Upshur County WV Archives Wills.....Desper, Thomas P. August 20, 1867 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Burkett marionwvusgwarch@gmail.com April 29, 2010, 3:39 am Source: Calendar Of Wills In West Virginia, No. 49. Upshur County (buckhannon) Written: August 20, 1867 Recorded: June 9, 1868 Prepared by The West Virginia Historical Records Survey Division of Community Services Programs, Work Projects Administration Charleston, West Virginia The West Virginia Historical Records Survey, August 1941 (60) DESPER, THOMAS P., Upshur County, W. Va., 20 Aug. 1867; 9 June 1868. Wife ROBERTA JAKE, niece ELIZA JAKE CUNNINGHAM, bro. SHELTON DESPER. No ex. named. Testator desires pmt. of debts and funeral expenses from personalty; bequeaths to niece ELIZA JANE CUNNINGHAM, one bed and bedding, one cow, 6 sheep, and $25 to be pd. when she reaches 18 or marries, with provision that she remain with testator's wife until that time; to wife ROBERTA JANE, remainder of personalty and all realty if she remains a widow, if she remarries she may sell 100 a. of farm to be considered as "her dower; if widow remarries residue of estate to bro. SHELTON DESPER. Teste., E. E. Curry, James W. Windle, and D. Bennett. Bk. A, p. 99. Additional Comments: ABBREVIATIONS a. acre Bk. Book bro). brother ex(s). executor(s) p. page pd. paid pmt(s). payment(s) teste. testated W. Va. West Virginia - - - - - - - - - - - - File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/upshur/wills/desper20nwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/wvfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb