Wilcox County AlArchives Wills.....John Lee February 4 1842
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Source: Wilcox County Will Book 2, Pages 212 - 213
Written: February 4 1842


Wilcox County Will Book 2, Pages 212/213

In the name of God amen.  I John Lee of the County of Wilcox and the State 
of Alabama being mindful of my mortality do make and declare this my last 
will and testament in a manner and form following

First  I resign my soul into the hands of Almighty God hoping and believing 
in a remission of my sins by the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ and my 
body I commit to the earth to be buried in a plain and neat manner.

Second  All my just debts must be paid pout of my Estate.

Third  I give and bequeath unto my wife Emily Lee all my Estate. Consisting 
of One hundred and fifty nine acres and forty two & a half hundreths of an 
acre to wit The south west quarter of section twenty one of Township twelve 
of Range eleven in the district of land subject to sale at Cahawba Alabama 
and one sorrel horse and all my other stock both of cattle & hogs and all 
other articles of any description whatsoever to have the same to her use and 
benefit forever to dispose of after all my just debts are paid in any way to 
the best of advantage as she may think best this 4th February 1842.

Signed and declared as the last }                      his		
will and testament of John      }                 John  X  Lee
Lee in the presence of          }                      mark
Wm M. Purifoy                   }
Wm Edwards                      }
James McWilliams                }


The State of Alabama }  Personally appeared in open Court William  Edwards
Wilcox County	     }  & James McWilliams two of the subscribing witnesses
to the foregoing will of John Lee and being duly sworn deposeth  and saith
that they saw John Lee the Testator sign & seal & heard him publish and 
declare the said Will to be his last will & testament that at the time of 
making & subscribing said will the said John Lee was of sound & disposing
mind and memory & that they signed their names as witness to said will and
they saw William M. Purifoy sign his name as a witness in the presence of
the testator & at his request & in the presence of each other.
Sworn to subscribed  }
in open Court this   }                       Wm Edwards
19th Sept 1842       }                       J. McWilliams
D. W. Sterritt Judge }

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