Lowndes County AlArchives Wills.....Miller, John Henry August 30, 1886
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Source: Lowndes County Will Book C, Page 278
Written: August 30, 1886
Recorded: August 27, 1896


State of Alabama
Lowndes County

I, John H. Miller of the town of Benton, County of Lowndes and State of Alabama,
being of sound mind, do make this my last will and testament.

1st:  I want all my just debts paid.

2nd:  I give, devise, and bequeath to my wife, Julia Rosa Miller, and all her
heirs, forever, all my property, personal or real, as may such possess at the
time of my death.

3rd:  I want my business to be carried on by my wife, Julia Rosa Miller and my
son Willie W. Miller shall be assistant Executor to assist her in carrying on
the business without any bond by him being given.  All my property, real or
personal shall be under Julia Rosa Miller’s control as long as she lives and
after her death, shall be equal.. divided among my children.

In witness thereof..I have set my seal and signature tho this my last will and
testament this Aug. 30th, 1886.
                                J. H. Miller (L.S.)

Signed and sealed this instrument, Aug. 30th, 1886, same as his will and
testament and at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each of
us, have hereunto written our names as subscribing witnesses this Aug. 30th, 1886.
A.	Richards (L.S.)
E. I. Cadden (L.S.)

State of Alabama
Lowndes County

Probate Court

In the Matter of the Probate of the Will and Testament of J. H. Miller Deceased.

Before me, A. E. Caffee, Judge of Probate Court in and for said County and State
aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court, A. Richards who having been by me
first duly sworn and examined, did and does depose and say that he (A. Richards)
subscribing witness to the foregoing instrument now shown to the Affiant, and
which purports to be the last will and testament of J. H. Miller, deceased, late
an inhabitant of this County, that the said J. H. Miller, since deceased, signed
and executed said instrument on the day the same bears date, and declared the
same to his last will and testament, and that affiant set his signature thereto
on the day the same bears as a subscribing witness to the same in the presence
of said testator, and at his request and in the presence of each other, and that
said testator was of sound mind and disposing memory and understanding, and in
the opinion of affiant, fully capable of his making his said will a the time the
same was so made as aforesaid, and deponent further states that said testator
was, on the day of the date of said will of the full age of twenty-one years and
upwards, and a resident of this County.
A.	Richard [sic]

Subscribed and sworn to before me this twentieth day of August, A. D. 1896.
A. E. Caffee Judge of
Probate Court, Lowndes Co.

State of Alabama
Lowndes County

I, A. E. Caffee, Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County and State
aforesaid, do hereby certify that the within instrument of writing, has this day
in said Court, and before me as the Judge thereof, been duly proven by the
testimony of A. Richard subscribing witness to the genuine last will and
testament of J. H. Miller, deceased, and that said will together with the proof
thereof, has been duly recorded in my office in Book No. C of Wills at page…..
In witness, Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affix my seal of said
Probate Court, on this the 26th day of August, A. D. One Thousand Eight Hundred
and Ninety-six.
                                  
A. E. Caffee 
Judge of Probate of said Co.

I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original instrument
filled for record Aug. 27, 1896

A. E. Caffee 
Judge of Probate.





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