Will of Romulus D. Sargent, Prentiss County Booneville, Mississippi Submitted by: Nancy Bell ****************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities, when written permission is obtained from the contributor, so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgenwebarchives.org ****************************************************************************** Booneville, Mississippi, Feby. 16, 1915 Owing to the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death and being of sound and disposing mind, I Romulus D. Sargent do make and publish this my last will, hereby revoking all prior wills. First, I desire that all my just debts be paid and that my body be decently buried. That a tombstone to cost not more than one hundred dollars be placed at my last resting place. Second, what ever there remains of my estate be equally divided between the heirs of my deceased brothers, James l. Sargent, Temple C. Sargent and my deceased sisters, Dolly Ann Sargent, Elizabeth Mayfield. Third, I here by appoint my friend, John B. Sanders, Booneville, Miss. Sole Executor of this my will and he is to be exempt from making bond or reporting to any Court, and is to have no compensation for distributing my property. Should I die in Texas or Oklahoma, I desire to be buried at Weimor, Texas by the side of my beloved wife. Should I die in Mississippi, I desire to be buried at New Chapel in Itawamba County, by the side of my beloved mother. In witness where of, I here to affix my signature in the presence of the subscribing witnesses: R.L. Bolton and S,V, Crow, who sign as witness in my presence and in the presence of each other. R.D. Sargent Witness: R.L. Bolton, Booneville, Miss. S.V. Crow, Booneville, Miss. Note: Romulus D. Sargent died March 14, 1919 and is buried at New Chapel, Itawamba Co, MS, by the side of his mother, Louisa Winbush Lester Gannaway Sargent. His father was Temple Sargent, who died Aug. 18, 1850 in Franklin Co, AL and is buried in the Sargent Cemetery, a private cemetery 4 miles east of Russelville.