Will of Stephen Lowe
Will book A, page 163

In the Name of God, Amen
	I, Stephen Lowe of the County of Madison and State of Mississippi being in 
feeble health but of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding considering 
the certainty of death and uncertainty of the time thereof and to this end I will be better 
prepared to leave this world whenever it shall please God to call me home, do therefore 
make and declare this my last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all 
former wills by me at any time heretofore made.

First		It is my will and desire that my executrix hereinafter named shall out of 
any money I may have at the time of my death or out of the first proceeds of my estate 
pay my funeral expenses and all my just debts as they mature.

Second		To my beloved father John Lowe I give and bequeath the tract of land 
known as the Groves Tract lying in Madison County State of Mississippi containing 
two hundred acres the metes and bounds are not remembered.

Third		To my beloved wife Sarah A. F. Lowe I give and bequeath the plantation 
known as the Upper Douglas Place where I have resided for the last five years and 
which my father bought of George L. Douglas, and the Union Bank of Tennessee in the 
year one thousand eight hundred and forty six, said plantation contains fifteen hundred 
acres of land, and is bounded on the north by the Lower Douglas Place and the west by 
my father’s McRea plantation, on the south by John Simmons’ plantation and on the east 
by  McGill’s plantation all of who’s will be more fully shown by reference to the deed 
of said land which may be found in the proper Court of Record of Deeds and 
Conveyances.  I also give and bequeath to my beloved wife Sarah A. F. the following 
Negroes, to wit. Davy, Sammy, Sarah, Joe, Wesley, Mary, Jim, Eveline, Arthur, Anasaly, 
Nancy, infant, Bill, Eady, Emily, Alfred, Margaret, Jane, Ediston, Cherry, Yellow 
Washington, Margaret, Benin, Andrew, Rofan, Haywood, and two men not ___, Bob, 
Eliza, Ann, Sammy, Robert, Hannah, Martha, Henderson, Anthony, Harry, Cealy, Little 
Eliza, Ann, Milly, Joe, Antony, Hudson, Lydia & infant, Horace, Patsey, Sam, Mistic, 
Robert, Tom, Jim, Sarah, Ned, Celanny, Ben, Black Wash, Penny, Luly, Charles, 
Ishmael, Rueben, Tempe, Alick, Little Wash, Lealy, Cynthia, Sprout and infant, and all 
others on said plantation not mentioned above.  I also give and bequeath to my wife 
Sarah A. F. the residue of my estate consisting of horses, mules, cattle, sheep, hogs, 
farming utensils, household and kitchen furniture and all other property of every 
description personal, real or mixed including money, notes, bonds, drafts, etc. to have and 
to hold the said portions of land, negroes and all the other property to her and her heirs 
forever.

Fourth		I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my wife Sarah A. F. my sole 
executrix of this my last will and testament and I request that she do so faithfully and 
diligently carry out the foregoing provisions of this will.

And lastly	It is my will and desire that no security of any kind whatever shall be 
required of my said executrix, but that she be required to make out and furnish to the 
Probate Court of Madison County a full and complete accounting of all my estate of 
every kind real as well as personal and that she be required to make annual settlements of 
her accounts as executrix with the said Probate Court; that no appraisers shall be 
appointed to appraise my estate but that my executrix make an inventory only and 
continue her annual settlements with the Probate Court till all my debts are settled.
	
In witness whereof the said Stephen Lowe hath hereunto set his hand and affixed 
his seal this 20th day of March 1851 signed sealed published & declared by the said 
Stephen Lowe as & for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request 
& in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as 
witnesses thereto			/s/ Stephen Lowe
Witnesses: Wm. Lum, Leroy G. Lesley, Joseph B. West, B. F. Crowell, J. Robinson, 
Sarah Robinson 

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