A Synopsis of Wills in Book A
This page contains a synopsis of the wills found in Book A of the Jefferson County Records.It is a BONANZA of names of folks who lived in Jefferson and Claiborne Counties, including slave names
#page 4
Will of Thomas Smith
Wife - Mary Smith - estate real and
personal Children - unnamed Brothers & Sisters - Mary Brooks,
Susanna Low, Roxana James & John Poor Smith the sum of
$100.00 Nieces - Betsy Brooks, Mary Foster sum of
$400.00Executors - Thomas Farrar, Isaac Noble Witness - Everard
Green, William Kelly, Gains Donoho Dated : July 14, 1800
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Will of Richard Harrison
Wife - Patsy Harrison,
Children - unreadable[main part of will is unreadable]Executors -
Patsy, wife; David Ferguson; James Truly; William Burgessee
Witnesses - William Moss; John Nailer; Roswell Mygatt Proved in
front of John Girault January 14, 1800Probated - January 17, 1800,
William Moss, John Nailer, Roswell MygattDated: December 24, 1799
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Will of Joseph K. GreenWife - Mildred GreenDaughters
- Martha Augusta (oldest) Green Slave - woman named CubaDaughters -
Sarah Virginia Green; Lucy? Ann Green (lived in Claiborne Co,
MS)Sons (5) - Thomas Marston Green Slaves - Andrew, Michael, Tom,
Lucinda? & Easter. Executors - Wife, William Harper, John Hopkins,
Thomas Hinds (friends) Witnesses - William Daniels; Mary (her x
mark) Watkins; Jacob M. Phillis Dated November 7, 1810
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Page 8-14
Will of Thomas Marston Green of Jefferson County, Miss
Wife - beloved wife Priscilla [Priscilla Kirkland was his second
wife]
Slaves - Quashy, Peter, Dan’l, Judy, Peggy, Maria, Phillip,the
daughter of Judy, and Ned in possession of her father. Also,
property given her by her uncle, Samuel Kirkland, dec’d. Son - Joseph Kirkland Green
Slaves - Tallton, Emanuel, Andrew, Peter, L- , John & Esther Daughter - Elizabeth Davidson, her eldest son, Thomas Green Davidson Son-in-law- John DavidsonSlaves - January, Martin, Ross, Milley & Joe
Son-in-law- John Hopkins and Granddaughter Mary Jane Hopkins Slaves - Jack, Charlotte & Jude Daughter - Mary Howell Slaves Charles, Antoino, Harriett & Rachel Daughter - Jane Kirkland Green Slaves - Peter, Sal, Lizy & Goose Daughter - Lamenda Hinds Slaves - J__, Lewis, Amy & Hanny
Daughter - Rebecca Green
Slaves - Phil, Booker, Alvy & thier infant child HagerDaughter - Augusta GreenSlaves -Ana_Ancha, De__, Jesse, Polly Friend & relation - Obediah Kirkland and his son Joseph Kirkland.Son - youngest - Thomas Marston Green Sons - youngest - three - Thomas Marston Green, Filmer Wills Green & William Marston Green.Stepsons - William Llewellyn & Samuel Llewellyn, sons of Priscilla
Son-in-law and friend, Charles B.
HowellTrusty Servant - Ma_el, my hand spun clothes.Son-in-law and
friend, Thomas HindsWitnesses - Henry Folks; Charles Riley; Marston
Harper Dated: December 5, 1812
# Page 15
Will of David Cable
Sister - Susan Cable and her daughter Eliza Cable, alias Eliza
O’Brien.Brothers & testers - unnamedExecutors - Thomas Calvet,
Joseph CalvetWitnesses - H. D. Downs; Rush Nutt; John F.
Ellinger
Dated: January 24, 1804
# Pages 15-16
Will of Winsor
Pipes
Beloved wife - Jeanette PipesSons (5) - John Pipes,
Joseph Pipes, Abner Pipes,David Pipes, Charles Pipes. Daugthers -
Jeanette Pipes, Letitia Pipes, Polly Pipes. Witnesses - Isaac
Taylor, Caleb Stower, John Sharp. Dated: May 16, 1805 - April 19,
1806
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Will of Thomas Green
Wife -
Sarah Greentract of land near GreenvilleThomas James (son of David
James)Sons - Everard Green; Henry Green; Thomas Green; Abner Abraham
Green; youngest son Ephraim Alexander Green (Henry Green's son)
Executors: son, Abner Green, Abraham Green, John Hopkins.Witnesses -
Zachariah Kirkland, John Shaw, Thomas Hinds, Job __ss [Ross?
Moss?]Dated: June 25, 1805
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Will of Thomas
Lowery, native of Scotland, Citizen of Jefferson, County, MSFriends
- Henry D. Downs; Leticia C. GreenExecutor - Roland Brown; Henry D.
Downs of GreenvilleWitnesses - Hezekiah J. Balch; Robert H.
Fleming.Dated: April 12, 1808
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Will of Everard GreenWife - Elizabeth Green Son - Abner GreenDaughters - Eliza McKenny Green, Martha Wills Green, Lousia Sparks Green. Unmarried & underageStepson - Samuel Kirkland SorsbyFriends - Thomas Hinds; Cowles Mead; Marston Clay; Compton G. LlewllynSlaves - Harry, Betty, Prince, Milly, Dick
Slave - old servant, Charles & his wife.
Witnesses - Pleasant Elam, Rush Nutt, James SmithDated February 10, 1813Cococil: March 8, 1813
Witnesses - Thomas Hinds, A. Gown, Marston
Clay
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Will of Daniel Beasley
Nieces - Poly
Beasly and Obedience Beasly of Chesterfield, VA, daughters of
Brother Thomas Beasly, deceased
Executor - Armstrong Ellis
Witnesses -
J. E. Davis, F. Colton, Stephen Terry
Dated: March 7, 1813
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Will of Alexander M. DugatsSon - Argus? Dugats 3
other children - Charles Dugats, Daniel Dugats,Mary Dugats.
Witnesses - Argus Patterson, Neill Buie, Gilbert Davis Dated: March
8, 1813
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Will of Caleb Hills
Wife -
“beloved wife”2 children - William Henry Hill, George Hill Friend -
James G. WoodExecutor - James G. WoodWitnesses - Gains Donoho, Wm.
Robb, John SmithDated: August 8, 1813
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Will of Mary
Carradine
Son - George R. CarradineGrandchildren - Eliza
Carradine, Henry Frances Carradine,Martha Ann Carradine, George R.
Carradine.
