Will Book __, Page 293
\nProven: Mar. 6, 1848<\/p>\n
A written Will and Testament.<\/p>\n
I William Keele<\/b> do make and publish this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all other wills by me made at any time.<\/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 money that I may die possessed of or may first cone into the hands of my Executors.<\/p>\n
Secondly. I sell my son Anthony B. Keele<\/b> all the lands and possessions that I am seized and possessed of at this time for the sum of $1,200.00. Six hundred dollars to me in hand paid and the said A. B. Keele <\/b>to have one half of the lands in possession from this date, and six hundred dollars at my death and the death of my wife Livy Ann<\/b>, and the said A. B. Keele<\/b> to have all my lands and possession.<\/p>\n
Thirdly. I bequeath to my two sons for their interest in my estate, to A. B. Keele<\/b> 50 acres of land and Jesse Keele,<\/b> 80 acres.<\/p>\n
Fourthly. All the personal property and moneys that is left at my death and the death of my wife Livy Ann<\/b> is to be equally divided amongst my daughters Elizabeth Coffman, Mary Eavin, Rachael Deriaux, Heneretta Bailey, Matilda Weams, Sibbriney Carter<\/b>.<\/p>\n
Fifthly. My negro man named Archabel <\/b>shall be emancipated and set at perfect liberty at our deaths.<\/p>\n
Lastly. I do hereby nominate and appoint my two sons Jesse Keele<\/b> and A. B. Keele<\/b> my Executors.<\/p>\n
In witness whereof I do to this my will set my hand and seal this 13 January, 1845.<\/p>\n
William<\/b> [X<\/span>] Keele<\/b> (seal) (his mark)<\/p>\n Signed sealed and published in our presence and we have subscribed our names hereto in the presence of the Testator. This date above written.<\/p>\n John Pogue This Hawkins County Will was transcribed by one of the following volunteers:\u00a0 Audrae Mathis; Gary Fletcher; Betty Mize; Diana Arney; Karen Negron, Kathey Welder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Will Book __, Page 293 Proven: Mar. 6, 1848 A written Will and Testament. I William Keele do make and publish this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all other wills by me made at any …<\/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-1489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transcribed-wills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489","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=1489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1490,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489\/revisions\/1490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/hawkins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nJacob Smith<\/b><\/p>\n
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