Lowndes County AlArchives Wills.....Middleton, Thomas James June 18, 1885
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Source: Lowndes County Will Book C, Pages 272-273
Written: June 18, 1885
Recorded: December 23, 1895


State of Alabama
Lowndes County

I, Thos J. Middleton, being of sound mind and disposing memory, do make and
publish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me
at any time made.

Item 1st:  I direct that all of my just debts including funeral expenses to be
paid by my executors.

Item 2nd:  I bequeath to my beloved wife, Amanda Middleton five hundred dollars
to be paid by my executors as soon as practicable after my decease, also all of
my household and kitchen furniture and two cows of her selection.

Item 3rd:  I bequeath to my beloved daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth R. Gist, two
hundred dollars to be paid by my executors as soon as possible after my decease.

Item 4th:  I divise [sic] and bequeath all of the residue and remainder of my
estate both real and personal to my wife and children who shall survive me and
to the legal issue of any deceased child or children in equal parts.

Item 5th:  My executors hereinafter named shall have the power and the right to
sell and convey and to make title to the purchasers of any or all of the residue
or remainder for the purpose of any equal distribution among my wife and children.

Item 6th:  That I hereby appoint my sons, T. Calloway Middleton and David H.
Middleton as my executors of this my last will and testament without bond,
having full confidence in their judgement and honesty to carry out the
provisions of my will.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this the 15th day of June 1885.

                                                              Th. J. Middleton

State of Alabama,
Lowndes County

Probate Court of said County.

In the Matter of the Probate of the Last Will and Testament of Thos. J. Middle,
dec’d.

Before me, A. M. Caffee Judge of the said Court, personally appeared in open
Court, J. N. Gowan, who having been by me first duly sworn and examined, did and
do depose and say on oath, that he is a subscribing witness to the instrument of
writing now shown to him, and which purports to be the last will and testament
of Thomas. J. Middleton, deceased, late and inhabitant of this County, that said
Thos J. Middle, since deceased, signed and executed said instrument the day the
same bears date, and declared the same to be his last will and testament, and
that affiant set his signature thereto on the day the same bears date as a
subscribing witness to the same, in the presence of the said Thos. J. Middleton,
and that such other witness subscribed his name as a witness in his presence and
in the presence of the said Thos. J. Middleton,  that said Thos J. Middleton was
of sound mind and disposing memory, and in the opinion of the deponent, fully
cabable of making his will at the time the same was so made as aforesaid. 
Affiant further states that Thos J. Middleton was on the day of the date of said
will, of the full age of twenty-one years and upwards.

Subscribed and sworn to before this 23rd day of
Decr. 1875 [sic]

A. E. Caffee,                                     Jno. N. Cowan
Judge of Probate

I hereby certify that the foregoing instrument was duly admitted to probate and
record of the last will and testament of Thos. J. Middleton on the 23rd day of
Decr., 1895

A.	E. Caffee
Judge of Probate


Additional Comments:
Thomas James Middleton was married twice.  He married first Mary Ann Frederick
and second Amanda Abigail Wiley who survived him.  Thomas and Mary's daughter,
Elizabeth R. Middleton Gist was the wife of Charles S. Gist and they died in
Malakoff, TX.  

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