Slaves - woman, Esther, age 26; man, Beck, age 44;girl, Milley, age 19; girl, Mary, age 10; girl, Rachel, age 8.
Executor &
Guardian - George R. Carradine (son)Witnesses - James Keith, Eliza
Carradine, Richard Carradine.Dated: September 15, 1813
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Page 23
Will of Abraham Helmick
Wife - beloved wife Sary
HelmickDaugther of wife - Elizabeth SandersExecutor - Sara Helmick
Mentioned - William ColvinWitnesses - Armstrong Ellis; Alexander G.
Holland; John FortDated February 10, 1814
# Page 24Will of
Jonathan Jones
Wife - Phebe Jones
Children - UnnamedExecutors - William Griffing, Zachariah B. Jones & beloved wife.
Witnesses - John Addison, Henry Craig, Joseph Davis Dated: March 18, 1814
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Will of James Dromgoole
unreadable top halfSon -
Alexander G. Dromgoole, Daughter - Mildred DroomgooleSlaves -
Bonoparte & Jamy?
John M. DromgoolePhillip A. Dromgoole (settlement in suit with Ayres Stewart) Silas Rolls-husband of daughter- Margaret
Stepson - Ennis Mackey - land in Parish of Concordia, LAJoseph _____ in wedlock with my daughter Margaret Mackey - land adjoining Patrick Cogan.
Witnesses - John E. Ball; Walter MackeyDated
April 14, 1818
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Will of David Carradine
Brothers - George R. Carradine's children; Richard Carradine's
children; Parker Carradine Slaves - Killer? & Patrick? Nephew - John
CollierExecutors - friends - James Dunbar, Ben M. Bullin; John H___,
and brother Richard Carradine Witnesses - William Gillaspie; George
Henry; Daniel Smith
Dated July 7, 1818
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Will of
Thomas West
Brothers - Benjamin Franklin West; Charles
WestOrphan boy - John EwingExecutors - Charles West, brother;
William Foster? [Fort?], friend.
Witnesses - John Vandevall, Walter Mackey, Israel Coleman
Dated August 18, 1818
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Will of Cato West
Wife - Martha WestSon - Charles
WestYoungest children - John Smith West, Richard Claiborne West ,
Benjamin Franklin West, Cato West, Martha Elizabeth West, Mary
Jane West. Lands purchased of William Stampley.Executors - wife; and
Cowles Meads, Esq., son;Charles West, son.
Witnesses - Isaac
McClutchen; Robert Cocks; Adam CloudDated July 13, 1818
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Will of Robert Prince
Wife - Jane Prince
Slaves
- woman, Nancy, age 55; Lett, age 58, Winn, age 32, Milley, age 31,
man, Reuben, age 29, boy, Solomon, age 17; woman, Lucky, age 30,
and her child Philadelphia; and a man due him from Edward M.
Pennington.Slave - Frederick, son of Winny, age 4 months.Slave -
boy, Isaac, child of Winny, age 4 years old.
Slave - boy, Henry, son of Winny, age 2Sons - Alexander Prince, Robert Prince, John G. T. Prince, W. B. Prince, Bayless E. Prince.
Daughters - Sally Pennington, Elizabeth Prince, Cynthia Masquillian, Myra Jane Prince, Polly Berry Shelby, Patsey Berg Shelby.Witnesses - William Kelly, Elijah L. Clark, James McCall, William Selman, Richard W. Kelly, John A. Goodson .
Executors - wife, and son, John G. T. Prince.Dated:
July 19, 1817
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Will of Benjamin Newman
Wife - Olive Newman
Eldest son - Isaac Newman
Children - Reuben B. Newman (son), Maria Irwin (daughter), Uriah Newman (son), Josiah Newman (son), Francis Newman (daughter), Betsey Newman (daughter)
Slaves - Guy & Jasmine, Dorcus & her child Red. Bill & Harvey, Laura, Hannah, Leonard, Stephen, Dinah, Lucy, Tom, Ann
Witnesses - John Brown, Gadi GibsonDated October 2, 1818
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Will of John Carroll
Wife - DoshaSons - Stephen Carroll,
John Carroll
3 children of wife by previous marriage - Polly McCray, Elisabeth McCray, Edmund McCray
Executors - Wife and Robert McCray
Witnesses - Watkins Williams, William Sutherland, Adam W.
FerrarDated May 31, 1817
# Page 34
Will of Elvia C.
Tunstall
Debt from William C. MiddletonSisters - Martha W.
Tunstall, Charlotte M. EllisCatherine B. MartinBrothers - William W.
Blanton, Henry Blanton (lived in Warren Co., MS)
Niece - Nancy O. Martin
Executor - John Tunstall (friend), Martha W. Turnball (sister)Witnesses - John A. Davidson, Frederich Turnball, Ann J.? Daley Dated December 17, 1819 [Note: name is spelled several different ways in this document, Tunstall, Turnball, Twinbull]
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36# Will of William King of Abingdon, Washington Co. , VA
Wife - beloved wife Mary [or Marg] lot number two in Kingston,
now rented to C. Findley & my father.
Brother - James King, of NashvilleNephew - William King, son of James King
Niece - Rachal, daughter of William Triggs and lately Rachel Findlay. Sister - Elizabeth, wife of John MitchellSister - Nancy
Half brother - Samuel
Half sister - Hannah Mentioned - Connally Findley
Mentioned -
Charles L. Carson, partner of brother James King.
Nieces -
Elizabeth Findley & Elizabeth Mitchell
Father - Thomas King
Witnesses
- William D. Nelson, John Doherty
Executors - William Trigg of
Abingdon, Virginia and James King of Nashville.
Dated: 3
March 1806
Administered in Washington Co., Virginia 20 December 1808. John Doherty now of Mississippi Territory. Col. James King, Samuel Glen and Jacob Menefee made oath...bond for one million five hundred thousand dollars with Robert Craig, Junr, Thomas Tate, Robert Deloss, John Aperson, Joseph Cole, Robert White, Basil Talbott, John Cole, Thomas Moffett, Joshua Burke, William Duff, William Jones, Benjamin Estill, Samuel Vance, James Bryant, Michael Shaver, Gerrard, J. Cown, James Thompson, Enoch Scholfield, George Spangler, James Keys, James McCullock, John Williamson, William Gray, James Lyon, Alexander Ha______, Benjamin Longley, Jacob Menefe, Robert Huston, Reuben T__dley, Valentine Baugh, John Mitchell, Jacob Baker, John McCormick, Robert Craig, John At_hey, John Goodson, Peter Clarke, John Buchanan, James King, Senr., Samuel Musick, Samuel Glen, Rufus Morgan, James Longley, William McKenny, Michael Dulard, Lilburn L. Henderson, John J. Trigg, David Smith, Robert Lu_ces, William D. Nielson, Earl B. Clapp, Jacob Long, Willcome Martin, Robert McCullock, Thomas Thornberry, Matthew Willoghby, Benjamin Charles, Connally Findley, William King, Joseph ____, Charles Tate, Peter A. Clayton, William Poston, Peter Scott, securities...18 Jan. 1809. James White, Henry Dickenson & Richard Hazlonigg. James King, William Trigg, Exec. 14 April 1818.
