Source: Family History Center, Microfilm #903607 & #903685
Ellisvillle (First District)
Will Record, Volume 1 - 1894 - 1913
Will Record, Volume 2 - 1913 - 1954
Laurel (Second District)
Will Record, Volume 1 - 1894 - 1906
Will Record, Volume 2 - 1898 - 1934
Note: Some wills are dated before 1894. The dates on the film usually represent the date the will was recorded, or the probate matter was finalized.
In the Will Record 1, I also found guardianship records, estates, land division, various motions, lawsuits, letters of administration, etc. I will add this information to the Court Misc section on the Jones Co. MSGenWeb site.
This following index provides a partial listing of the information found. This is an ongoing project. I will add more wills until the volumes are complete. If you would like to submit information, send it to Diane. The underlined names in the index have actual online transcriptions. Click on the underlined name to go to the will transcription.
| Name | Date signed | Date recorded | Location of Record | Notes |
| Albertson, W. C. | Jan 20, 1886 | Sept 15, 1898 | Laurel & Ellisville. Volume 1 | Will in Laurel record is typed. Will in Ellisville is handwritten. |
| Anderson, Isaac | June 16, 1860 | Laurel. Volume 1 | Died sometime in the month of March 1871 | |
| Bacon, George | Dec 9, 1907 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 75 | ||
| Beers, Harris Walker | Nov 1918 | 1921 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 53, 54 & 58 | "at Mobile, Alabama" |
| Blacklidge, James G. | April 15, 1899 | Oct 19, 1899 | Laurel & Ellisville. Volume 1 | Will in Laurel record is typed. Will in Ellisville is handwritten. |
| Blout, Olive Calhoun | Nov 1922 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 63 | ||
| Boler, J. D. | April 16, 1924 | 1926 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 77 | |
| Bradshaw, C. R. | Jan 25, 1945 | Ellisville. Volume 2 | ||
| Breed, Willett James | March 14, 1921 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 57 | ||
| Brinson, John Ross | Dec 16, 1883 | Laurel. Volume 1 | ||
| Brown, R. C. | July 3, 1907 | May 1918 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 39 - 41 | |
| Buckwalter, John R. | Sept 9, 1921 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 74 & 75 | ||
| Bush, M. P., Sr. | Jan 1922 | 1924 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 66 & 67 | |
| Carter, Asa R. | Aug 1889 | Laurel & Ellisville. Volume 1 | Lauderdale Co., MS. Wife Sarah. Will in Laurel record is typed. Will in Ellisville is handwritten. | |
| Carter, Lorenzo | July, 25 1890 | Laurel & Ellisville. Volume 1 | Petition of Mary Tompkins (daughter) re: Lorenzo Carter deceased of N. J. Will in Laurel record is typed. Will in Ellisville is handwritten. | |
| Carter, Sarah A. | 1901 | Feb, 8 1915 | Ellisville. Volume 2, page 2 | Filed Sept, 1915 |
| Chatman, Elva S. | 1929 | Ellisville. Volume 2 | ||
| Church, Mary | March 31, 1925 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 87 | Petition. "Assign all my belongings to my brother Frank's wife (& sister Mrs. Rosa Church)" | |
| Church, Mary McKee | Feb 5, 1915 | Laurel. Volume 2 | ||
| Coffin, R. K. | Dec 14, 1922 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 66 | ||
| Curry, E. W. | April 16, 1917 | 1922 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 60 | |
| Davis, Levi | Nov 21, 1908 | Feb 1911 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 5 | |
| Davidson, Camilla | April 12, 1929 | Laurel. Volume 2 | ||
| Deason, Amos | Laurel. Volume 1 | "died Sept 1874" | ||
| Dement, William | June 15, 1872 | Laurel. Volume 1 | ||
