Book 2, Pages 141-142
\nFiled and Proven: December 7,\u00a01874<\/p>\n
I Alexander Skelton Senior<\/span> do make and publish this as my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all other wills by me at any time made.<\/p>\n First – I direct that my funeral expenses and all my debts be paid as soon after my death as possible out of any moneys that I may die possessed of, or may first come into the hands of my executor.<\/p>\n Secondly – I give and bequeath to my wife Elizabeth<\/span> the house (known as the Keywood House) and all the land in a certain boundary. Beginning on a large locust James ___<\/span> corner, thence across to the ___ thence with the road to John Sprowl<\/span>‘s line all of my land north and west of the word.<\/p>\n This land which I have given to my wife Elizabeth<\/span> should at her (my wife’s death) belong to my son Alexander Skelton, Junior<\/span>.<\/p>\n I also give and bequeath to my wife Elizabeth<\/span> one horse, the best then at my death owned by me, the best cow and calf and some stock hogs, and all my household and kitchen.<\/p>\n Lastly, I do hereby nominate and appoint my son my executor. In witness whereof I do to this my will set my hand and seal this 28th day of December 1871.<\/p>\n Alexander Skeleton<\/span> (Seal)<\/p>\n Signed, sealed and published in our presence and we have subscribed our names hereto in the presence of the testator this 28th day of December 1871<\/p>\n Witnesses:<\/p>\n I. A. Stephenson<\/span> Transcribed by Betty Mize<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Book 2, Pages 141-142 Filed and Proven: December 7,\u00a01874 I Alexander Skelton Senior do make and publish this as my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all other wills by me at any time made. First – …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transcribed-wills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1011,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010\/revisions\/1011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Joseph T. Lloyd<\/span><\/p>\n
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