Will of Ellis P. Passmore, Madison Co., MS, Will Book A

I, Ellis P Passmore, of the County of Madison and State of Mississippi 
being well aware of the uncertainty of human life & being at this time 
feeble & weak in body but of sound and disposing mind do decree and 
make this my last will and testament, to wit.

First  I direct that all my just debts be paid from my general effects 
in such manner as may be deemed proper and expedient by my executors.

Secondly  I will and direct that my entire estate both real and 
personal be appropriated to and divided between my wife Hester and my 
children equally and in accordance with the laws and statutes of the 
State of Mississippi and it is my special request that if possible and 
practicable that no sale or disposition be made of my effects for the 
purpose of paying debts but that the money be borrowed on mortgage or 
loan secured by stock on the Union Bank for said purposes, and said 
loans to be paid as the installments may become due from time to time 
by crops of cotton or otherwise as my executors may think expedient. 

And lastly I hereby nominate my friends Absolom Leggett and Lorenzo 
Latham of the County and State aforesaid executors of this my last will 
and testament written on two pages the fourth day of December eighteen 
hundred and thirty eight as witness my hand & seal.

In addition to the foregoing statements and requests I hereby authorize 
and empower my said executors to sell transfer convey or mortgage 
without the intervention or interference of the laws of the state of 
Mississippi such of my lands or real estate as they may deem expedient 
and think proper for the purpose of satisfying & paying debts or 
otherwise giving them a full and discretionary ___ thereto.

Given under my hand & seal the day aforesaid as written on the first 
page 
			/s/ Ellis P Passmore

Signed sealed in presence of us:  James H Dunlevy, David Sutherland, 
John H Dalton

Admitted to probate and recorded September Term, 1839

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