| Denham, G. L. | July 2, 1924. Codicil Mar 28, 1925 | May 1925 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 74 & 75 | |
| Dickerson, Fannie Neel | 1951 | Ellisville. Volume 2 | ||
| Duckworth, Narcissa | April 2, 1882 | Laurel. Volume 1 | "during the month of May 1882...departed this life" | |
| Dunn, Modie C. | 1929 | Ellisville. Volume 2 | ||
| Evans, Monroe | July 26, 1905 | Apr 9, 1908 | Laurel & Ellisville. Volume 1 | |
| Fall, A. E. | March 28, 1919 | 1926 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 77 & 78 | "Carrie & Emma Fall have this home place." |
| Feazell, J. R. | April 9, 1907 | Apr 23, 1907 | Laurel & Ellisville. Volume 1 | |
| Fitch, Andrew | July 28, 1915 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 17 & 18 | ||
| Galey, George | Oct 1949 | Ellisville. Volume 2 | Made agreement with Fairchild Funeral Home of Orlando Florida for the disposition of my body | |
| Gantt, Telithia | Dec 31, 1914 | Nov 1919 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 48 - 49 | husband Thomas |
| Gardiner, George Schuyler | 1919 | 1921 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 56 | "Borough of Manhattan, in the City, County & State of New York" |
| Gilchrist, Frank R. | Jan 20, 1913 | April 1917 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 22 - 25 | |
| Gilbert, Spencer | Jan 1909 | 1923 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 65 | |
| Goodloe, N. E. | 1925 | Ellisville. Volume 2 | ||
| Griffin, J. C. | Jan 16, 1922 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 57 | ||
| Grisby, Gus | Feb 16, 1916 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 20 | ||
| Hall, Allen | May 22, 1922 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 59 | ||
| Hall, T. W., Sr. | Nov 6, 1914 | Jan 1915 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 14 - 15 | |
| Hanley, Martha J. | March 17, 1908 | March 12, 1910 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 3 - 4 | "resident of Jasper County, Ms" |
| Hardee, T. J. | Ellisville. Volume 1 | |||
| Hawton, Mary | Nov, 7, 1912 | Ellisville. Volume 2, page 2 | "Recorded August 27, 1913" | |
| Herron, Mrs. Pearl Gardner | Jan 5, 1922 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 63 | ||
| Hilbun, Mulford | Nov 1917 | Jan 31, 1918 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 37 - 38 | "a single man" |
| Hogan, John C. | Laurel. Volume 1 | May 10, 1872 - Petition of William McCurdy for letters of administration on the estate "more than three years having elapsed since said decedent died." He died without a will. "On or about 1867 John C. Hogan departed this life." | ||
| Holder, John F. | Aug 8, 1919 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 59 | ||
| Holifield, James H. | Laurel. Volume 1 | "departed this life on about 7 Oct 1887 intestate" | ||
| Holifield, John | Laurel. Volume 1 | |||
| Hosey, Thomas & wife N. J. | April, 12, 1898 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 1 | ||
| Jenkins, E. J. | Dec 23, 1926 | 1927 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 80 | |
| Jenkins, Mary Elizabeth Jones | 1949 | Ellisville. Volume 2 | ||
| Jones, Richard Watson | Nov 24, 1910 | March 1915 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 15 - 16 | "Professor of Geology, University of Mississippi |
| Jordan, F. J. | Ellisville. Volume 1 | |||
| Kelly, Rich | 1922 | Ellisville. Volume 2 | "Colored" | |
| Kent, George | Laurel & Ellisville. Volume 1 | Canada Province of Ontario. "George Kent late of the village of Delhi." Will in Laurel record is typed. Will in Ellisville is hand written. | ||
| Kirkland, Jennie P. | Aug 30, 1924 | Feb 25, 1929 | Laurel. Volume 2 | When young I learned this adage - "Wise people change their minds, fools never do." Which has impressed itself so forcibly upon my mind... |
