Will of John R. Slaughter, Tallapoosa, Alabama
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   Will Book 1, page 228, Tallapoosa County Court House, Dadeville, AL 
                            John R. Slaughter's Will 
State of Alabama }
Tallapoosa County}   Know all men by these presents, that I John R. Slaughter of 
the state and county aforesaid, being of sound mind, knowing the uncertainty of 
human life do make the following as my last will and testament. 
   It is my will that my property be left for the use of my family, my wife 
Martha Amanda Slaughter and my children Asberry Olynthus Slaughter, John Thomas 
Slaughter, Nancy Odessa Slaughter and James William Walton Slaughter, and should 
my wife have another child to my name, I wish it to share equally with my other 
children of my property. I wish all my property to be kept together for the use 
and benefit of my wife and children as aforesaid, unless my wife should marry 
again, in that event I wish my estate to be equally divided between her and my 
children. In the event that my wife should not marry before my children because 
of age or marry, It is my will that my children as they marry or become of age, 
shall draw their equal share, or proportion of my estate. I appoint Walton Ware 
and Samuel Harwell as my legal administrators, and with their counsel and advice 
I wish my wife to have the privilege of buying and selling anything for the use 
and benefit of my family. 

Signed in the presence of these witnesses, this 4th day of Nove. A. D. 1863
                                             his         }
       Lewis H. Fargason            Benjamin (x) Johnson }
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                                                   John R. Slaughter
                                                       [ L.S.] 
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    Will Book 1, page 229, Tallapoosa County Court House, Dadeville, AL 

State of Alabama }                       Probate Court of said County
Tallapoosa County}
                  In the matter of the probate of the last will and testament of 
John R. Slaughter, deceased. 
                  Before me Allen D. Sturdivant, Judge of said Court, personally 
appeared, in open court, Lewis H. Fargason and Benjamin Johnson, who having 
been, by me, first repectively duly sworn and examined, did and do depose and 
say on oath, that they are each subscribing witnesses to this instrument of 
writing, now shown to them, and which purports to be the last will and testament 
of John R. Slaughter deceased, late an inhabitant of this county: that said 
Slaughter since deceased, signed and executed the said instrument on the day the 
same bears date, and declared the same to be his last will and testament, and 
that affiants set their signatures thereto, on the day the same bears date, as 
subscribing witnesses to to the same, in the presence of said testator: that 
said testator was of sound mind, and disposing memory: and in the opinion of 
deponents, fully capable of making his will, at the time the same was so made as 
aforesaid. 
   Affiants further state that said testator was on the day of the said date of 
said will, of the full age of twenty one years and upwards. 
   Subscribed and sworn to before         }           Lewis Fargason
   me this 6th day of February A. D. 1866 }                    his
           Allen D. Sturdivant,  Judge    }           Benjamin (x) Johnson
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   The place of burial is what is called the Old Harmony Church Cemetery in 
Chambers Co. on County Road #51 west of Lafayette, AL. It is located across the 
road (51) where County Road # 52 dead ends into CR 51. Or one quarter mile east 
of the intersection of Chambers County Roads 51 and 54. Or 2.05 miles east of 
Dudleyville, Tallapoosa Co., AL.