Will presented in Washington
Co., Va to John Campbell, Clerk.
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Will of
William Triggs of Abingdon, VA
Wife - beloved wife Rachel
Triggs
Slaves - Sally and her children
Sons- beloved sons Wlliam King and Daniel Connally Findley, Lelburn Henderson Triggs
Executors - Lilburn L. Henderson, of Abingdon, & John J.Trigg, now of Saltville.
Dated - 11 June 1813 at Abingdon.Witnesses - P. Baltzell, John Lewis, Willian Jones, of Virginia.
Proved - 25 Oct 1813.
Washington Co., VA, by Philip Baltzell and John Lewis.26 Oct.
1813. Lilburn L. Henderson, executor of William Trigg, dec’d, took
oath with Matthew Willoughby, Connally Findley, George Rosenbaum,
George W. Dixon, Samuel Knott, Cirad Stephens, Samuel Fulton, by
John Fulton his attorney in Fact, Isaac Baker, John Menefee, Peter
Long, James Bradley, Zacheriah Shugart, John Apperson, Michal
Shaver, William Stone, John Rosenbaum, William Trimble, John
Mitchell and Martin Bealy by Philip Baltzell their attorney in Fact,
Lewis Torray, John Gum by Henry Dixon his attorn in fact, William
Mayo by Peter Mayo, his attorney in fact, Thomas McChesney and
William Pamer his securities.
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Will of
Thomas Sims
Wife - beloved wife, Elizabeth Sims
Sons - Arthur
Brown Sims, Isaac A. Sims, Lewis Sims
Daughters - Rebecca Sims, Sarah
Sims, Hannah Sims.
Executors - wife, Jacob H. Hill (son in law), Arthur Brown Sims (son)Witnesses - James Sims, Daniel McCall
Dated
January 30, 1819#= Page 42
Will of George Torry
Wife -
Sarah Torry
Sons - Alexander Torry, Philip Hill Torry, James Torry,
George Guiliford Torry, John Love Torry
Daughters - Catherine Torry,
Mary Torry, Sarah TorryExecutors - Wife, Sarah Torry, Son, Alexander
Torry
Witnesses - William Montgomery, Peter McIntyreDated April 24,
1820
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Will of John Sellers
Son -
Daniel SellersSlaves - woman called Biner and her daughter called
Lucy and her son Lewis, and a boy called Chasley.Son - Archibald
Sellers Slaves - man called Jack and girl called Patsey.
Son - Walter Sellers
Slaves - woman called Esther and boy called Bob.Son - John Sellers. To receive money collected in Carolina except for $150 sent for by Archibald Cervies?Slave - boy called Dick. Son - Duncan Sellers
Slaves - boys called Bill & TomDaughter - Sarah Sellers [Marble]Slave- Girl named Judy.Daughter - Mary SellersSlave - girl called Letty
Daughter - Katherine SellersSlave - boy called Simon.Daughter - Elizabeth SellersSlave - Silvey
Son-in-Law - Theophilus MarbleExecutor - Walter Seller (son), Theophilus Marble (son-in-law)Witnesses - David Torry, Archibald Torry
Dated September
17, 1819
# Page 44
Will of Jacob Seagrist
Beloved
wife
Daughters - Nancy Seagrist, Mary? Seagrist, Susannah?Seagrist, Georgia Seagrist.Sons - Jacob Seagrist, Lewis Seagrist, Henry Seagrist, David? Segrist, Daniel Segrist, Caslin Segrist.
Grandchildren - Kizia, Patsey, Christian, ____ & Mary
Slaves
- girl named Frank, boy named Sam., boy named Jim
Mentioned - Elam
MacDonald to have nothing to do with property.
Witnesses - John B. Conger, David Floyd, William PagetExecutor - Henry Sellers, son
Dated: 29 June 1820
Part of will unreadable.
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Page 45-46
Will of James Whitaker
Sisters - Frances
Whitaker, Charolotte GoodrumHeirs of Daniel Whitaker
Heirs Francis
Whitaker, Charlotte Goodrum, Isaac Whitaker, Daniel Whitaker;
Betsy Ayres?, Aaron Whitaker, Robinson Whitaker.Executor - uncle
Randal Gibson & David Gibson of Mississippi as executors.
Witnesses - J. H. Shanks, Thomas Logan, Randall Gibson.
Dated: 28 Feb. 1820
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Page 46-48
Will of Henry Craig
Wife - Pheobe Craig,
all that part of the estate of Jonathan Jones, inherited by her.4
children- Rachel Craig, Fenton N. Craig, Eliza Craig & William H.
Craig.Land: adjoining Col. Cowles MeadLand: in Claiborne Co.,
MS
Executor: John Dobbs, sole executor.
Witnessess- Thomas C. Vaughan, Charles N? Jourdan, Levi C. Harvey.
Dated: 5 July 1820 [Note by Clerk, O. Gillis, that pg 46 - 60 were blank, 1965]
# Page 60
Will of Collin Nutt
Brother: Rush Nutt
Friend:
John Hopkins
Slave - boy named Griffin, age seventeen years old,
until he is 44 years old...Children: "my children"Executor: John
Hopkins
Witnesses: Thos. C. Vaughan & Martin Thornton
Date: 31 Dec
1820
# Page 60
Will of Hezikiah J. Balch
Beloved Mother
Slave - woman named Fand_Friends - Sarah Parker & William E. ParkerSister - Ann Caldwell & her children
Executor - William E. Parker.Witnesses - Henry Withers?, John Dixon, Hiram Jennings
Date: 16 July 1820/21
# Page 62
Will of Jacob Cable
Children: not named
Slave - woman Hannah to be set free and maintained.Executor - Hezikiah J. Balch, Armstrong Ellis, Abner Pipes
Witnesses - Thomas Hinds, John Newbaker, Jas. CowdanDate 8 May
1814 or 1819
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Will of James Dromgoole
Wife -
Jane DromgooleSlaves - man named Ned and his wife Dolly.Daughter -
Evaline Dromgoole,
Daughter - Mildred, wife of William HillSlaves - Bonipart__ & Fan.