| Knight, James | June 21, 1899 | Laurel. Volume 1 | ||
| Landrum, Ella | 1940 | Ellisville. Volume 2 | ||
| Lewis, Mrs. Rena | Sept 8, 1920 | 1922 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 60 | "nephew Mike Sherman" |
| Lindsey, J. M. | Jan 5, 1897 | Feb 1919 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 2 & 41 | |
| Lott, A. J. | Dec 27, 1912 | Ellisville. Volume 1 | ||
| Lovell, Pearl E. | Dec 25, 1906 | 1910 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 4 | |
| Lyons, Frank | Aug 11, 1927 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 80 & 81 | ||
| Marshall, Anna | April 30, 1914 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 70 | ||
| Marshall, Sam | Oct 24, 1924 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 71 | ||
| McClintock, John Calvin | June 15, 1898 | May 21, 1924 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 68 | Minister of the Gospel of Sioux City, Iowa |
| McCormick, Amanda | March 30, 1899 | 1927 | Laurel & Ellisville. Volume 1. Laurel. Volume 2, pages 83 - 86 | City and County of Clinton, State of Iowa. Children Effie Schuyler, Frederick, Henry Robert & Frances McCormick. Will in Laurel record is typed. Will in Ellisville is hand written. |
| McCrery, M. | Sept 3, 1917 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 46 - 47 | "died Sept 18, 1918" | |
| McNeill, W. D. | July 8, 1913 | Feb 1914 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 10 - 11 | |
| McPherson, William Jr. | June 7, 1884 | April 3, 1915 | Ellisville. Volume 2, pages 3 - 5 | Village of Howell, County of Livingston, Michigan. "Deceased died Jan 3, 1915." |
| Meek, F. M. | May 24, 1921 | Oct 1922 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 61 | |
| Meek, Mary Ella | April 25, 1923 | 1927 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 81 - 82 | widow of the late F. M. Meek |
| Morgan, Bridgett "Biddie" | March 10, 1920 | Feb 6, 1923 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 63 | "...My dear sister & niece our dear brother James died on 21st of Feb..the flu..." |
| Nesom, George | Aug 30, 1904 | 1927 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 79 | |
| Noble, Albert | April 29, 1912 | July 1912 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 6 - 7 | "Temporarily residing in Tuscan Arizona" |
| Patteson, M. C. | Aug 13, 1915 | Ellisville. Volume 2 | "resident of Calhoun County, Mississippi" | |
| Pettis, W. S. Jr. | May 5, 1950 | Ellisville. Volume 2 | ||
| Pitts, J. R. S. | Jan 17, 1920 | Nov 1922 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 61 & 62 | "of Waynesboro..County of Wayne, Miss." |
| Polk, Martin Luther | 1922 | 1922 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 55 | |
| Punch, Mary E. | Jan 17, 1918 | Feb 191 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 42 - 43 | "A widow...My maiden name was Mary E. Bullock. I first married J. A. Merriweather." "died Nov 1918" |
| Reddoch, W. J. | Aug 26, 1915 | Sept 1, 1915 | Ellisville. Volume 2 | |
| Richards, James | Feb 10, 1913 | May 1914 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 12 - 13 | |
| Richardson, Wm. H. | Sept 20, 1913 | 1915 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 13 - 14 | |
| Roberts, W. B. | Aug 26, 1915 | Ellisville. Volume 2 | ||
| Rumble, William Frederick | April 1916 | June 1917 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 26 - 29 | "he departed this life June 2, 1917..Lansing, County of Ingham, State of Michigan.." |
| Rumsey, Hattie N. | Feb 10, 1911 (?) | June 1917 | Ellisville. Volume 1. Laurel. Volume 2, pages 30 - 36 | of Michigan |
