Will Abstract Lafayette County Missouri Will Book 3, page 129 William Simpson ****************************************************************** ****************************************************************** File contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives "James R. Baker, Jr." USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non- commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. Unauthorized use for commercial ventures expressly prohibited. All information submitted to this project remains - to the extent the law allows - the property of the submitter who, by submitting it, agrees that it may be freely copied but NEVER sold or used in a commercial venture without the knowledge & permission of its rightful owner. The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ****************************************************************** ****************************************************************** Will written 28 July 1843, probated 21 April 1847 Witnesses: W. A. Larsh and John L. Yantis Heirs: Wife: Mary B. Simpson My two grandchildren, William Miller Baker, son of my daughter, Emila Jane, dec’d., and Mary Frances Bayless, daughter of my dec’d daughter Margaret Ann. They are to inherit when become of age. Brother David Simpson never to inherit. Fathers of my grandchildren not to inherit. If my wife should die before William Miller Baker becomes 21, then he is to live with Allen Anderson, if living. Page 133 William Simpson, Codicil to will written 26 October 1846, probated 18 May 1847. Witnesses: J. M. Warren, W. W. Warren and B. L. Dinwiddle. Heirs: My grandson, William Miller Baker to have all the household furniture and equipment at death of my wife.