Daughter - Margaret, wife of Silas Rolls or Bolls or Boles
Son - Alexander G. DromgooleSlaves - woman named ____ [Lucy?, Sary?] and her children.Son - John M. Dromgoole - note in hand of Edmund Hall, dated 1st April 1809.Others - Eveline Dromgoole Twitty, Philip A. or H. Dromgoole, Aaron StewartSlaves - woman Nancy and her children
Stepson - Eaves Mackey -land in Louisiana containing 472 acres, certificate # 1830?Stepdaughter - Margaret Mackey, wife of Joseph Bullen [or Beales?]
Date - 16 July 1816[Maybe another page.
There are no witnesses and signature. page 65 appears to be missing]
# Page 66
Will of Rhoda Davis
Sons - David
StandleyDaughters - Catharine Forsithe, Margaret Standley, Hannah Jennings, Nancy Platner, Elizabeth Brudin, Ruth Glassom, Rhoda
Nelson, Rebecca Ellison
Slaves - man named Clem, Executor - friend, Daniel PerryTest - Baker Philips, Russell Pickett
Dated - 15 Sept.
1818
#Page 66
Will of John Ferguson of Petit Gulf, Jefferson
Co., MS
Nephew - John Ferguson Shackleford (or his brother &
Sister) all interest in the Firm of John Ferguson & Company.
Niece - Ferguson, daughter of William Ferguson, all estate belonging
to the estate of William Ferguson, deceased.Others - Heirs of Samuel
B. Ferguson & hiers of Edmund Shackleford Executors - John L.
Buck, Samuel Calvit, Edmund Shackleford
Dated: 29 Sept. 1820
# Page 67
Will of Parker Carradine
Wife - loving
wife, Letticia Carradine, 1/3 of estate
Others - James Alexander Keith, 2/3 of estate. He is under 21 and unmarried. If he dies before 21 or married to give his share to his mother & her children.Slaves - Charlott and her two childrenBrother - George - to his daughter Eliza & Martha, to his sons Francis, George & James (my nephew, James’ youngest son of his brother George) Brother - John - sons John & Jench?Brother - Richard - his son Parker
Slave - "care of my faithful fellow Caleb..."Executors - wife, friend, Stephen Terry & John McCaleb
Witnesses - Henry Scribe, Henrietta B. Scribe, John Pipes, Lydia White.
Dated : 19 March 1819
# Page
68
Will of Mary Irvins
Sons - Reason Irvins & John J.
Irvins
Slave - Isaac
Granddaughters - Maria & Mary Betsel
Daughter - Alice Moore IrvinOthers - equally divided between my childrenWitnesses - John ___lye & William C. Robinette
Dated: 24 Jan
1821
# Page 68
Will of Joel Yowells of Buck___
Springs, Mississippi
Brother - James Yowell of Jefferson Co.,
Kentucky
Others - Ewill Hume, son of Liley Hume, resident of Culpepper County, Virginia.Executor - Seth Cox to be sole Ex.Witnesses - James Bracken, S. D. Hamberlin, Francis Boardman
Dated: 11 September 1818.
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Will of William
Moore
Wife - beloved wife, Jane Moore
Brothers - Thomas Moore, David RobinsonNephew - William WilsonOthers mentioned - Rev. M. P. Cloud
Executors - Thomas Moore & David Robinson
Witnesses - Thomas Robertson, Samuel Johnson, Adam Cloud.
Dated: 6 May 1820
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Page 69
Will of Thomas Calvit
Wife - beloved wife,
Hulda CalvitSlaves - Maria & her brother Jacob, boy Reuben & young
Lonz.
Daughter - Eliza Lueretta Calvit & her lawful heirs.
Slaves - Bill , Jabez and his wife Chanty. Fanny the daughter of Kitty? and Maria and her brother Jacob.Property - in hands of Felix Hughes
Son - Samuel Calvit
Executors - Son Samuel Calvit, Col. James G. Wood, of Jefferson Co., Miss., Joshua G. Clarke of Claiborne Co., MS & David Hunt?
Witnessess- Thomas Hinds, William Z? Allen, Daniel James.
Dated: 6 April 6 1821
# Page 70
Will of Edward
M. Pennington
Wife - beloved wife, Sally Pennington
Children - four- Benj. Pennington, Robert Pennington, Mary Jane Pennington & Eliza Anne Pennington (underage) Friends - Thomas Shelby, Elizabeth Clarke.
Executors - wife, Sally, Friends Thomas Shelby & Elizabeth Clarke.
Witnesses - D. W. Brazeale, J. Macquilliam, John J. L.
Prince, A. G. Prince.Dated: 4 May 1821
# Page 71
Will of Thomas Calvit
Mrs. Hulda Covington, annual sum of $200 until her youngest child Elizabeth Covington shall arrive at six years old.Slaves - girl Maria
Son - Samuel Calvit
Executor: Son Samuel Calvit sole Ex.Witnesses - Philip Dixon, Samuel Bullen, Elisha Brazeale
Dated: 2 Oct 1818
# Page 73
Will of John
Jones, Senior
Son - Jonathan Jones - 100 acres lying on the
Mississippi Bluff.
Sons - John Jones, Zachariah Jones - land where I reside.Daughter - Ann Scott
Son-in-law- D. GreenleafDated: 7 Sept.
1821
#Page 73
Will of John L. Montgomery
Late of
Jefferson County, now Shelbyville, KY
Brother - Josiah
Montgomery of MississippiBrother - Hugh Montgomery of
Louisiana
Sister - Polly Slave - woman named Emily Executors- Doctor John M. Allen & William Logan of Shelby Co., KY., Brother, Josiah, Brother-in-law William A. Cousin?
Witnesses - B. F. Duprey, N. Livingston, Jr., John LiggettJ. M. Allen, William Logan, Andrew A. Shannon.
