Court/Probate: Will of Miles Buford, Claiborne Parish, LA  
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Date:  Mar. 2000


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State of Louisiana	)			Be it known that I, 	
Parish of Claiborne	)			John R. Ramsey, Recorder 

and Ex Officio Notary Public in and for the Parish of Claiborne, State of 

Louisiana duly commissioned and sworn at the request of Col. Miles Buford 

of said Parish.  I proceeded on this day after repairing to the Masonic Lodge 

Room in the Town of Haynesville, about twelve miles North West from the town of 

Homer in said Parish, in the presence of Thomas Price, John Gibson and James B 

McKinney, XXXX XXXXX XXX witnesses males over the age of sixteen years complete 

and domiciled in the Parish of Claiborne La,  when the said Miles Buford proceeded 

in the presence of the said witnesses to dictate the following as his last will and 

testament which I proceeded to reduce to writing as it was dictated to me in the 

presence  of said witnesses in form as follows To Wit.



1st	It is my wish and desire that all my just debts if any be due at the time 

of my decease be paid as speedily as possible.


2nd	It is will and I hereby give and bequeath all of the property of any nature 

and kind whatever of which I may die possessed to my following named children, issue 

of my marriage with my present wife.  Jefferson R. Buford, Frances Buford, Richard 

Buford, Jackson D. Buford, Henry Washington Buford - reserving to my wife however 

the usufruct of all my property during her natural life or widowhood.  After which 

I desire that my property be equally divided between my above named children.  My 

object in thus bequeathing my property to the children heretofore mentioned is for 

the reason that I have heretofore given to my other children To Wit , Susan Buford, 

wife of Moses Patton, Christopher Y Buford, William R. Buford, Patience E. Buford, 

wife of A. Armstrong, Eliza Buford, wife of Nacy Meeks, Almarinda Buford, wife of John 

F. Dunn, Kitty Buford, wife of Isaac Franks, Susannah T. Buford, wife of J.J Patrick, 

deceased Each one at least as much property as I may be able to leave the children 

first mentioned for which they are required to by collections.


3rd	It is my wish and I do by this my last will and testament, disinherit my son 

James K. Polk Buford for cause and as prescribed in the Civil Code of Louisiana to Wit. 

1st that my said son above named has been guilty of cruelty and disobedience and has 

refused to perform the labor required of a child for a parent and that inorder that 

this my last will and testament may have full force and effect in law, I hereby 

constitute and appoint James H. Smith Executor of this my last will and testament 

without being required to give bond security.  In full proof of all of which I have 

caused said testator to sign this act after having first read the same in his presence 

and in presence of the testators and each other and the said notary when I proceeded to 

sign the same.  All of which formalities were duly observed at one and the same time 

without turning aside to other acts, on this the 14th day of January 1870.



							Miles Buford


Thomas Price
James B. McKinney
John Gibson
J. R. Ramsey, Recorder and Notary Public

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