Bedford County Loose Wills
Located in the Bedford County Court Clerk Archives
Box - 1847-1890

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Indexed and transcribed by Martha Smotherman Mendez, June 10, 1999.

Allison, Kimbro (Kimbrough) - 1868
wife -Sally Allison
daughter - Nancy Gerald
son - Richard S. Allison
executors - Chesly Williams, E.T. Williams, & Couedue, McCord
wittness - E.T. Williams, Briant Landis, A. Wilson
Alexander, James 1866
Anderson, Albert 1868
Anderton, Thomas 1870

Batte , Fredrick 1870
Batts, Edwin 1881
Bennet, James M. 1878
Bingham, A.J 1866
Bingham, Rebecca 1880
Bivins, (Silas A.?) L.A.1863
Boone, Abe S. 1861
mother - Cythia Boone, of Lincoln Co.
Broadaway Lemuel 1871
Brown, M.A. 1874
Brown, William 1867
Brown, John W. (2) 1869 1863
Brown, Henry 1875
Brown, Jane G.1882
Brown, Tabitha 1863
Blanton, Merdith 1871
wife Nancy
Britton, Rebecca
Britton Daniel 1871
wife - Amy Britton
Burt, Sue E. 1861
Burton, David 1861 (2)
wife - Martha
Burt, Mrs Susan 1877
Burrows, Banks A. 1876

Call, James E. 1884
Call, Limuel 1866
wife Nancy Call
children - Frances Angeline, James Edward, and Wlliam T. Wheeler.
(Wife is to give Beline Wheeler 300.00 and should the said Beline
Wheeler leave, my wife Nancy, she is not to take her child William T.
Wheeler away, but let him remain with the said Nancy)
Campbell, Arthur 1870
Exparte of William and John Campbell
Campbell, William dec'd - 1900
(not a will, a suopeano)
Cannon, Litiaha (Lisha)
Cannon, Robert T.1863
Cannon, Willis 1876
*Carlton, Thomas -1857
wife Nancy Carlton
daughter - Cosza (?) Patterson, Elizabeth J. Putmon, Martha Ann
Ozlin, Catherine N. Taylor, Lydia McHight
sons - Wade (?) Carlton, Crawford Carlton, John D Carlton, Thomas B
Carlton, Peter Jackson Carlton, Jeptha B. Carlton, David C. Carlton
(youngest child).
Caruthers, Sarah
Castell, Nancy 1858
sister Sally Castell (afflicted)
Carlisle, Newton
Chalkey, Jessie
Chambers, G. W.
Chrisman, Sara
Clardy, James - will 1862 Codicil to will 1866
Clardy, Peter 1873
wife Katherine (names his children)
Clark, Henry
Clark, John S.
*Clark, Robert -1862
daughter Sarah C. Hoover (her children Clemintine, Sally, Robert,
William Hoover)

Cleveland, R.M.
Coats, Peyton
Cobb, Sarah - 1852
niece - Sally Duncan wife of William Duncan
grand niece - Mary Bourns (Bower?)
niece - Polly Kimbro
sister - Polly Elkins
brother - Phillip Elkins , William Elkins,
sister - Tabitha Elkins,
friend - Daniel Hooser and Thomas Whiteside
Coble, Benjamin K. - 1865
Coble (Cable?) , Nellie 1876
Covington, Luvicy
Cooper, Fannie - March 1874
Collins, William - Aug 27, 1884
Coldwell, Thomas M. - Jan 13, 1868
Coleman, Wilaford E. - April, 1879
Coggings, Joel - July 18, 1865
Connell, Luraney -1883
daughter - Kate Connell
son - D.W. Conell
grand-daughter - Nara White
Cowen, William G. - 1875
Crowell, Joshua - March 1878
Crowell, Samuel - 1886
wife Mary
Crowell, Wiliam - Dec, 1884
Cruthcher, George - Dec 26, 1879
Culberhouse, Jeremiah - Filed Aug 3, 1874
Cunningham, Mathew T. 1873
Cully, William - April 1870
Curtis, J.H. - July 25, 1865

Damron, Nancy E - 1874
Daniel, R.C. - May 6, 1867
Davis, Bejamin F. - Aug 22, 1881
wife - Maggie
Davis, George - 1858
Davis, Maggie
Davis, Jno. S. - April 1, 1867
Davis, J.W. July 5, 1886
wife Lucy H Davis
sons- Herbert Davis, Wilson Davis, and Lesker Davis
Davis, Zachariah - March 1855 - Filed Nov 1868 (book page 409)
Davis, Zera M. - 1877
Davis, W.J. - March 3, 1877
wife - Sarah June Davis
Dixon, Cintha (2) - Feb 1862 - Feb 1872 (same person)
sons - Robert, James B. Dixon
daughters - Rhoda E. Davis, Melinda Graham, Eliza Dunnaway, Frances
Thompson, Cinthia Hope (Husband - James K. Hope), Mary Ann (dec'd)
Dobbs, Rachel - May 1861
Dunnaway, J.N. 1885
Dyer, Ester G. - April 26, 1881

Edmundson, W.S. 1862
Elkins, Alex - 1877
Elkins, Mary S.E. 1865
Evans, David S. - Oct 1868
Evans, Elizabeth P. - 1865

Featherstone, Burrel - May 1849 - April 1868 (2 wills)
Finch, Mary C - May 1872
Husband - William H Finch
father - Joanas Myers

Fletcher, Jane M. - Dec 6, 1867
Fletcher, John R. - Feb 1890
Floyd, Elijah - Sept 1876
Floyd, George - Feb 1870
Floyd James K - April 1875
Foreman, Richard 1865
Foster, Gwynn, (2) - 1876
Foster, Sarah - 1886
Frazier, Preston Dr. - 1861
wife - Eliza G.
Frazer Eliza - Jan 1878
father - William Guy
Freeman, Frances Roena - Jan 1867
Freeman, Mary E. - 1867
Frizell, David - 1859
Frizell, James - Feb 1872
Fugett, Towzen - Aug 5, 1872

Gabbert, William - 1851
Galbreath, James H. - Aug 1879
Galbreath, William - Dec 1878
Galbreath, William E. - April 1875
Gambill, Newton - June 1861(not a will, see John W. Greer)
Gant, Elizabeth - 1863
Gambill, Manurva - 1867
Gorden, William J. July 1875
Goslin, William - Sept 15, 1876
Gowen, James B. - Sept 1866
Gowen, William P. - 1873
Green, Edmond - 1860
Green, Jason - 1861
Greer, Catherine R. (2) - 1862 - 1866
Greer, Jacob - 1858
wife - Polly
son - Jackson
Greer, John W. - May 1867 (not a will - Newton C. Gambil dec'd, made June
1861)
Greer, Nancy - Mar, 1888
Greer, Robert - 1869
Gregory, Thomas - 1859
Guthrie, Eliza - 1866 (Recorded page 68 in will book)
Guy, Ann - 1865
nephew - Thompson

Haggard, Samuel - 1847
Haley, Mary B. Dec 1870
Hall, John F. - 1868
Hambey (Henby) Dan'l. - 1873
Harmon, Eliza W. - (may say Harrison) 1858
Harris, James - 1861
Harris, Joel W.
Harris, John - 1863
Harris, Mary J. 1874
Harris, Nancy T. 1888
Harrison, Eliza W. 1858
Harrison, Thomas - 1867
Haskin, John E. - 1876
Hasty, Joseph - 1861
Haite, (Holt?) Squire - 1870
Hayes, Rachel - 1884
Herd, Elizabeth - 1882
Himes, John Anderson - Nov 1883
Hix, D.D. - April 1870
Hix, J. C. - 1868
Hix, William C. - 1877
Holder, Henry - 1887
Holt, Eliza - Oct 24, 1869
Holt, Henry - 1859
Holt, Jeremiah - Oct 1858
wife - Katherine
Holt, Mary C. - 1878
Holt, (Hait?) Squire - 1870
Hooser, Daniel - 1874
Hopkin, William W. - 1884
Houston, William Dr. - July 27, 1889
wife - Sarah
Huffman, Alfred - 1868
Huffman, George - 1881
Huffman, John - July 12, 1878
Huffman, Mattie - 1876
*Hutson, Cutty B. - 1852 (Exparte Petition)
wife - Susanna Hutson
children - William M., Hutson, Thomas Hutson, James T William and his
wife Mary C. Williams. Stephens, Sarah Stephens, Pleasant A Stephens &
Jefferson G. Stephens are heirs in law of the said Cutty B. Hutson in right
of their mother Elizabeth Stephens.
Hutt, Jesse - 1883 (he is 79 years old)
wife - Eliza
Jakes, John - July 1886
Jeffrees, Thos. B. - 1886
Jemima, Jones - 1877 (not a will)
Jones, John B. - 1877
Jones, Leabon - 1846
wife Jemima Jones
Joyce, Anderson - 1881

