Martin Morgan Will - Wilcox County, Alabama - 1846 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with the USGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. ALGenWeb File Manager - Lygia Dawkins Cutts ----------------------------------------------------------------------- X-Sender: smothers@pop.mindspring.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 13:03:37 -0500 To: Lygia Cutts From: "B.J. Smothers" Subject: Martin Morgan Will - Wilcox County, Alabama - 1846 Contributed by: Roger Campbell, rcamp@westal.net Copyright 1998. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Will of Martin Morgan Wilcox County, Alabama In the name of God amen. I Martin Morgan of the County of Wilcox and State of Alabama knowing the certainty of death and uncertainty of life and wishing to make some disposition of my worldly estate do constitute and ordain this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other wills by me made. In the first place, I wish the proceeds of my present crop of cotton apart of which is sold and the balance unsold, first applied to the payment of my just debts and the balance if any remain, applied to the mutual support and benefit of my wife Cynthia Morgan and my children now being with me. I wish all my perishable property including stock of hogs, cows and horses together with my household and kitchen furniture to remain with my wife and minor children for their support and benefit, also all the corn and fodder and farming utensils. I wish my wife and children to remain on the land where I now live until the youngest child becomes of age and then I wish my land to be equally divided among all my children. I hereby appoint my brother Mark Morgan my executor whom I wish to carry into effect the forgoing will. Signed, sealed, and acknowledged in the presence of us this 29th March 1846. Test: John Autary Martin Morgan Bradley Yow William Evans