
held by
my said son, William Franklin DODSON, for her benefit during
his
lifetime.
I will that after the death of my said son,
William Franklin DODSON, that
all the property both personal and real be equally divided and
distributed
between all my children so that each may share and hare alike
without
sale.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
James
EARNEST
(1847)
Daughters: Martha
(Mrs.
Irwin)
SMALLWOOD, Martha WILLIAMS, Debby (Mrs.
William) TURNER,
Huldy (Mrs. Nathanel) WILLIAMS,
and Hamby
(EARNEST?)
Sons: Paton EARNEST,
Burrell
EARNEST, Henry F. EARNEST, Jeremiah
EARNEST, William
EARNEST,
and Peyton EARNEST
Executor: Peyton
EARNEST
~ Witnesses: James WILCUT, J.C.
HUTTO,
and George
DAVIS
[Will excerpt] ... I direct my son Burrell
to have an equal part of my estate but the amount of his
indebtedness
to
be deducted out of his amount. I further direct that my
daughter Debby
TURNER to have an equal part after William TURNER's
indebtedness
to
me is deducted out of her share.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
George
W. EATON
(1863)
Witnesses: J.M.
CULBERTSON and John D. HARTON
[Will excerpt] ... I direct that a fair
valuation
or appraisements be made by three judicians or neighbors of
all my real
estate and personal property; that my property be sold for
cash at
private
or public sale; and bequeath all property to my wife Levina
EATON.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
William
FREEMAN
(1858)
Executor: Littleton
COLE
Witnesses: Troy
GRIFFIN, Jesse
FREEMAN, and William DAVIS
[Will excerpt] ... I wish my wife, Martha,
to have my Negroes, Rachel and Sye, and my
daughter Maranda
to have my sorrel filly.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Henry
HAM
(1883)
Administrator: B.A.
HAM
Guardians
ad
litem: John
B. SANFORD
and James H. HYDE
[Probate excerpt ~ complete transcription
at offsite
link] ... B.A.
HAM
Administrator of the Estate of Henry HAM deceased being
duly sworn makes oath that N.M.
HAM widow aged 60 years, residing in this county /
B.A. HAM
[aged] 45 [years, residing in this county] / Emily WARD wife
[of] John WARD
aged 40 years,
residing in this county and heirs of Martha WARD decd
who was
daughter of Decd & wife of James N. WARD who is now
living & Guardian for two of said heirs, to-wit: Etta SIMS wife of
John SIMMS [sic] over 21
years & resides in this county, John WARD & Lonny WARD who
are both
under 21 years of age and resides with their father in this
county,
& heirs of C.A.
REESE
decd who was daughter of decd and wife of E.B. REESE who is
now
living to-wit: Theressa
REESE, Henry
M. REESE, Emma
D. REESE, Mattie
A. STEWART wife of George STEWART all of whom
are over 21 years of age & resides in Leak Co. Miss. &
Denna L. REESE,
Lee REESE
& Earnest REESE
& C.E. REESE
/ 4 last under
21 years of age & Resides in Leak Co. State of Miss. &
are the
heirs and devises of said deceased, according to the best of
his
information knowledge & belief. Subscribed and sworn
to
before me, this 10 day of February 1885 ...
[Probate Minutes Bk 3, Pp 686, 689, 690, 714, 715; Bk 4, Pp
138, 161,
174, 177]
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Spias
HAM
(1852)
Administrator: William
HAM
[Probate excerpt ~ complete transcription
at offsite
link] ... Personally came William
HAM Administrator of all and singular the goods and
chattle
rights and credits of Spias
HAM late of said county deceased, who at previous (to
wit on the
4th day of November 1844) obtained an order to sell the real
estate of
Spias HAM, for the purpose of making an equal division among
the heirs
of said Estate [being:] William HAM ... Henry HAM ... Spias HAM ... Bright R. HAM ...
Nancy THOMPSON
... Charity
THOMPSON ...
[Probate Minutes Bk M-1, Pp 97, 106, 107]
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Edwin
HARRIS
(1871)
Administrator: James
O. MOSLEY
[Probate excerpt] ... The petition of Jas O. MOSLEY an
inhabitant
of this state, county, represents, that Edwin HARRIS
departed this
life intestate some time in 1862 or 3 ... the name and
residence of his
heirs are as follows as he believes, Francis HARRIS,
the widow, Cornelia
MOSLEY wife of
your petitioner, Caroline
HENDON wife of Jack
HENDON, Minerva
HARRIS, Drucilla
HARRIS, Josephine
HODGE[S] wife of Stephen HODGE [sic], Eliza AWTR[E]Y wife of W.E. AWTRY [sic], all of
whom are of age and reside in this county, and Malissa [sic] BOWEN wife
of [Seth] BOWEN
residence unknown, and Susan
PAGE and Isabella
SMITH wife of R.L.
