Lowndes-Dallas County AlArchives Wills.....Boyd, William Edwin December 15, 1906
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Source: Lowndes County Will Book D, Page 70
Written: December 15, 1906
Recorded: September 30, 1908

Last will and testament and codicil thereto of Wm. E. Boyd, deceased.

I, William Edwin Boyd of Selma, Dallas County, State of Alabama, being of sound
mind and disposing memory do make, publish and declare this to be my last will
and testament to wit:

I give to my next relations and heirs at law my entire net estate real and
personal after paying my burial expenses debts and liabilities to be divided
among them according to the law of descent and distribution of the State of
Alabama to wit:

On Sixth each to W. B. Sommerville and Selina B. Sommerville surviving children
of my sister Selina S. Sommerville, deceased.

One sixth each to Fleming B. Walker and Charles D. Walker surviving children of
my sister Margaret Minerva Walker.

One sixth each to my niece Eva, wife of W. C. Harrell and Robert L. Somerville,
her brother, sister of my sister Mary F. Sommerville.

For the purpose of administering my estate and dividing and distributing it
among the heirs and legatees, I hereby appoint W. B. Sommerville, Robert L.
Sommerville and W. C. Harrell Executors and trustees to administer without bond
or security, authorizing them, or those of them, who accept and qualify for the
purpose of division to divide or sell and part or portion of the property real
or personal or mixed and make deeds and conveyances to the purchasers thereof.

Witness my hand and seal 15th December 1906.
             William Edwin Boyd (Seal)

The party whose name is signed to the above instrument decdlared it to be his
last will and signed it in our presence, and we at his request sign our names
hereto as witnesses thereof in his presence and in the presence of each other
this the 15th day of December 1906.
             W. S. Monk
             A. G. Parrish

 I. William E. Boyd whose name is signed to the above will, do now make publish
and declare this to be a codicil thereto.

I hereby revoke and annul the provision made therein for Fleming B. Walker and
leave the share left to him to his children.  I appoint Wm. S. Harrell and Wm.
C. Harrell, his father, trustees to take charge of the property, and to manage
and invest it; to pay for the support of the children out of the income thereof;
giving father and mother a support equal with the children as long as the father
lives and the mother remains a widow, requiring no bind or security of the said
trustees.  In witness whereof, I hereby affix my hand and seal this the 6th day
of January, 1908, in presence of A. G. Parrish and William S. Monk who sign as
witnesses thereof in my presence and in the presence of each other.
 
A. G. Parrish                                                  William Edwin
Boyd (Seal)
Wm. S. Monk

State of Alabama
County of Dallas

I, P. H. Pitts Judge and Clerk of the Probate Court in and for said county, in
said State, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of
the last will and testament and codicil thereto, of William Edwin Boyd,
deceased, as the same appears of record in the record book entitled Book of
Wills, Dallas county, at page 183, now in my office.  Given under my hand and
seal of the said Probate Court at office in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, on
this the 5th day of September 1908.

P. H. Pitts, Judge of probate (Seal of Probate Court on this certificate)

Letters Testamentary

State of Alabama
Dallas County Court of Probate

The will of William Edward [Edwin] Boyd having been duly admitted to record in
said county letters testamentary are hereby granted to W. B. Sommerville, Robert
L. Sommerville, and W. C. Harrell the Executors named in said will who have
complied with the requisitions of the law and they are authorized to take upon
themselves the execution of such will.  Witness my hand and dated this 4th day
of August 1908. 
 P. H. Pitts
Judge of Probate

The State of Alabama
The County of Dallas

I, P. H. Pitts, Judge of the Probate Court in and for the county and State
aforesaid, hereby certify that the within is a true correct and complete copy of
letters testamentary issued to W. B. Sommerville, Robert L. Sommerville and W.
C. Harrell, upon the estate of William Edward [Edwin] Boyd deceased as the same
appear of record in record Book Administrators, Guardians and Executors, Bonds
and Letters at page 457 now in my office.  Given under my hand and the seal of
the said Probate Dourt at office in the city of Selma, County of Dallas, State
of Alabama, this the 4th day of September 1908 A.D.
P. H. Pitts, Judge of Probate
(Seal of Judge of Probate on this certificate)

I certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original copies of the will,
codicil thereto and letters testamentary on the estate of William E. Boyd filed
in the office for record on the 30th day of September 1908
J. C. Wood Judge of Probate


Additional Comments:
William E. Boyd is buried in Old Live Oak Cemetery, Dallas County, Alabama.

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