Dated: 11 Aug 1821Bond - Joseph W. Knight & George B. Knight
# Page 75
Will of Benjamin Hawkins
Wife - Jasmina Hawkins
Slave - boy named William
Executors - wife & friend James StewartWitnesses - W. C. Middleton, James McCaa, Richard Valentine
Dated: 19 Nov. 1821
# Page 76
Will of George Cochram
Mary Barland, wife of Andrew Barland
Mary Barland, daughter of Andrew Barland
Slave - Malinda, Charles Barland, son of Andrew Barland, Martha Barland, daughter of Andrew Barland
Executor: Sole exec., friend, Andrew Barland
Witnesses - Felix Hughes, William D. Gilbert, Bernard Bolling
Dated: 23 June 1822
# Page 76Will of
Adam Rums
Slave - to Slave woman, Betty
Witnesses - P. B. Harrison, Daniel Dunbar, James Dunbar
Dated: 6 April 1822
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Page 77
Will of Joseph Tucker
Wife - beloved wife,
Hannah TuckerChildren - eight- John S.Tucker, Catherine Legitt,
oldest daughter, William Tucker, David Tucker, Thomas Tucker,
James Tucker, Susan Tucker, Jane Tucker.
Executor - wife & Davis DonohoWitnesses - Isaac Noble, Davis Donoho, Thomas Noble
Dated: 21
Feb. 1823
# Page 78
Will of Bejamin Dent
Wife - Mary H? T? Dent
Brothers - George Dent’s children Mary Eliza Dent, daughter of George Dent, Warren Dent, son of George Dent, Washington Dent, son of George Dent
Slave - free slave Frank [take him to the State of Ohio?]
Executors - George Dent, brother & King H. Holmes
Witnesses -
Charles Riley, Isaac Pipes, Seth CocksDated: 1821
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Will of George Foreman
Wife- beloved wife Sarah
ForemanSlave - man named Stephen and woman named Ginny and their
children. A woman named Aggy. Heirs - John Foreman, Anna Clark,
William Foreman, Samuel or Jarvis Foreman, Mary Grafton.Others -
Jervina Johnson, equal heir share from portion ofher mother Sarah
Foreman.
Executors - John Foreman, son & Thomas Grafton
Witnesses - John M. Folkes. Elijah Coleman, James Folkes, Jr.
Dated: 16 Jan
1823# Page 80
Will of Letticia Carradine
Mother - Mary Keith
Niece - Charlotte Slutton or Shelton
Niece - Kelly or Kitty Polina Nash
Sister - Maria G. NashNephew - James Alexander Keith, son of my sister MariaNiece - Letticia Bradford, heir of Letticia Keith, daughter of brother Isham Keith.Executors - Stephen Terry, Elihu Kilpatrick, Benjamin M. Bullen.
Witnesses - Mumford Mims, John Grayham, John Chambers.
Dated: 1 May 1824
# Page 81
Will of
Felix Hughes
Wife - dearly beloved wife, Margaret HughesSons
- Philip Oscar? Hughes, Son - Jefferson J. Hughes, Lot #1 in Square
#34 in NatchezDaughter - received land from John ElldenfillExecutors
- Margaret Hughes, and Philip O. HughesWitnesses - James Folkes,
_______, John ________.[Can’t read the rest]
#Page 82
Will of Benjamin M. Bullen
Wife - dear wife Elizabeth Bullen
Slaves - All undivided half of all my land, Celia & her infant child Philip, John & Fanny her children, and my dears; also the half of my Negroes viz: Robert, Isaac? and Charles.Niece - Susan Chamberlain
Slaves - Maria, ____ & Wilens?
Nephew - Dr. Moses Chamberlain
Sister - Hannah Roberts -house and lots in Greenville.Brother-in-law - Dr. William Dixon
Nephew - Roger Dixon
Friends - Dr. E. M. Harding, Dr. Silus Kilpatrick, Dr. John H. Duncan, John H. Savage.
Slave - Thomas, aged about 36 years to have his freedom
Witnesses - E. M. Harding, John Dixon, Elihu Kilpatrick
Executor - wife & brother Samuel BullenDated: 29 Oct 1824
# Page 84
Will of John Stephen Scriber
Stepdaughter - Elizabeth Brown [or Bruce]Son - John ScriberSlaves -
men, Mark and SamSon - Henry Scriber
Slaves - boy names Jacob and girl named Judy.
Executors - James G. Wood, Alexander YoungWitnesses - Alexander Young, Wm Robb, Sheparad Taylor
Dated: 12 Jan. 1824
Cocodil - Alexander Young, Wm Robb, Charles Donoho
Son - John to receive -Slaves - woman named Betty and her three children, William, Nanny and Peggy.
Son - Henry to receive -Slave - man named Richard.
Dated: 7 November 1824
# Page 85
Will of John B.
Norrellof Adams County, Washingtontown, Mississippi
Wife -
'beloved wife"
Slaves - Sarah and her child Clarissa to be hired out for two years from the death of my wife Lot on Market Street on Washington on half acre.
Slave - man named John
Son - Isaac Norrell, age about 13 lives near Cohauler, Alabama
Wife’s sister - Mrs. Elizabeth Tool of Kentucky to receive his wife’s clothes.
Executor - John Snodgrass of Adams Co., MississippiWitnesses -John H. Duncan, Richard D. Shaw, _____G. Brazealle.
Dated: 6 Oct. 1825
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86
Will of Simeon Newman
Wife - Sally R. NewmanSlaves
- Sam, Charles, Nat, Ralf, Isam, Jon, Nancy, Mary, Elvey, Frank,
Nan, Tom, Claiborne, Barney, Guilford, Isaac, Sally, Silvia,
Milley, Ben aged about Forty years, Ben, aged about nine months, Washington, & Laura.
Sons - Joseph H. Newman, Benjamin Newman, Claudius Newman & Simeon Newman.
Daughters - Eliza Martha Newman & Margaret NewmanOthers - Cecelia Laura Newman
Child - not yet born to wife Sally R. Newman
Executors - Joseph H. Newman, son and friends Israel Lovingly, Thos. Colter [Cotton] & John T. McMurran
Witnesses - Joseph Nicoles, Benj. F. Jaques, R. T. HamiltonCococil - Joseph Nicoles, Benj F. Jaques, Joseph S. Gibbs
Dated: 16 Dec. 1825
#
Page 88
Will of Sheppard TaylorWife - Keziah TaylorSlaves - unnamedWitnesses - John H. Savage, John Sullies? John Bradshaw, Isaac McClutchen.
Dated: 24 July 1826
# Page 89
Will of
Samuel Calvit
Wife - Sarah CalvitRelations - Tacitus Calvit,
Mrs. Zilpha Seaton, Mrs. Elizabeth Magruder of Port Gibson.Others -
Hampstead Acadamy near Mount Salus of Hinds County,
Mississippi
Executors - wife, friends Tacitus Calvit, Col. James G. Wood, James Cowdan, Daniel Hunt.Witnesses - Franklin Stanard,
Isaac G. Bellows, James Cowden Dated: 5 Nov. 1826
#Page 90
Will of Jacob Stampley of Claiborne Co., MSWife - Elizabeth
Black (who is now my wife Elizabeth Stampley)
Son - Napolean Alexander Black, son of wife Elizabeth
Slave - negro girl named Milly.Heirs - James H. Stampley, William C. Stampley, Soloman B. Stampley.
