Lowndes County AlArchives Wills.....Meadows, William December 14, 1879
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Source: Lowndes County, Will Book C, Page 248
Written: December 14, 1879
Recorded: November 1, 1882

Lowndes County, Alabama
Will Book C, Page 248

State of Alabama
Lowndes County
December 14th 1879

In the name of Him the disposer of all things
I William Meadows of the County and State aforesaid, being of sound mind and 
body and of disposing memory, do make and begin this my last will and 
Testament, hereby revoking all other previous wills.

Clause First = It is my wish and desire that first all of my legal debts or 
liabilities shall be paid out of the personal property of my estate as early 
as it can be done after my death.

Clause Second.  I give and bequeath to my beloved children Ransom, Eugenie and 
Sarah A Meadows all of my property of every discription [sic], real, personal 
and mixed, to be owned by them and held in common, and not to be divided or 
sold (except perishable property or other of the personal property that may be 
of interest or advantage of the estate to sell or exchange for other 
property), each child to share alike in the use, occupation, income and 
profits of the estate, so long as it is held in common, or until the marriage 
of both of my daughters Eugenie and Sarah A Meadows.  It being my wish and 
interest to provide a home and support as far as I can for my beloved 
daughters Eugenie and Sara A. as long as they both remain single or unmarried.

Clause Third.  Upon the marriage of my daughters Eugenie and Sarah A. it is my 
wish and intent that my entire estate, real personal and mixed, be equally 
divided between my three children Ransom, Eugenie and Sarah A. or their lawful 
heirs – each child to share and share alike, and each of them to have his or 
her share of the estate, to his or her own sole and separate use, to dispose 
of in any manner they may think proper.

Clause Fourth.  Having full faith and confidence in the capacity of my son 
Ransom Meadows, I hereby nominate and appoint him my Executor, and request and 
will that he shall not be required to give security on his official bond as 
executor for the trust herein reposed.

Witness
H M Howard             Wm Meadows
J D Reese
J M Howard

In Lowndes Probate Court, Nov 1st 1882,
In the matter of the Probate of the last will and testament of Wm Meadows 
deceased.
      I J. Dudley Reese one of the subscribing witnesses of said will, who 
being duly sworn, deposes and says. That he knew Wm Meadows in his life time, 
that he was a resident citizen of the County of Lowndes and State of Alabama 
and of the age of twenty-one years.

That he was present when Wm Meadows executed the instrument now propou____ for 
Probate, and that H M Howard was present and that Wm Meadows executed the same 
in his presence and that he attested ____ same in the presence of the said 
Meadows, they signing their names, and in the presence of each other.  And 
that said Wm Meadows, at the time of the execution of the same was of sound 
mind and disposing memory.

Subscribed and Sworn to before me                               J D Reese
On this November First 1882
H W Caffey Probate Judge


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