SMITH and Malissa
PAGE
a minor of Texas grandchildren of the said HARRIS. Your
petitioner asks the court to be appointed adm on said estate
... this
24th August 1871 ... [Probate
Bk 1A, Pg 55]
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Thomas
JOHNSON
(1876)
Administrators: Thomas
H.
JOHNSON then Thomas
D. ENIS
[Probate excerpt ~ go here for partial
transcription - Link
Temporarily
Closed for Repairs, 3/16/2014] ... The petition of Thomas JOHNSON
respectfully
represents that his mother Sarah
R. ROSS departed this life intestate in Hardin
County,
Tennessee, leaving in this County a tract of land hereinafter
described
worth perhaps four or five hundred dollars. Said Land
was the
Estate of Thomas
JOHNSON,
petitioner’s Father, who died in this County thirty-eight
years since
and has never been sold or assigned. As dower and the
heirs of
said Thomas JOHNSON are as follows: James M. JOHNSON,
last
heard from he resided in Talahatchie [sic] County, Miss., Mary A. PHILLIPS
resides
with her husband in this County, Frederick JOHNSON
resides
in this County and Petitioner he resides in this county, Matilda J. BERRY
resides
last heard from in Jefferson County, Arkansas, G.W. JOHNSON, a
son is dead
leaving the following children, viz., Syndey [sic], George W. and Caroline JOHNSON.
They
reside in Franklin County in this State are all minors.
Sarah BERRY,
wife of Sylvester
BERRY, they
reside in Texas. Nancy
HALL she lives in Hardin County, Tennessee ...
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Alexander
LAWRENCE
(1866)
Administrator: Henry G. TREADAWAY
Securities:
F.M. TREADAWAY
and Noah
PARIS
[Probate excerpt ~ go here for
complete
transcription] ... the heirs of said estate / Lettie LAWRENCE
widow of
deceased / She resides in Mississippi and has one child / its
name is Benjamin
and resides with
his mother in Mississippi / Said child is the son of Alexander LAWRENCE
deceased
/ & W.A. LAWRENCE
and Jesse LAWRENCE
each of this county / Martha
TREADAWAY wife of Wade
H. TREADAWAY they reside in Tennessee / Alexander LAWRENCE Junior
he resides in Illinois / and Caroline
TREADAWAY daughter of petitioner and also daughter of Susan TREADAWAY who
was
petitioners wife who is deceased and the daughter of Alexander
LAWRENCE
she resides with petitioner in this county / and Mary GILLIARD [sic] wife of Harvey [?] GILLIARD
[sic] who resides with
her husband in Illinois / they and they alone
are the heirs of deceased ...
* * * * * * * * * * * *
James
Madison MONTGOMERY
(1889)
[Will] ... The year of our Lord one
thousand
eight hundred and eighty nine / March 19, 1889 / Know all to
whom this
may concern. I James
Madison MONTGOMERY hereby make my last will and
devise for the
division and for the distribution of all my estate Vis: Land
tenements
hereditament and all appurtenances thereunto in anywise [?]
belonging
and all moneys notes mortagages liens open accounts chattels
goods and
all my personal property and real estate of every description
thereunto
in anywise belonging to my estate and I hereby make a devide
while in
life of two hundred dollars as is hereby named to make them
equal Marget E.
NICHOLS has
received her two hundred dollars credit on her land note March
12,
1889. Norsis
ROBERTS
has received up to this date fifty dollars and ninety cts and
is to
have out of the "five" hundred and eighty dollars note given
January
22, 1887 by J.N.
OLIVE
and R.W. WOOD
one
hundred and fifty nine dollars
and ten cts to make up her $200.00. M.A. NORMAN has
received
twenty five dollars and fifty five cts and is to have out of
the note
given by W.F. LOWLEY for one hundred and eighty dollars
December 17,
1888 and due 25 day of December 1889. She is to have one
hundredd
and seventy five dollars and forty five cts to make up her two
hundred
dollars. Faney
COVEN
has received of me one hundred thirty nine dollars and ninety
five cts
and is to have out of the note given by J.N. OLIVE and R.W.
WOOD dated
January 22 1889 and due January first 1890 sixty dollars to
make her
two hundred dollars. Mary
E. ROBERTS has received her two hundred
dollars. Louiza
McCLAIN has received
her two hundred dollars. Thomas BARNES and _ _
BARNES
my great grand children is to have one hundred dollars each to
be
"____" out of the note given by J.N. OLIVE and R.W. WOOD given
for
"Five" hundred dollars which was given January 22, 1889 and
due January
1, 1890 and this is all that Thomas BARNES and _ _ BARNES
shall be entitled to out of the proceeds of my entire estate
and that
this two hundred dollars shall be put ______ ____ and to
be
well secured and not to be paid over to them until they become
21 years
of age. Mary
E.