Sons - John I. Stampley, Jacob E. Stampley, William C. Stampley, Solomon B. Stampley.
Daughters - Martha Stampley, Rhoda Stampley, Susanna Stampley.Family Bible to go to Martha R. Stampley, his daughter.
Son - James H. Stampley
Slaves - man Jack, girl
SilviaDaughter - Mary Ursula Stampley.
Slave - girls Celia
and Lacy.
Daughter - Nancy Caroline Stampley
Slave -
woman, Dinah and girl Nancy
Daughter - Sarah M. Stampley. Her
hiers to receive:
Slaves - woman Linda and her child Sarah,
girl Rhoda
Son - John I. Stampley to be guardian for Sarah’s
heirs.
Sons - and their minor heirs - David I. Stampley, Isaac S. Stampley, Samuel P. Stampley
Slaves - man
Dick, woman, Sarah and her children, Letty, Charlotte, Charles and
Susey, boy Jimy and woman Luckey.
Land - lying on James
Creek in Claiborne County.
Executor - Solomon B. Stampley,
son
Guardian to minor heirs: David I. Stampley, Isaac S.
Stampley, Samuel P. Stampley, to be Solomon B. Stampley.
Dated: 2 June 1826
Witnesses - Thomas Grafton, John I.
Stampley, A. Penquite, Abram Maberry.
Recorded: at Port
Gibson on 8 December 1826.
Page 92
Will of
Robert Turner
Wife - beloved wife Ann Turner.
Sons -
Tobias G. Turner, Hezikiah Hampton Turner, Francis Asbury Turner
Children - each to receive $5
Executor - Robert Turner,
son
Witnesses - Ellis Mulkey, Isaac Noble, William Noble
Dated: 1 June
1820
# Page 92
Will of Thomas Hill
Wife -
present wife, Sarah Hill. All property she owned when we married.
Slaves - woman Beck.Others - Elizabeth Sibley
Granddaughter - Louisa Hill, dau. of Elisha Hill, deceased Slave -boy named Nelson
Granddaughter - Dorsha Hill, dau. of Elisha Hill, deceased
Slave - boy named Stephen Daughter - Patsey McGraw
Slave - woman named Sook ?Son - John Hill Slave - girl named ____ Son - Hardy Hill
Slave - boy named Isham Daughter - Nancy SuggSlave - boy named Jim Children - Esther Sibley, Mary Owens, Lydia Williams, & Rachel Corben.
Executors - Willis McDonald, Thomas O. McDonald
Guardians - to granddaughters Louisa & Dorsha Hill, to be Willis McDonald and Thomas O. McDonald.
Witnesses - B. W. M. Martin, Wily McDonald
Dated: 3 Dec. 1819# Page 93
Will of David
Torry
Wife - Margaret Torry
3 Eldest sons - Archibald Torry, Daniel Torry, George Torry.
Slaves - woman named Lucy.Sons - John Torry, James Torry, Nat or Niel Torry
Daughter - Emily C. Willis
Slave - girl named Ma_tbity.
Daughters - Sarah Torry, Elizabeth Torry.
Executors - Margaret, wife and son Nat or Niel TorryWitnesses - Abner Marble, Walter Sellers, Duncan McCatlin.
Dated: 19 July 1825
# Page 95
Will of Malachi Hagins
Children - Estate not to be
divided until youngest is of ageSlave - servant girl, Judith given
her freedom.Executors - John Burch, Hiram Baldwin, son, Malachi
Hagins.Witnesses - Robert Prater, David Scarbough, Margaret
Prater.Dated: 1 Aug 1826
# Page 95
Will of William
Brooks, deceasedBrothers - Robert Brooks, George Brooks & Samuel
Brooks.
Brother-in-law - John Foster Executor - John FosterDated: 3
Dec 1826Proved: 7 May 1827, by James G. Wood, Jane Pipes
On 5
Dec. 1826, William Rimand, George Brooks and John Foster witnessed
that he said he left $500 to his mother, father & sister and to
graveyard at Christ Church.
# Page 97
Will of Thomas Spain
Nephew - William Stephen CoxSlave - boy named Georgie
Brother - Richard SpainExecutor - sole executor, P. R. Spain
Witnesses - Robert
Crightor [or Christopher], R. Spain, Levi B. ChamblessDated: 4 Nov.
1827
# Page 97
Will of Mary Belton
Niece - Margaret A.
Archer Slave - girl, MaryNephew - Isaac Ross, Jr.[Very hard to read]
Slaves - Stephney, Sam, Ben, Jefferson, PeggyNephew - William?
Ross
Slaves - Bill, Ennis, Sarah, Hester, Jefferson, Peggy and her children, Adam? and his woman Rose and her child, and _____ Nieces & Nephews -the children of David and Jane B. Wade. Others - John Belton Nickle, son of Jesse and Martha Nickle, of the State of South Carolina
Sister - Jane Ross, wife of Capt. Isaac Ross
Executor - Capt. Issac Ross
Witness - A. B. Ross
Dated: 12 April 1823
# Page
99Will of John Hill
Wife - beloved wife, Sarah Hill...then to
her lawful heirs
Slaves - woman named Grace and boy named Smart.Witnesses - A. Guardner, Isaac A. B. Ross
Dated: 20 Aug 1827
# Page 99
Will of Jesse Mimms
Wife - beloved wife,
Susanna Mimms.Slave - boy named IsomSon - Nathaniel Mimms & his wife
Ann [or Annie] all property in Hinds Co., MS
Slave - man named Caper?Executor - Mr. Charles West & John Wills.
Witnesses - Israel
Spinor?, Jesse M. White, N. M. StewartDated: 17 April 1828
#Page 100
Will of Jesse Bernard
of Augusta Co., VA & Petit
Gulf, Jefferson Co., MS
Brothers - Greenberry Bernard, Jobb Bernard, land in Nelson Co., VA.
Father & Mother & survivors- unnamed, land and $400.Sister - Polly Ferguson
Slaves - woman Sally & her child, George, Henry, and a young girl 10-11 years old named Sally.Sister-in-law - Ann Bernard, widow of my brother, Charles Bernard, deceased.Nieces - Lovisia & Antione?
