Guilford County NcArchives Wills.....Stanley, Milton M. 1896
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Source: Personal
Written: 1896
Recorded: 1900

Milton M. Stanley

State of North Carolina Guilford County

Know all men by these presents, That I Milton M. Stanley of said State and 
County hereby appoint John L, Stanley to act as administrator of my estate as 
follows, Viz. When my mining land, (lying south of of my dwelling house, Known 
as the mining property of D.F. Caldwell and Milton M. Stanley containing 25 
acres) is sold $300.00 Three hundred dollars is to be paid D.F. Caldwell, and 
$100.00 One hundred dollars is to be paid Daniel Worth, and of the remainder, 
pay Jenny L. Paschal $30.00 Thirty dollars + pay Mattie A. Edmondson $20.00 
Twenty dollars, and pay Victoria E. Dobson $15.00 Fifteen dollars and pay Mary 
E. Dobson $15.00 Fifteen dollars and with the remainder of the money, the said 
John L. Stanley is to defray my burial expenses, + to pay mortgage that at 
present encumbers the ballance of my land - The Mortgage held by Milton Clark, 
Westfield, Hamilton County, Indiana, and still with the remainder of the money 
pay Lee S. Smith $13.65 Thirteen dollars and Sixty five cents for store bill - 
And if my mining land on north side of my dweling house, adjoining Wm M. 
Harvey, A.B. Dobson and others, containing 10 acres is sold, one half of the 
money goes to my wife Mary E. Stanley, and one half to John L, Stanley And I 
hereby will and bequeath the home place to my son John L. Stanley, beginning 
at a little post oak at the old gate place on the New Garden road and running 
west by a big Hickory tree to Mattie A. Edmondson's line including all the 
land lying south of the above line. And the balance of my land, north of the 
above said line, is to be sold, and the proceeds there from to be equally 
divided among the Surviving heirs.

[signed] M.M. Stanley
[witnessed] P.W. Edmondson
J.L. Stanley
May 8th 1896

[Will proved 13 Jan 1900. Recorded in Record of Wills Guilford Co. , p. 177. 
Transcribed from a photocopy of the hand-written will, exactly as written and 
includes misspellings and grammatical errors. The will appears to be in the 
handwriting of his son-in-law, Paul Washington (P.W.) Edmondson. The will is 
written in pencil on several sheets of lined 5" x 8" paper.

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