| Rumsey, Marshall E. | Sept 5, 1900 | Jan 1901 | Laurel. Volume 1 | City of Lansing, State of Michigan. |
| Sage, Dean | Feb 18, 1899 Codicil Feb 5, 1900 | Ellisville. Volume 1 | Died in New Brunswick, Canada on June 23, 1902. His residence at the time of death was Colonie, County of Albany, State of New York. | |
| Scarborough, Mrs. I. A. | Feb 27, 1911 | Nov 1912 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 7 - 8 | "age 66" |
| Seay, T. H. | 1918 | 1919 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 43 - 45 | |
| Sharp, E. B. | Aug 8, 1894 | Laurel. Volume 1 | ||
| Sherman, Rebecca | April 15, 1903 | Oct 14, 1904 | Laurel & Ellisville. Volume 1 | |
| Sholer, John D. | Aug 26, 1911 | Ellisville. Volume 1 | ||
| Shows, Martha | Dec 17, 1906 | Jan 25, 1910 | Laurel & Ellisville. Volume 1 | |
| Shows, W. W. | Nov 2, 1900 | Laurel & Ellisville. Volume 1 | Will in Laurel record is typed. Will in Ellisville is handwritten. | |
| Simms, Miles | Sept 10, 1913 | Oct 3, 1923 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 64 | |
| Simpson, John F. | Aug 9, 1890 | Oct 21, 1895 | Laurel & Ellisville. Volume 1 | New Orleans. Will in Laurel record is typed. Will in Ellisville is handwritten. |
| Smith, Louis V. | 1949 | Ellisville. Volume 2 | ||
| Speed, Nancy | Sept 20, 1915 | Nov 1915 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 19 | |
| Stringer, Lew W. | Sept 18, 1923 | 1923 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 64 | |
| Sumnrall, J. A. | 1935 | Ellisville. Volume 2 | ||
| Swift, Anita McKee Greaves | Jan 14, 1914 | Laurel. Volume 2 | of Jackson, Mississippi | |
| Tate, Frank A. | April 1922 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 67 | ||
| Taylor, Henry | March 1, 1913 | April 1913 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 9 | |
| Taylor, William S. | May 20, 1899 | Feb 7, 1901 | Laurel. Volume 1 | |
| Tinnon, A. A. | May 24, 1913 | Feb 1914 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 11 - 12 | |
| Tisdale, Mary J. | 1938 | Ellisville. Volume 2 | ||
| Tracey, S. M. | May 19, 1917 | Jan 1921 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 53 | |
| Tuller, Chas S. | Jan 14, 1906 | Feb 1908 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 1 - 2 | |
| Tuller, Nellie L. | Jan 14 1896 | Laurel. Volume 2 | City of Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa | |
| Turner, Martin F. | March 23, 1907 | Laurel & Ellisville. Volume 1 | City, County, and State of New York. Mentions wife Martha S. Turner | |
| Turner, Martin G. | Jan 29, 1909 | July 12, 1909 | Laurel & Ellisville. Volume 1 | |
| Turner, Susan M. | June 28,1909 | Ellisville. Volume 2, page 1 | ||
| Turner, Susan M. | June 28,1913 | Ellisville. Volume 2 | New will, revoking will made on Jan 29, 1909. | |
| Wahrendorff, Henry | April 15, 1895 | July 19, 1897 | Laurel & Ellisville. Volume 1 | Will in Laurel record is typed. Will in Ellisville is handwritten. |
| Walker, John A. | Oct 12, 1918 | Oct 1923 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 65 | |
| Walters, Annis | March 19, 1881 | June 1897 | Laurel & Ellisville. Volume 1 | Will in Laurel record is typed. Will in Ellisville is handwritten. |
| Watson, Amasa B. | Aug 9, 1886 | July 13, 1900 | Laurel & Ellisville. Volume 1 | City of Grand Rapids, County of Kent, State of Michigan. |
| Weems, Alonzo J. | March 14, 1906 | June 1912 | Laurel. Volume 2, page 6 | of Jasper County, Ms |
| Welch, B. F. | March 11, 1916 | Marsh 1917 | Laurel. Volume 2, pages 20 - 22 | |
| Withington, William | June 30. 1902 | Ellisville. Volume 1 | ||
| Woods, Willis | Nov 5, 1909 | Laurel & Ellisville. Volume 1 |