Barbour-Bullock County AlArchives Wills.....Thornton, Green H. October 13, 1865
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Source: Barbour Co., Al Court House
Written: October 13, 1865

Will of Green H. Thornton
County Probate Office, Clayton, AL
Orphans Court Record book Pages 124-127.

Know all men by these merits that I Green H. Thornton of the County of Barbour 
and state of alabama being os sound mind and diposing memory do make publish 
and delclare the following to be my last will and testament hereby revoking 
all wills that may have heretofore been made by me.

Item 1. I will and devise that my mortal remains be interred in a decent 
manner and that as soon as practicable thereafter a scent box tombstone be 
erected thereupon and it enclosed with aninon railing.

2nd. After the payment of all my lawful debts by my executors herin after 
appointed, I give bequeth and desire unto my beloved wife Rhoda Thornton 
(should she survive me) my plantation known as the Home Place containing four 
hundred and eighty acres of land together with all the appisterrances 
thereinto affiised and all the stock, furniture, farming utensils, vehicles 
and other personal property that is in on upon said plantation in keeping it 
up and provisions of every kind sufficient to support and keep up the 
plantation for one year, that is to finish or make one crop as the case may 
be, for her natural life and no longer free from the control of any one. Only 
that my executors herein after mentioned are auhtorized and directed to 
exercise a supervising can of said life estate and prevent waste but in manner 
to deprive her after full control and free thereof during her life.

3rd. I bequeath and devise unto my wife Rhoda absolutely and forever all the 
(such) profits that she may make out of said estate during her life interest 
free to dispose of as she may see fit by will or other (in).

4th. The remainder of my property both real and personal and mixed which 
consist of plantation stock, for (pitine?)
farming utensils and a store house and lot in the city of Eufaula, I hereby 
give bequeath and devise unto my six children or their heir in equal shares 
that is one share to the children of my son Leander A. Thornton in equal 
shares, one shre or one sixth to R.B. Thornton, one share to G.G. Thornton, 
One share to N.H. Thornton and one share to the children of my deceased 
daughter Euphemy Cartledge formerly Euphemy Thornton in equal parts, and one 
share to my daughter Rhoda Cartledge formerly Rhoda Thronton, upon the 
ocntition that the one sixth or one share conveyed to the children of my son 
Leander A. Thornton shall be free from Leanders debts now exitsting or 
hereafter contracte, and free and protected from the debts of any other person 
but should the said Leander be endebted to me at the time of my death then 
said endebteding shall be considered as an advancement to his children and 
shall be liquidated by deducting that amount from their share in eqaul parts. 
And I hereby make and constitute Leander A. Thornton the trustee of said 
estate for his children during their minority.

5th. I hereby make constitute and appoint my son R.B. Thornton trustee of the 
estate heretofore conveyed to the children of my deceased daughter Euphemy 
Cartledge during their minority.

6th. Should my son Dozier Thornton whom we suppose was killed during the late 
war hereafter appear among the living then the forgoing will is so far revoked 
as to entitle him to an equal share with the other children.

7th. As soon after my death as practicable it is my will and dirction that my 
estate be diveded as heretofore conveyed and sale made if (wicufary) and as 
the legatees are all of age their parts given them as soon as lawful.

8th Upon the death of my wife I hereby bequeath and devise to my children 
aforesaid or their heir in equal parts to my children that is the children of 
any one of my deceased children taking a childs share the life estate 
heretofore bequethed to my wife.

9th I have in my possession a note signed by Edmund Cartledge (now) deceased 
for 10,000 lbs of cotton given for one half interest in the land upon which 
his widow my daughter Rhoda now lives. If said note is not paid during my life 
it is my will and devisition that it be given by me exectuors to my duaghter 
Rhoda or her heirs for one thousand dollars to be decucted from her share and 
it is my will that she remain undestrbed in the (topipion) therof until her 
title can be perfected as above deducted.
9th I hereby make contitute and appoint my sons R.B. Thornton and N.H. 
Thornton the executors of this my last will and testament in writing whereof I 
have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 13th day of October AD 1865.
Green H. Thornton (seal)
In presence of R.C. Johnson, W.HH. Dill, W.B. Fanek.




Additional Comments:
GREEN H. THORNTON - ESTATE. (1865-1870?)
Bk 15/p.123,131,196,448,535 -BX 113 (continues Bk 16 & 17)
'G.H. Thornton, dec'd -ESTATE- R.B. Thornton exec.'
(photocopy of original sent Mar 2000 courtesy of Ms Hatfield.)

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