Will of Susan Buffington, Lowndes, Alabama

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Will of Susan Buffington
Lowndes Co., AL
Will Book B, pages 338 – 339

State of Alabama  }  Know all men by these presents
Lowndes County    }  that I, Susan Buffington, of 

Lowndes County and State of Alabama considering the uncertainty of 
this life and being of sound mind do make declare and publish this my 
last will and testament.

1st:  That I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Elizabeth M. 
Buffington, forty acres of land known as being the forty acres of my 
present homestead and dwelling place at this time and two beds and 
furniture and two cows and calves and their increase to have and to 
hold during her natural life.

2nd;  I give and bequeath to my son, Thomas P. Buffington, all the 
balance of my whole estate after paying the just and lawful debts may 
be against me at the time of my death and paying to each of the 
lawful heirs of my body one dollar each and after providing a support 
and comfort for my daughter E. M. Buffington, during her natural life 
out and from the benefits and profits of the portions bequeathed to 
my daughter, E. M. Buffington, and son Thomas P. Buffington to be 
controlled and managed by the said Thomas P. Buffington then at the 
death of my daughter, E. M. Buffington, if the aforesaid Thomas P. 
Buffington should be the longest lived then for him the said Thomas 
P. Buffington to inherit whatever part of her estate may be left at 
the time of her death provided she should die without an heir of her 
body.

4th:  I do nominate and appoint my son, Thomas P. Buffington, to be 
the executor of this my last will and testament.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto sign my name and affix my seal this 
the 13th day of December 1855.

Signed, Sealed and declared by the said Susan Buffington as being her 
last will and testament in presence of us who at her request and in 
her presence and in presence of each other have subscribed our names 
as witnesses hereunto this the 13th day of December A.D. 1855

Lee Sills
T. B. McCollough