Untitled

Carlisle Co Will Bk

Begin E and 346

Last

First

Will

Date

Family & Friends

Executor,

Name

M.I.

Book

Page #

Written

Proven

Mentioned

Witnesses & Other

Abernathy

Mrs. S.

Vol. 1.

314

3/2/1924

6/__/1925 (date incomplete)

6 children; Granddaughter: Treva Brooke; Son Arthur & Katie Jeter

E. P. Fisher- guardian of daughter Lena's children; Attest: Alleen Fisher; Witnessess: Mollie Fisher & Alleen Fisher

Allen

Eli

Vol. 1.

150, 151 & 152

1/19/1910

5/9/1910

Daughter: Stella M. Allen; Son: Bourk Allen

Exec & children's guardian: W.H. Cane; Witnesses: H.L. Walker & T.H. Campbell; Farm lying on the Bardwell & Blandville Rd. known as the Anderson place; Tract on River bottom known as the Parson place; Blacksmith shop in Bardwell occupied by Jess Crawford; Farm south of Bardwell known as the Byassee Place; Farm known as the Webb place; House & Lot in Bardwell occupied by Jack Jayne bought of Ambro Moore; Stock in Auditorium Company in Bardwell, Allen & Mason Threshing Machine Co., Bardwell Canning Company

Allred

Robert

Vol. 1.

214, 215 & 216; Revoked: 233

3/20/1915

5/10/1915

Brother: Morgan Allred; Half Sister; Ida; Lydia Allred, daughter of dec'd brother Charley and his son Morgan Allred; Dora, daughter of dec'd sister Nannie; J.O. Glenn

Exec: J.O. Glenn; Witnesses: John E. Kane & Robt. Dudley; Trustee: Brother T.F. Moore of Fulton, KY; Landmark Baptist Gospel Mission; Stock in Baptist Flag Publishing Company

Allred

Robert

Vol. 1.

Will dated 3/20/1915 Revoked: 233

Revoked: 2/24/1917

Carlisle Circuit Court, February Term, 6th day:Morgan Allred vs J.H. Payne

Jurors: T.M. Major, G.W. Piper, J.R. Hudson; W.J. Beard, T.C. Rutherford, S.H. Teeters, C.D. Tegethoff, J.E. Mitchell, R.D. Taylor, Geo. Rayburn and W.L. Fisher.

Anderson

George

Vol. 1.

199

10/15/1903

8/10/1914

Wife: L.N. Anderson

Exec: sons, Tom J. and Geo. D. Anderson; Witnesses: Carl C. Stanley & T. Walter Mahan

Atherton

Howard

Vol. 1.

6/27/1887

11/7/1887

Son: M.H. Atherton and his wife Georga Allice Atherton

Exec: M.H. Atherton; Witness: W.G. Smith & L.P. Deevers

Atherton

Vol. 1.

219

12/1/1911

9/13/1915

Wife: S.J. Atherton

Atherton

Vol. 1.

5/25/1883

11/1/1886

Wife: Mary M. Atherton; son Thomas C or H., daughter Mary A. Grisson, Eugenia A. Grisson

Exec: Thomas C. Atherton; Witnesses: Wm. T. Hall, H.S. Hall, Thos J. Hall

Atkins

Mollie

Vol. 1.

192

2/15/1912

6/16/1913

Husband: J.S. Atkins; Brothers: Jim and Will Campbell; Sister: Capitola Haworth; Half-sister Ozetta Beshears; Church at Mississippi known as the Mississippi Church building fund debt; Brother-in-law A.J. Atkins; Step-daughter: Elma Taylor

Exec: M.T. Shelbourne; Witnesses: Herbert L. Waggener & M. T. Shelbourne; Old Campbell Graveyard beside my first husband, J.B. Brakefield & our baby Ernest

Bailey

Vol. 1.

236

1/2/1917

4/9/1917

Wife: Allice Bailey; children: Luther Bailey, Carl Bailey, Minnie McCCallister and May Martin

Exec: wife, Allice Bailey; Witnesses: W.T. Mays, B.J. Pease and R.C. Curran

Bard

Lou

Vol. 1.

302

10/23/1923

10/13/1924

Daughters: Flutia Turk, Laura Daugher; Sons: J. R., W. G. & H. G. Bard

Exec: Flutia Turk; Witnesses: Mary Louise Geveden, Mary Bishop & Robt. L. Geveden

Bard

Lou

Vol. 1.

302

10/23/1923

10/13/1924

Daughters: Flutia Turk, Laura Daugher; Sons: J. R., W. G. & H. G. Bard

Executor: Flutia Turk; Witnessess: Mary Louise Geveden, Mary Bishop & Robt. L. Geveden

Boswell

Mary

Vol. 1.

340

11/9/1923

3/14/1927

Deceased Husband: J. H. Boswell; Grandson: Loyd Glenn Novell and heirs

Exec: Loyd Glenn Novell; Witnesses: J. D. & J. M. Thomas; Farm 2 to 2 1/2 miles NE of Milburn

Boswell

Vol. 1.

300

9/22/1920

4/14/1924

4 children: Daughter: Emma Boswell: Sons: Thomas, Grant & Charles Boswell

Exec: Thomas Boswell; Witnesses: R. O. Willingham Jr. & J. M. Collins

Berry

William

Brown

Vol. 1.

198 & 199

4/18/1912

9/8/1913

Wife: Laura Berry; My children

Exec: wife, Laura Berry; Witnesses: J.H. Payne and W.J. Bugg

Birdwell

Samuel

Vol. 1.

234

No date given

4/9/1917

Wife: Lee Anna Birdwell; Daughters: Almeda A. Birdwell and Alma Jackson (nee Birdwell)

Exec: wife: Lee Anna Birdwell; daughter: Almeda A. Birdwell; Witnesses: R.O. Willingham, Jr., and R.O. Willingham, Sr.

Birkhead

John

Vol. 1.

2 & 3

3/5/1886

6/8/1886

Son: Owin (Owen) R.; Sister: Jo (Josephine) Ellen Turner

Exec: Williajm R. Pile; Witnesses: Simon Holt, James T. Mosby

Bodkin

Daniel, Sr.

Vol. 1.

103, 104, 105 & 106

Will: 5/2/1900; Codicil: 5/11/1904

7/11/1904

Wife: Eliza J. Bodkin; All my children; Eliza Sampson; O.S. Bodkin

Exec: Eliza J. Bodkin; Manage land sale: Isaac T., Asa and Byron Bodkin; Land in Bardwell known as the Wm. McCampbell lot; the Duncan or Mill lot; S.H. Jenkins land; Attest: Isaac E. Price and W. White; Codicil: Manage Tobacco sale: Asa Bodkin; Attest: Isaac E. Price and Oscar Bodkin

Bodkin

Irene

Vol. 1.

251, 252 & 257A

9/26/1918

1/13/1919

Sisters: M.T. Sherbourne, Adele Taylor; Brothers: Emmett and Clarence Howard; Niece: Irene Taylor; Lucille Howard, Gladys Howard; Brother: E.H. Smith;

Exec: E.H. Smith & Clarence Howard; Report by E.H. Smith: Executor's Settlement, loose sheet, between pps. 257 & 258, here called p. 257A

Bodkin

Martha

Vol. 1.

211A & 223 & 224

11/5/1909

3/20/1916

Son: Noah Bodkin; Daughter Nettie Turner

Witnesses: Asa, Irene & Lizzie Bodkin; [Loose sheet after p. 211, shows estate settlement]

Boswell

James

Vol. 1.

12/5/1885

6/7/1886

Wife Zen?????; Ch. Polly Ann Rowland, Eliza Jane Magary, George Andrew Boswell, Evaline Magary, Jackaline Hill, Sarah Catherine Boswell, Ida May Kell.

Exec: G.H. Boswell; Attest: P. Stephens, G.H. Boswell

Boswell

John

Vol. 1.

247

11/24/1901

Regular September County Court Term 1918

Wife: Mary E. Boswell; my two children Beattrice & Reba; Codicil: Carl Danning(?)

Exec; wife: Mary E. Boswell; Witnesses: T.D. Thomas & J.M. Thomas

Boswell

Mary

Vol. 1.

340 & 341

11/9/1923

3/14/1927

Deceased Husband: J. H. Boswell; Grandson: Loyd Glenn Novell and heirs

Executor: Loyd Glenn Novell; Witnesses: J. D. & J. M. Thomas; Farm 2 to 2 1/2 miles NE of Milburn;

Boswell

Vol. 1.

300

9/22/1920

4/14/1924

4 children: Daughter: Emma Boswell: Sons: Thomas, Grant & Charles Boswell

Executor: Thomas Boswell; Witnessess: R. O. Willingham Jr., J. M. Colliers

Boume

Vol. 1.

62 & 63

1/16/1894

2/11/1895

Wife: Amanda E. Boume; Son: Vester Boume; My baby: Ethel Boume; Nora Tipton; Izone McMurray;

Attest: H.M. Saunders

Boyd

Isaac

Bennett

Vol. 1.

81 & 82

8/24/1892

2/12/1900

Wife: Julia A. Boyd;

Exec: wife, Julia A. Boyd; Witnesses: S.H. Summers and P.S. Stephens

Brown

Anna

Elizabeth

Vol. 1.

284, 285 & 286

11/26/1917

8/13/1923

Daughter: Sally Brown; George Brown; Daughters: Elizabeth Smith, Mrs. Mae Adcock, and Mattie Brown

Exec: Sally Brown to be trustee for sister Mattie Brown's portion; Witnesses: M.T. and R.M. Shelbourne

Brown

Annie

Vol. 1.

3/30/1885

Proved in Hickman Co.: 9/7/1885; Filed in Carlisle Co.: 9/9/1890

Husband: Thomas Brown; My children; My aged Father W.R. Vance

Witnesses: W.R. Vance, D.S. Green, R.M. Brown & Lydia Brown [she is of Columbus, KY]

Brown

Vol. 1.

170, 171, 172 & 173

2/17/1912

4/8/1912

Sisters: Nell Brown, Myra Brown; Brothers: Sam V. & Waller C. Brown; Sister Mary B. Glass; Niece Roberta Brown, only dau of dec'd brother E.K. Brown & her mother, Mrs. Cora Ware; Nephew: Robert G. Glass

Execs: sisters Myra and Nell Brown; Witnesses: 317 acres adjoining lands of W.J. Geveden

Bruce

Wm.

Vol. 1.

9/22/1902

12/18/1902

Wife: Mary Bruce

Exec: A.J. McClanahan & R.L. Bruce: Witnesses: G.A. McClanahan and E.A. Smith; Land adjoining Mrs. Nannie Halton & Samuel Hamble

Burgess

Sarah

Elizabeth

Vol. 1.

4/11/1894

10/12/1897

Nephew: Jasper C. Courtney & his wife Mary S Courtney

Atttest: D. N. Rozzell; Witnesses: J.D. Wilson & A. H. Courtney; her father L.A. Courtney

Burrow

Vol. 1.

139, 140 & 141

No date given

1/9/1909

Wife: M.R. Burrows; Sons: Ross, James, Ira and Dick Burrows; Daughters: Willie Black, Cora Peck and Euphy Mabry

Exec: son Ross Burrows; Witnesses; R.O. Willingham, Jr., and M.T. Shelbourne; Farm on Mayfield Creek known as G.B. Burrows Homestead; House and lot in Cunningham

Byasee

Jack

Vol. 1.

333 & 334

5/3/1926

6/14/1926

Wife: Mollie Byasee; Children: Earnest and Maney Byasee, Birdie Madden Byasee, Loyd, Myrtle, Otha & L.B. Byasee; Mathew Byasee, Rube Byasee, Hanna May Byasee Sams, Lillie Byasee Anderson

Executor; wife: Mollie Byasee; Witnesses: H. C. Samples & Jim Hunt

Cain

Vol. 1.