MONTGOMERY my wife has received this date from me in
cash one
hundred dollars for her maintenance and is to have "a ______"
from the
balance of the proceeds of the remainder of my estate to do
her during
the remainder of her life and then the remainder of my estate
is to be
sold and to be divided ... [Will Record Bk 1, Pg 21]
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James
MOORE
(1874)
Administrator: John B. SANFORD
[Probate excerpt ~ go here for complete
transcription] ... James MOORE a
citizen of
this county died in estate sometime in 1861, leaving ... his
widow Nancy MOORE
who departed
this life sometime in 1873 and ... the following children to
wit; G.H. MOORE,
Barnes MOORE, [Mary Ann] LAWRENCE
wife of Jas LAWRENCE,
[Elizabeth] LASUEUR
wife of Jas LASUEUR,
Nancy REESE
wife of A.J. REESE,
all of whom are
of age and reside in this County, and Jesse and A.W. MOORE, who
reside in
Lowndes County Mississippi, and Wm MOORE a minor heir of Wm MOORE deceased.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
William
MOORE
(1871)
Administrator: John S. MOORE
[Probate excerpt ~ go here for complete transcription] ... Wm MOORE departed
this life
intestate about 26th Nov 1871 leaving property in this State
& Co
of about the value of one thousand dollars & most probable
more /
your petitioner is the son of the dec'd / that the names of the
heirs
are as follows / Jefferson
MOORE who resides in the state of Texas Guadaloupe Co /
Arena REED who
resides in
Tuscaloosa Co / Thos
MOORE
who resides in Tuscaloosa Co / your petitioner & James MOORE who
resides in
Fayette Co Ala all of whom are of age ...
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Nathan
NALL
(1871)
Administrator: G.W. GRAVLEE
[Probate excerpt] ... the only heirs of
said
deceased
are Jas M. NALL & Bradly NALL living in
the State
of
Arkansas Calhoun P.O., Mariah LOFTIS wife of M.D.
LOFTIS
resides in Sanford Co. Ala, M. WILSON wife of Elias
WILSON
resides in Tuscaloosa Co Ala, M.E. NALL, C.
GRAVLEE
wife
of G.W. GRAVLEE who resides in Fayette Co. Ala, all of
whom are
of full age and sound mind and the following grand children of
Silas
NALL deceased Cordelia, Almetto, Leon
& Etta
NALL, all minors living with their mother Emily NALL
in
Sanford
Co. Ala ... [Probate Minutes Bk 1, Pg 725]
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Isaac
NORMAN
(1868)
[Probate excerpt] ... The following
contains
a
true appraisement of the property of the Estate of Isaac NORMAN late
of Said
County deceased that ____ come to my own knowledge (to Wit)
the amount
Sett off to Widow
Value of Same of five children to wit Mary P. / Amanda C. / Emma G. / Martin B. & Lilla L. NORMAN
... October
31, 1868 ... [Index to Wills & Estate Records, Pp 513,
514, 527,
574, 575, 577, 578, 628, 634, 640, 641]
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Jane
VAN HOOSE
(1856)
Administrator: John M.
THOMPSON
[Probate excerpt] ... Came this day into
court John
M. THOMPSON ... and being Sworn in due form says the
foregoing
account
of final settlement is correct & true to the best of his
knowledge
information and belief and he further states that his wife Nancy
M.
and Sarah J. McGILL are the heirs and only heirs of
said Estate
known to him / the latter being a minor heir and both residing
in the
County
of Fayette ... [Probate Bk 1A, Pg 610]
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Valentine
VAN HOOSE
(1851)
Administrator: Jesse
VAN HOOSE
~ Security: Burr W. WILSON
[Probate excerpt] ... citations has been
issued
to and served upon John M.
THOMPSON
& John N. McGILL
and Thomas McGILL ... who
represent
their children, who are
heirs
of said Estate ... [Probate Minutes Bk 1, Pg 12]
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Michael
WRIGHT
(1854)
Administrator: William
H.
WRIGHT ~ Securities:
John
SAVAGE and William O. STRICKLAND
Guardian
ad
litem: Thomas
P.
McCONNELL
[Probate excerpt ~ download full record
in PDF
format here
& here ]
... Your
Petitioner states that said Michael
WRIGHT died leaving the following heirs to wit Pinina the Widow
of said
Deceased and John
T. WRIGHT
and Elizabeth M.J.
& Henry J.
WRIGHT
Infant children of Deceased under twenty one years of age /
all living
in
Fayette County Alabama ... [Probate Bk 1A; Probate Minutes Bk
1]
* * * * * * * * * * * *
William
H.
WRIGHT
(1875)
[Download full record in PDF
format here
& here ] ... [Probate Minutes Bk
2]
