Perry County AlArchives Wills.....Massey, Keziah Holley October 2, 1855
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Source: Perry County Will Book B, Pages 1-2
Written: October 2, 1855


The State of Alabama Perry County
Know all men by these presents that I Kesiah [sic] Massey of the County and 
State aforementioned being of sound mind and memory do make & declare this my 
last will testament in the words and figures following
1st It is my will & desire that my body be buried in a decent & christian [sic] 
like manner and that a suitable monument be erected to my memory the cut as well 
as the quality of the same to be determined by my executor hereinafter named
2nd  It is my will and desire that my funeral expenses and all my just debts be 
first paid by executor
3rd I give to my beloved daughter Elizabeth Horton my negro woman Nelly & my 
buggy & horse
4th I give all the balance of my property which may be left after the payment of 
my debts &c to my other children to be equally divided between them
Lastly I constitute and appoint George P. Massey executor of this my last will & 
testament.
       In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 
the 2nd day of October A.D. 1855.

Attest                                       Kisiah Massey {seal}
James Reed                              by G. P. Massey
             his
Samuel  X  Johnson
            Mark

The State of Alabama Perry County
In Probate Court of Said County

In the matter of the Probate of the last will & testament of Kesiah Massey dec’d 
James Reed being called & sworn deposes & says on oath
    That the paper propounded as the last will of decedent was signed in her 
presence by Geo P. Massey at the request of decedent and in his presence; that 
witness attests said paper at the instance & request of decedent and in the 
presence of Sam Johnson the other subscribing witness to said paper that such 
other witness attests said paper in the presence of testatrix & affiant all on 
the day the paper bears date that testatrix at the time of executing said paper 
as her last will & testament was of sound mind and capable of transacting 
business in an intelligible manner; that said paper was read over to decedent 
and she assented to the _____ as containing her last will & testament; that 
testatrix was at the time of executing said will was a resident of Perry County 
over the ____ of eighteen years.
                                         James Reed


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