Key, Lucy - Aug 7, 1885
Kincaid, William H. - Nov 22, 1864 - Filed 1866 (rec pages 83-84)
Kingston, Mary - Sept 25, 1868 (rec page 157)
Kimbrow, John - May 1868
Kimmons, Josha - Sept 3, 1872
Kimery, Edwin - Oct 30, 1869 - Filed Nov 1882
wife Nancy C. Greer
daughter - Ann Philpot
Kimery, John - June 28, 1868
sister - Margareet Roane Philpot
grandfather - Jacob Kiser
Kinkton, Sally - Oct 7, 1854
Knott, A.L. - Feb 9, 1878
Koonce, Eliza Ellen - Aug 5, 1864

Laird, Thos. B. - March 18, 1867
Lamb, Parry - Dec 25, 1875 - filed Dec 4, 1876 (wit - R.H. Stem)
Landers, Abraham - Nov 11, 1863
Landers, Robert - Feb 4, 1875 - Filed Feb 1878
Landers, Thomas - Jan 10, 1879
Landers, Sarah (Noncupative) - Jan 25, 1878 - died April 4, 1878
Lehr, John F. - May 15, 1869
Lence, Valentine - Sept 17,
Linch, Annie S. - Jan 20, 1883
Lokey, M.H. - filed Nov 17, 1876
Low, David - Jan 14, 1870 - (page 239)
Lytle, James K. P. - April 5, 1879 - (wit R.H. Stem)

Maupin, Robert B. - Jan 16, 1866
Meadows, Wiliam - filed Nov 3, 1873
Miller, James J. - Sept 20, 1870
Moody, Samuel Shaw - March 25, 1863
Mosley, Thomas B. - June 1861
Morgan, L.B. - Feb 26, 1876

McClure, William M. - Aug 28, 1869 - Probated May 1871
McCroy, John - June 5, 1871
McFarlin, Benjamin - July 28, 1880
McFerrin, T. S. - Aug 13, 1888
McGrew, Joseph H. - March 9, 1889
McGrew, William - 1859
McKee, V. J. - May 29, 1875
McKinley, Joseph R. - Feb, 1867 (James?)
McLain, Mrs. Ardianah L. - Dec 26, 1888
McLean, G.W. - Jan 24, 1889
McRees, C. Annie - Dec 1, 1878

Nance, John - Feb 4, 1872
Nash, William T. - July 16, 1861
Neil, Elizabeth P. - March 30, 1875
Neil, John - Oct 1860 (recreated)
Newton, James S. - April 3, 1871
Noblitt, John - Oct 10, 1874

O'Connel, Patrick - April 5, 1873
O'Neal, John - Filed Dec 1878
Otey, Fannie Lou - April 9, 1889

*Parker, Joel H.- written October 14, 1864 - (Rec page 184)
wife - Sophia Angeline
*Parker, Nehemiah - written - June 20, 1867 - filed Feb 18, 1876 (rec page
306?)
present wife - Harriet - their children - Sallie, Isabellla,
Margarette, James Thomas, and Foebe Clemetine
son - Joel dec'd - his children - Sallie Ann, Melville
son - Columbus
son - Jepie (dec'd) - his children - Joseph, Isabella, and Nehemiah
daughter - Elizabeth - her husband - Wm. ?augher
daughter - Martha - her husband - Michael Keller
Parson, Jacob M. - Feb 2, 1884
Patrick, J. T. - Dec 28, 1861
Pate, Julette R. - July 15, 1884
Pericll, Wm. J. - 1874 (page 276)
Perry, Willie - July 14, 1868
Pettus, Thomas - July 17, 1867
Phillips, Garrett - March 12, 1875
Phillips, Richard - Sept 5, 1870
Phillips, Samuel - April 21, 186? - condil 1863
Phillips, William - Feb 27, 1874
Presgrove, John - March 7, 1884
Proby, James M. - Jan 1861
Price, Sarah B. - July 30, 1865
Purvis, Margaret M. - May 9, 1870
Pyland, Blufield - March 11, 1870