Nephews - Allen Bernard, Thomas Bernard, Arthur Bernard
Brother-in-law - George M. Southgate
Executor for Mississippi - John Wiley or Walk
Executor - Jobb Bernard, Brother
Witnesses - Nathanel L. Bouldon, George Miller, A. M. Kirk.
Dated: 18 Oct 1827
# Page 101
Will of William Robb
Wife - beloved wife, Sarah Robb
Children - four - Maryann Esther Turner, William John Robert Robb, James Franklin Robb & Louisa Robb
Executor - sole - Robert Turner, brother-in-law
Witnesses - James
G. Wood, Alexander Young, John T. Williams.Dated: 30 Oct 1827
# Page 102
Will of Elisha M. Walker
Daughter - Susan
WalkerBrother - George B. Walker
Other - George F. Witherspoon of Franklin Co., MS
Executor - John F. Witherspoon & Joshua H. Robbs or Rollins. House and Lot in Fayette to be sold.Witnesses - E. Condie, L. L. Cartwright, Jno. Berry
Dated: 29 Aug 1827
# Page 103
Will
of Jasper [or Gaspar] Sinclair [or St. Clair or Clare]
Mentions - Ann Maria Eliza Stephens to receive 1/2 of estate. If she
dies without heirs, estate to go to her half sister, Amanda Jane
Cobb.
Slave - girl named MarySlaves - Jim & Franky, are growing old and need to be emancipated and set free. There are also to receive 1/2 of the estate.
Executors - George Dent, Thomas M. MillerTest - James B. Truly, John Tullis, Fielder Cook
Dated: 7 March 1829
# Page 104
Will of William M. Green
Wife - Laura P. Green,
land in Jefferson Co. & Pike Co., Mississippi.Brother - Filmer W.
Green & his wife, Emily Green
Slave - boy named JoeNephew - William Hinds Green
Slaves - Little Ned, Dave & Eve, his wife and their children.
Niece - Laura Laminda GreenSlaves - Cate & her six children: Phillis, Caroline, Jackson, Ann, Cassa, and Joanna.
Executors - Filmer W. Green, brother & Jonathan McCaleb, friend.
Test - A. G. Metcalfe, Thos. H. McCaleb, John J. Guion [or Guice?]
Dated: 1 July 1829
# Page 105
Will of John Hopkins
Daughter - Mary Jane Hopkins alias Mary Jane Bradford
Brother - George W. HopkinsMother - Mary Hopkins
Brothers and Sisters - unnamed
Executors - General Thomas Hinds, Wm. M. Green, George W. Hopkins.
Witnesses - Thos. Hinds, Wm. Clower, Richard Wash.
Dated: Aug
1825
# Page 106
Will of Archelaus Kirkland
Wife - "my
wife"
Slave - woman Hannah
Daughter - Catherine Augusta Green, to name her first born son be named after menephew - William D. Kirkland
Mentioned - Armstead B. Bradford Slave - Jack to be set free
Executors - wife, Armstead B. Bradford, Samuel C. Green
Witnesses - L. L. Cartwright, Lucy Ann Green, A. B. Bradford
Dated: 6 May 1829
#
Page 107
Will of George Brooks
Item - grave at Christ
ChurchNiece - Helen Jane Foster
Slave - woman CarolineNiece - Mary Eliza Foster
Slave - girl Peggy and child Susan, daughter of my girl Lucinda.Nephew - James David Foster
Slave - woman Lucinda Mentioned: Mrs. Mary Foster, wife of John Foster, Martha Ann Foster
Slave - boy named Claibourn. Friend - James S. Clark
Brother-in-law - John FosterExecutor - sole - Brother-in-law, John FosterWitnesses - James Payne, John Foster
Dated: 11 June 1829
# Page 108
Will of Thomas B. Reed of Natchez Plantation - "The Vale"Wife - beloved wife, Margaret A. Reed, estate and plantation near Gibson Port. Children - unnamed Guardian of children - wife, Margaret A. Reed
Friend - Mrs. Elizabeth Ford
Nephew - John Green
Executors, Capt. Isaac Ross, Sr. and wife, and Alvary Fisk, Esq.Witnesses - B. W. Dudley, Zebulon Butler, John Green
Dated: 6
Nov. 1829
#Page 109
Will of William T [or L.] DentWife
- Susan Dent
Grandson - William Dent Bean son of Robert BeanSlave - girl named Nelly and her increase.
Son - Zachariah William Dent
Brother - George R. Dent’s children
Executors - George R. Dent, brother & Susan, wife
Witnesses - K. H. Homes, E. W. Harding, Isaac Pipes
Dated: 19 April 1831
# Page 111
Will of Noel
Killingsworth
Wife - Jane Killingsworth
Oldest son - Anon Killingsworth
Slaves - boy named Adam, girl Margaret
Eldest daughter - Elizabeth Killingsworth
Slaves - boy named ___mick, girl Susan
Daughter - Sarah Killingsworth
Slaves - boy named January, girl named Mariah
Youngest children - four - Anapias Killingsworth, Catherine Killingsworth, James Killingsworth, Cidrick Killingsworth.
Executor - sole - wifeTest. - William Bethany, Garret B. Clawson
Dated: 12 May 1831
# Page 112
Will of James
Cowdan, deceased
Wife - Mrs. Ann H. Stanard, relict of Dr.
Hugh Stanard, married on 9 Dec. 1824. Each had 1 child. Columbia E.
Simpson, daughter of present wife by former husband Josiah Simpson,
Esquire, late.
Slaves - Ester, Angess and Hannah Sisters - unnamed
Son - John James Cowden, offspring of former marriage, atschool at his grandfather’s, Capt. John Bradford, near Nashville, TN.
Son - William Virginius Cowden, son of present wife Witnesses - Franklin Stanard & Edward Bradford
Noted: the death of child & Capt. Bradford.
Dated: 25 May 1826
# Page 114
Will of Elizabeth Green
Son - Abner E. Green to receive Bluff Plantation To receive large
family Bible.
Slaves - woman Fillis and her two children, man Zane?, man Lenn.Son - Samuel Sorsby
Slave - girl named Laura
Daughter - Martha Kitridge
Slave - woman named Jenny and her two children.
Daughter - Louisa PerrymanSlave - man named George, woman named Hannah and her two children, and Patience and girl Betty. Daughter - Eliza McDougal.
Slave - woman Fanny not to serve, old woman Lucy not to serve...
Granddaughter - Elizabeth Sorsby Slave - girl named Leggy.
Granddaughter - Elizabeth Eaton Kitridge. Slaves - girl named Hariet, the daughter of Lina.
