Lowndes County AlArchives Wills.....Farris, Joseph December 24, 1831 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Golowka http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00012.html#0002972 June 24, 2007, 7:12 pm Source: Lowndes County Will Book B, Pages 16-17 Written: December 24, 1831 Recorded: May 14, 1832 State of Alabama Lowndes County In the Name of God, Amen. I Joseph Farris of the State and County aforesaid Knowing the frailty of nature and the uncertainty of Life and the certainty of Death and being now in a ______ State of Bodily health but sound of mind and memory do make this my last Will and Testament (viz.) Item 1st I commit my Soul to God who gave it and my body to the dirt from whence it came. Item 2nd I will to be sold the following property for to satisfy my Just Debts (viz.) my Negro Boy Levi one wagon and gear and one horse named Tom. Item 3rd I will and bequeath to my beloved wife Sarah Farris during her natural life or widowhood my three Negro boys Laban Jack & Dick and their mother my Negro woman Milley. Also of my perishable property all my house and kitchen furniture except these beds and their _______ also one sow named Nance and one horse named Doctor my cattle and Hogs, two plows and gear, two Arcs (?) and & one grubbing (?) hoe also of my land I will and bequeath her my dwelling where I now reside and lands belonging thereto containing eighty five acres. Item 4th I will and bequeath to my beloved daughter Catherine W. and her husband William Grant ten dollars. Item 5th I will and bequeath to my beloved son Samuel Farris one horse named Rolly and new saddle worth Eighteen dollars and plow and gear one Arc(?) and one winding hoe also of my lands one equal half of two hundred and forty acres lying on the Tallawassee Creek and in Township Sixteen Range Fifteen and section thirty three, he paying to my executor one hundred dollars in two payments say fifty dollars per year until paid also an equal half of the lands in which I now reside after the death of my beloved wife containing eighty five acres. Item 6th I will and bequeath to my beloved daughter Elizabeth N. and her husband Turner Jackson ten dollars. Item 7th I will and bequeath to my beloved son Mordecai D. Farris one horse named Hadley also of my lands one equal half of two hundred and forty acres lying on Tallawassee Creek and in Township sixteen Range fifteen and section thirty three. Also one equal half of my lands on which I now reside containing eighty five acres including my dwelling. Also my three Negro boys Laban Jack and Dick and their mother Milley with all the perishable property bequeathed to my beloved wife to be his after her death, also the balance of my farming tools. I will and bequeath to my beloved daughter Sarah Mary Ann Farris one horse saddle and bridle with eighty dollars two cows and calves with eighteen dollars all to be purchased by my executor; also one Negro boy named Toncy. I will that my cotton crop be sold by my executrix and executor as they may think best and the proceeds to be applied to the payment of my debts also I will and bequeath my corn and _____ to the use and support of my family. I constitute and appoint my beloved wife, Sarah Farris and my son Mordecai D. Farris my true and lawfull Executrix and Executor to take charge of and settle my estate according to this my last will and testament all other wills and testaments other than this being null and of no effect. Given under my hand and seal this 24th day of December and in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty one. Joseph Farris (SEAL) Signed and sealed in the presence of Britnell Grant Needham Smith State of Alabama Lowndes County Needham Smith Esq. Being duly sworn upon the holy Gospels of God deposeth and saith that he saw Joseph Farris, dec’d, in his lifetime sign, seal and publish the within Instrument in Writing as his last Will & Testament and that the said Joseph Farris at the time of his signing the said writing was of sound disposing mind and memory and that this deponent together with Britnell Grant did sign and subscribe the same as witnesses in the presence of each other and also in presence of the Testator. Sworn to in Open Court Needham Smith This 7th day May 1832 John Varner, Clk. The above and foregoing Instrument in Writing is the [exact] words of the original registered this 14th May 1832. John Varner, Clk. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/lowndes/wills/willbookb/farris37nwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/alfiles/ File size: 4.9 Kb