Will of Sarah McCall, Lowndes, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/lowndes/wills/smccall.txt ==================================================================== USGENWEB PROJECT NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Project Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file is copyrighted and contributed by: Carolyn Golowka ==================================================================== February 2002 This will was not recorded in any of the Will books in the Lowndes County Courthouse. It was found in the Estate Papers folder for Persons with the Last Name McCall. These are on microfilm and available through the LDS Family History Library. They are no longer at the Courthouse. Will of Sarah McCall State of Alabama, Lowndes County} I, Sarah McCall, of the county and state aforesaid being in sound heath and memory, and desirous of giving directions regarding my estate after my death do hereby declare the following to be my will: It is my wish and desire that my daughter, Mrs. Christian Celestia Beckwith to have my house and I hereby bequeath to the said Christian Celstia Beckwith my house and the lot in Lowndesboro bounded as follows, to wit: on the North by a street separating from the lot known as the Doctor Howard lot, on the East by the Main street o the town, on the South by the Brinson lot, and on the West by the Davidson lot, to have and to hold to the said Christian Celestia Beckwith during the term of her natural life, and afterward, to her issue surviving. It is further my will and desire after necessary expensed and debts are paid, any personal estate remaining shall be equally divided between my children who may be living or their issue, to wit: Julia Blair, Mary F. (?) Davidson, Caroline Miller, Sarah Virginia Brinson, Christian Celestia Beckwith, and James E. McCall in six equal shares. And I do hereby appoint W. G. Beckwith, now of Montgomery County, executor to carry out the provisions of this will and it is my desire that he shall not be required to give bond for the executor of the will, but that he may without the instruction of the Court of Probate or _______ dispose of my estate as herein directed; and in dividing any property that may come into his possession, he may, for the purpose of subdivision, sell the same or divide without sale as may seem best. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this the 4th day of March 1879. In presence of Sarah McCall E. R. McCall W. T. McCall State of Alabama, Lowndes Co.} This instrument of writing witnesseth that I Sarah McCall of the above county and State, do promis and give that part of my estate, which will at my death fall lawfully to Mary F. Davidson, to the W. G. and C. C. Beckwith's two children, namely Emmit and Elen Beckwith. Said est. (or Mary Davidson part) to be equally divided between Emmit Beckwith and his sister Elen, provided that Mary Davidson should die with leaving a bodyly heir. In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 15th day of August, 1891. In presence of Sarah McCall J. D. Blair Mary Blair