Granddaughter - Elizabeth F. Perryman Slave - girl named Arabella
Granddaughter - Ann Elizabeth Green Slave - Katy, the daughter of woman Bina. Other - Joseph Carroll Parrot, Major Young.
Slaves - Tom and his wife Lear, to not serve as slaves after my death. Man Jerry and his wife Rebecca shall not serve as slaves... woman Bina to serve no longer.. her daughter Katy...woman Nancy...not to serve...man Jesse not to serve for two years and then to be set free.
Mentioned - Methodist Society to receive funds.
Executors - sons Samuel Sorsby and Abner E.
GreenWitnesses - Michael D. Donellan, Thos. S. Dobyns, Stephen M.
Ford
Dated: 29 Oct. 1833
# Page 119
Will of Philip May
Wife - beloved wife Sarah May
Sons - James May, William May, David May, Benjamin May, Philip May.
Daughters - Nancy Shaw, Lucy Ducker, Martha Mobley, Elizabeth Fuller, Catherine Guice.
Executors - wife, Sarah & son, James May
Witnesses - C. Cameron, David May
Dated: 6 Sept. 1833
#Page 120
Will of Nathaniel Coleman, deceased
Died 30 Oct. 1833
Wife - Sarah ColemanSon -
John Coleman, under age 21Children of my Brothers and SistersElijah
Coleman, Israel Coleman
Executor - William ColemanWitness - James WoodDated: 4 Nov. 1833Recorded: 13 Nov. 1833
# Page 121
Will of Samuel
Robb
Wife - beloved wife Martha RobbSon - Samuel N. Robb,
under 21 years of age
Daughter - Sarah Jane Robb, even youngerBrother - Henry Robb Brother - William Robb’s children
Slaves - Isaac and Candis and her children Executors - wife and David HuntGuardian - David Hunt, if "my wife should die"
Witnesses- John Turnbull, John W. Savage, Lewis F. Norris
Dated: 2 Sept. 1830
# Page 123
Will of Hugh Irwin of Jefferson Co., Mississippi Territory
Wife - dear & loving wife Mary IrwinDaughter - Sarah BetselSon-in-law - James Betsel Slave - Pompy, fellow and one girl named BeckSon - Reason Whitehead Irwin Slaves - Tom & Mary
Son _ John Lawson Irwin Slaves - men, Ben & Moses
Daughter - Ally More Irwin [Alice Moore Irwin]Slaves - girls, Till & LucyDebt due me from the State of Georgia $450 from Randal Gibson
Executors - Wife Mary Irwin, James Betsel & David Burney.
Witnesses - John Dennis, Joseph D. Irwin, Thomas Dennis
Dated: 15 July 1805
# Page 126
Will of Moses Bonnerof Natchez
District
Wife - beloved wife Elizabeth BonnerSon - William
Bonner, under 21 years of age
Children - unnamed Executors - wife, J. P [or J. J.] Bonner, Samuel, Marshall?
Witnesses - Robert Turner, Jesse O’Withers, Margaret Madden
Dated: 28 Dec. 1800# Page 128Will of
George Stampleyof Jefferson Co., Mississippi Territory
Wife -
beloved wife Elisabeth Stampley our Little Offspring
Daughter - Margaret Stampley - 2 shillings
Son - Henry Stampley- land - he is to help raise his little Brothers and Sisters.Daughter - Elisabeth Stampley
Son - John StampleyDaughter - Sarah Stampley
Son - George StampleyDaughter - Hester Stampley
Son - Solomon StampleyDaughter - Mary Stampley
Sons - Jacob Stampley, William Stampley and Peter Stampley.
Daughter - Susannah Stampley- 2 shillings
Witnesses - Francis Baldridge, James Johnson, Benjamin Griffith.
Dated: 5
September 1802# Page 131Will of Allen Grafton
Wife - Angnis?
Grafton
Children - unnamed others - Israel Coleman, James JonesWitnesses - Hugh Matthews, Stewart Grafton
Dated: 29 April 1809
# Page 17
Will of William Erwin
Wife -
Margaret ErwinSlaves - Bartell?, Hagar, James
Son - William Erwin, Jr.Daughters - Ann Daniel, Sarah Forman, Rebecca Bolls, Mary Montgomery, Margaret Conn.Sons - Archibald Erwin, James Erwin
Dated: 11 April 1811
# Page 20
Will of Jesse Harper
Wife - beloved
wife Martha Harper
Daughter - oldest - Maria Darden - negro girl, Princess
Daughter - Sarah Chaney -nego girls, Fillis & SallySon - Jesses Harper - negros Dick & Molty and girl Nancy which I bought of William Harper. True andfaithful servants, Humphrey, Edy & July.
Daughter - Martha West - 3 negro girls, Jenny, Nanny, Hannah.Daughter - Susanna - negro girl Charlotte & boy King. Negro woman, Rachel
Daughter - Durcilla - negro Amelia and girl Eve. Negro woman Lydia.
Daughter - Elizabeth - negro girls, Nanny & Harriet. Negro woman Milley.
Son - William Harper - negro boy, Sam. Negro man Virgil. Negro woman Rose.Youngest children, Drucilla, Elizabeth & William. Eight children...
Witnesses - Jacob Stampley, John I. Stampley, J. R. Jones, Will Ferguson, P. B. Harrison.
Dated: 9 August 1811
#Page 22
Will of John Cole
Heirs - unnamedExecutors
-friend Jacob Stampley & Prosper King
Witnesses - Samuel Dunbar, Wlliam Cole, Samuel Raney.Dated: 7 January 1812
# Page 24
Will of Samuel Davis
Wife - Rhoda - one
third of estate
Children - unnamed to get nothing
Grandchildren - unnamed - two thirds of estate divided among them.
Executors - my beloved wife, Stephen Terry & Israel Coleman.
Witnesses - Daniel Beasley, Armstrong Ellis, D. P January.
Dated: 13 January 1811.
# Page
26
Will of George Clare of Jefferson Co., MS
Wife -
loving & affectionate wife Christianna Clare
Daughter - Elizabeth Clare - Negro Humphrey Ch____
Son - George Clare Son - William Clare
Son - John Clare -Negro boy Terry
Son-in-law - Anthony Hamberlin
Youngest children -Susanna Clare, Samuel Clare, Joseph Clare, Alin Clare, Abijah Clare, Caty Clare, Matilda Clare.Son - Jesse Clare- Buried in land in Greenville
Slaves - woman Sarah and man Peter.
Witnesses - John Gray, Hugh Slater, William Armstrong
Dated: 2 September 1811.