Reagor, William J. - Oct 22, 1873
Reaves, Absalom - Sept 16, 1874
Reed, Robert - Aug 20, 1860
Reeves, Isham - 1861
Riche, Malinda Carolina - April 11, 1879
Ribbe, James - 1854
Riggs, Adam S. - March 27, 1866
Rippy, William - Filed Sept 1873
Robinson, Harriett - Jan 25, 1873
Robinson, William H. - March 15, 1883
Russell, Jas.L. - July 30, 1890
Russell, William - Nov 1879
Rushing, Thos.M - Sept 24, 1869
Rushing, Elizabeth - Dec 13, 1879

Sandridge, Dr James - 1880
wife - Mrs. E.D. Sandridge
Scale, Thomas - Sept 23. 1877
Scruggs, E.F - 1875
Scruggs, James - Nov 29, 1879
Scudder, James L. - Feb 16, 1881
Shoffner, John - March 13, 1856 - Filed Mar 15, 1876
Shoffner, Plummer - March 15, 1878
Shearin, Mathew - Filed Feb, 1886
Shumbard, Elizabeth M. - Oct 15, 1882
Sims, Martin - March 3, 1876
Smith, Martin - 1860
Steed, Kizziah - Aug 9, 1870
Stem, J.R.- Nov 9, 1877 - Filed - April 1, 1878
wife - Susan S. Stem
uncle and executor - R.H. Stem
first wife, and 2 other children (not named)
wittnessed - R.H. Stem, Beminna Stem, & J.T. Allison 1877
(names the other children in his sons will - see William N.Stem will)
Stem, William N. - Nov 11, 1881
Mother - Susan S. Stem
whole brothers & whole sisters - M. Hanery Stem, S. Emma Shares, Mary
E., Alice D., Dniry Y Richrd Lee, and Asa Franklin Stem
witness - B. F. Duggan, & Jane Adkinson
Steel, John P. - Nov 1877
Stokes, Kinchen - 1862
Story, James - Feb 1887
Suggs, Nehemiah - 1868
Sutton, Chas. F. - Filed Aug 5, 1872

Tarpley, Eedward - Oct 13, 1876
Taylor, Jacob - 1871
Talley, Clark - Mar 16, 1883
Tatum, Clemonza T. - 1881
Tillman, Lewis - Nov 1, 1885
Timmons, Effie - Oct 17, 1872
Thomas, Martha W. - Sept 28, 1878
Tucker, Martha E. - (no date)
Tune, William T. - March 1871
Tyler, B. H.June - 19, 1875

Vannoy, Mary L.P.
Vickey, Isade - May 4, 1868
Vincent, ? S. - June 21, 1867

Waite, Julie P. - Written Nov 1845 - Filed July 7, 1879
Walker, Elizabeth - July 14, 1880
Wallice, Allen - March 4, 1868
Wardlaw, Thomas Delacy - Aug 21, 1879
Watkins, Wm. S. - Feb 10, 1871
Whitthorn, William J. - Jan 5, 1872
Wheeler, WmB. - March 18, 1883
Whilhoite, Isabella C. - Dec 26, 1886
Whitaker, Thos - Feb 1874
Wheelhouse, Dennis - Jan 6, 1869
White, Robert C. - Sept 19, 1870
Whitesell, John - July 14, 1870
Wiggins, Jno. W. - May 28, 1890
Wilson, Rebecca - 1865
Winsett, Margarett - Sept 11, 1873
Winn, E.P. - July 11, 1863
Williams, David - June 23, 1887
Williams, James T. - Jan 31, 1888
Williams, Wynn D. - July 16, 1859
Williams, Enoch - Sept 13, 1872 - Filed March 14, 1873
Winsett, Elijah D. - 1865
Womack, Solomon - June 29, 1868
Womack, C.W. - July 31, 1888
Wood, John - May 1862
Woodbury, Silas - Oct 1, 1868
Woodfin, James H. Aug 20, 1876
Word, T.S. - Oct 3, 1883
Worke, W.C. - Jan 1879
sister - Mary Posey

Young, William
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