Will of Anna J. Goodloe, Madison Co., MS, Will Book A

My Will.  Written with mine own hand this 15th Jan., 1860, Anna J
Goodloe.

In the first place I give my soul to my ever Blessed Almighty maker
three persons on One God who has ever led and preserved me, and I hope
will receive me into his kingdom of __ and __ forever.  My body I wish
laid by my beloved husband’s the James S. Goodloe and at a convenient
time an iron railing __ the yard and a tomb or monument erected to both
of us in one __ to the last of our children.

I wish my children to get some friend to assist them in dividing my
property & any cash I own.  I wish an equal division of all to all my
children except for Mary.  I wish her to have Alice, Peter and Rose,
more than the others, she being older.  Mr. Love __ and equal for other
Negroes he has received and Frances whom he sold and after valuing them
with more received for Mary and an equal share for the others.  This
property I bequeath to my children to use, sell and dispose of as
they think proper, but if they die without children or without a will
then whatever portion of this property they are possessed of shall be
divided among my other children or their children.

Matilda must be sold and the money appropriated to the paying any debts
I owe or if __ the money must be divided with other money or property.
To Hattie A. Walker I wish either purchased or selected from the
plantation whichever the children for __ a maid and given to her as a
token of my affection for her.  /s/ Anna J. Goodloe
Witness:  Wm. __, H.F. Dawson

Probated March 13, 1866

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