Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Wills.....Munford, Edith Underwood, 1903 

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Edith (UNDERWOOD JOHNSON PIERCE; Mrs. Zachariah A.) MUNFORD [MUMFORD] 
     will, 1 Aug 1903 (proved 7 Mar 1904) 


                                                   [p.] 749 
Examined and Verified [stamped in margin] 

I Edith Mumford of Isle of Wight County Virginia, do make 
this my last will and testament. 

1.st It is my desire that my daughter Anna Johnson exchange 
her interest in the tract known as the home place 
said to Contain forty Acres, for my interest in the parcel 
of land adjoining said home place, said parcel of land 
said to Contain one hundred Acres this being the land 
purchased from Dempsey Watkins, and if she will 
agree to this exchange then I bequeath all my interest 
in the said home place to my husband Zachariah 
Mumford, but should my daughter  Anna Johnson 
not agree to exchange then I bequeath unto my 
husband Zachariah Mumford  all my interest in 
the said Dempsey Watkins tract or parcel of land. 

2.nd I bequeath unto my son W.m H. Johnson, One 
bed and chest, one table, and I desire that either my 
husband, Zachariah Mumford, or my daughter Anna 
Johnson, Whichever may own the Dempsey Watkins 
tract of land, shall pay unto my son, the said 
W.m H. Johnson, the sum of one hundred dollars in 
Cash  as soon after my death as may be convenient. 

3.rd I desire that Whatever other property, including 
money, I may own at the time of my death, be equal- 
ly divided  between my husband Zachariah Mumford 
and my daughter Anna Johnson. 
 I hereunto  afix my name and seal. 
             ŻŻŻŻ
    Anna Johnson mentioned above is named L.A. Johnson. 
                                      her 
Witness { E.R.H. Daughtrey       Edith X Mumford 
        { J.P. Butler                 mark 

          Aug. 1.st 1903 
In the Clerks Office of the Circuit Court of Isle of 
Wight County  march, 7.th 1904.  the last will and 
testament of Edith Mumford  deceased was 
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[p.] 750 

presented and proven in part by the oath  of E.R.H. 
Duaghtrey  one of the subscribing witnesses thereto and 
Continued for further proof. 
                            Teste N.F. Young, c.c. 
In the Clerks Office of the Circuit Court of Isle of Wight County 
march 10.th 1904  the last will and testament of Edith Mumford 
deceased was prooven in full by the oath of J.P. Butler the 
other subscribing witness thereto and is ordered to be recorded 
                            Teste N.F. Young, c.c. 
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Isle of Wight Co., VA, Will Book 33 (1893-1904), pp. 749-50 
Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA, Isle of Wight Co. Microfilm Reel 151 


Additional information: 

Her first husband, William Henry JOHNSON, died during the Civil War, roughly. 
   He is not found on the rosters of Confederate soldiers from Isle of Wight 
   Co., but he may have served, notwithstanding. 

She 2m. 12 Sep 1865 Arthur S. PIERCE. 
   (Isle of Wight Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy} 1865, p. 122 #6) 

She 3m. 13 Feb 1877 Zachariah A. "Zack" MUNFORD. 
   (Isle of Wight Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy} 1877, p. 182-A #22) 

Curiously, she appears in the 1910 Census, age 69- 6 years after being 
   described as "deceased" {WB33:750} 

The obit ("Tidewater News," May 10, 1929) for legatee Anna is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/j525a7ob.txt 

Anna is buried in Mount Carmel Christian Church Cemetery, Walters. 
   Mount Carmel list - an extension of the Southampton County Historical 
   Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/mtcarmel.txt 


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