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ALGenWeb Archives File Manager Carolyn Golowka http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00012.html#0002972 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by Carolyn Golowka http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00012.html#0002972 March 2001 Will of Mary Mock Peters Lowndes County, Alabama Will Book C, pages 63-66 The State of Alabama, Lowndes County} In the Name of God, Amen! Know all men by these present that I, Mary Peters, being sound in body and mind, but knowing the certainty of death and the uncertainty of life do make with consent of my husband this my Last Will and Testament revoking all other heretofore made. Item 1st: I submit my body to the grave, and my spirit to the God who gave it. Item 2nd: It is my will and desire that all debts due by me at the time of my death be paid as soon as it can be done out of the funds heretofore mentioned. Item 3rd: I give and bequeath to my beloved husband, Jordan Peters, two negro men by name Man and Jonas during his natural life, at his death said negroes, Man and Jonas, shall be sold and the proceeds of said sale shall be equally divided between my children, viz.: Benjamin Mock and Florence Q. Mock and should either of the above named children die, then any child or children he or she may have living shall receive his or her share, and should either of my children named above die without issue before the sale of property named in this Item, then his, her or their shares shall be divided among the surviving children and the child or children of those who may have died. Item 4th: I will and bequeath to my beloved husband, Jordan Peter, One thousand dollars. Also, my best buggy and harness. Also, all the bedding and furniture that belongs to my bedroom, all of which he is to use and dispose of as he may desire. Item 5th: I give and bequeath to my son Benjamin two negro men, Ned and Dan. Item 6th: I will and bequeath to my daughter, Mary E. Montgomery, two negroes, viz.: Bob (a man) and Beth (a woman). Item 7th: I will and bequeath to my daughter, Eugenia A. Mock, five negroes, viz.: Jim, Granville, Stannoh (hard to read), Bruce, and Park. Item 8th: I will and bequeath to my daughter Virginia Rebeccah Mock four negroes, viz.: Bill, Leesy and her child, Hugh, and Renzla woman. Item 9th: I will and bequeath to my daughter Florence Q. Mock four negroes, viz.: Eelut (hard to read), Grace, Eliza, and Douk. Also, the Piano Forte and all the silverware I may have at my death, also the portrait of my deceased son, Elias B. Mock. Item 10th: It is my will and desire that should each of my children, viz.: Benjamin Mock, Mary E. Montgomery, Eugenia A. Mock, Virginia Rebeccah Mock, Florence Q. Mock, die without issue, then the negroes given to him or her with their increase shall be sold and divided equally between the surviving children or issue of anyone dead. Item 11th: I give and bequeath to my grandchildren Bamus (hard to read) Smith, Bonwell Smith, and Jeremiah Smith, the children of my deceased daughter, Martha A. Smith, one thousand dollars to be equally divided between them. Said money to be loaned by Executors and each received his share as he shall arrive at the age of twenty one years. Item 12th: It is my will and desire that the property either in lands, negroes, or money, that may be mine from the Estate of Arthur Bell, deceased, shall be equally divided between my five children: Benjamin Mock, Mary E. Montgomery, Eugenia A. Mock, Virginia Rebeccah Mock and Florence Q. Mock, or should anyone of said children be dead, the lawful issue of said child receives his or her shares. Item 13th: It is my will and desire that all of my property, real and personal, not mentioned in the foregoing, be sold and the proceeds of said sale together with all the money I may have and all that may be due me on nater (hard to read) and accounts of bonds collected and applied to the payment of my just debts, funeral expenses and the legacies mentioned in Item 4th and 11th as soon as possible. Also, four hundred fifty dollars to purchase tombstone pailing for my grave, iron pailing set in marble or granite sills, sells as largess can be had for three dollars per foot, railing to be with a visible monument like the one that stands over the grave of my son, E. B. Mock in Lowndesboro and should any money remain from the sale of property in this Item after paying all debts and the lejoiner mentioned, it shall be equally divided between my children: Benjamin Mock, Mary E. Montgomery, Eugenia A. Mock, Virginia Rebeccah Mock and Florence Q. Mock or their lawful issue. Item 14th: For the faithful execution of this my Last Will and Testament I hereby constitute and appoint David A. Steele and Isaac Montgomery my Executors. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 30th day of May, 1861. Mary Peters In presence of P. H. Lundry John A. Steele Henrietta M. Plyant State of Alabama, Lowndes County Probate Court of said County In the matter of the probate of the Last Will and Testament of Mary Peters, deceased, before me, James W. Graham, Judge of the said Court, personally appeared in open Court P. H. Lundry and --- who, having been by me first respectively, duly sworn and examined, did and do dispose and say on oath that they are subscribing witnesses to the instrument of writing now shown to them, and which purports to be the Last Will and Testament of Mary Peters, deceased, late an inhabitant of this County, that said Mary Mock since deceased, signed and executed said instruments on day the same bears date, and declared the same to be her last will and testament, and that affiants set their signature thereto on the day the same bears date as subscribing witnesses to the same in the presence of said Testatrix, that said Testatrix was of sound mind and disposing memory and in the opinion of deponents, fully capable of making her Will at the time the same was so made aforesaid.Affiants further state that said Testatrix was on the day of the date of said will, of the full age of twenty-one and upwards. P. H. Lundry Subscribed and sworn to Befvore me 1st day of December, 1864 James W. Graham Judge of Probate The foregoing is a true copy of the original Will admitted for Probate and received on the 1st Day of December, 1864 and recorded January 21st, 1866. James W. Graham Judge of Probate