299

1/16/1920

4/14/1924

Wife: Ollie Cain

Executor: Ollie Cain; Witnessess: A. L. Lowe & J. B. Sanford

Cain

Vol. 1.

5/14/1896

1/8/1900

Sons: W.H. Cain; A.J. Cain

Witnesses: F.M. Darrah & L.B. Jones

Cain

Vol. 1.

59 & 60

9/12/1892

7/9/1894

Wife: Elizabeth F. Cain; Sons: Andy J. (A.J.) Cain, W.H. Cain,

Exec: A.J. & W.H. Cain; Witnesses: H.T. Crouch & E.W. Rudolph

Carroll

Thomas

Vol. 1.

230

3/20/1905

1/8/1917

Wife; Nancy P. Carroll; Daughter: Lura Lee Bonds

Exec:wife Nancy P. Carroll, or if he survives wife, daughter Lura Lee Bonds: Witnesses: R.M. Carroll & A.T. Hobbs

Carter

Vol. 1.

202

12/8/1913

7/13/1913

Essie Carter

Witnesses (all heirs of J.F. & M.A. Carter): M.A. Carter, G.I Linn, N.F.H. Deweese, J.H. Carter, Sherman Carter; Land with G.W. Carter on S, B.F. one on E, public rd. on N & S., adjoining G.W. Carter.

Carter

Wm.

Vol. 1.

196

4/10/1911

9/8/1913

Son: John Carter;

Witnesses: John E. Kane & Dennis R. Webb; Land purchased from A.B. Jackson & wife in 1883, and J.R. and J.H. Bryant in 1886 on E. side of the Bardwell and Arlington Pubic Rd.

Cathes

Maggie

Vol. 1.

304

Cave (Cane?)

Vol. 1.

303 & 304

7/8/1924

11/10/1924

Sisters: Mrs. Hanie McGary, Mrs. Alice Clayton, Mrs. Izora Pennebaker; Brother: E.C. Cave (Cane?)

Executor: H. W. Clayton; Witnessess: O. H. Runyon & Victor McGary; 30 acres located between the lands L.A. Summers & Bob Holt; 20 acres known as the Isaac Boswell land

Chenault

Vol. 1.

120 & 121

9/6/1905

10/8/1906

Foster child: S.O. Stahl; Wife: Son: J.W. Chunault;

Witnesses: G.O. Stone and L.E. Brent

Chenault

Vol. 1.

290 & 291

9/6/1905

12/10/1923

Daughter: Minnie Mott; Grand Daughter: Odie Shelton; Son: J.W. Chenault;

Husband E.S. Chenault gives waiver; Witnesses to Will & Waiver: G.O. Stone & L.E. Brent

Chester

John

Vol. 1.

109, 110 and 111

3/14/1905

5/8/1905

Wife: Emmer Chester; My Three Children

Exec; Brother, Jacob L. Chester; Witnesses: H.S. Wiley, W.S. jackson, W.H. Jones; Home farm know as the Newt Ringo Place

Clapp

Emily

Jane

Vol. 1.

107 & 108

6/15/1903

10/10/1904

Nephew, Rufus A. Robertson

Exec: Nephew, Rufus A. Robertson; Witnesses: W.T. Martinie and J.T. Cave

Coil

Samuel

Vol. 1.

254 & 255

8/19/1913

3/10/1919

2 sets of children (of my 2 deceased wives); 2 oldest children: Catherine Virginia Bugg, James W. Coil, Claud Coil (deceased); 3 younger children: Mary Hopper, Norban "Norb" O. Coil, and Brunea Stanley

Exec: A.J. Hobbs (and Trustee & advisor of son Norbon O. Coil)’ Witnesses: Jno. I. and R. Sam Roberts’ Land & Businesses: 180 acres in Mayfield Creek, deed to me by James W. Coil in the division of the White & Coil lands.

Collins

Mary

Vol. 1.

146 & 147

7/1/1910

7/11/1910

Husband: J.H. Collins; Adopted daughter: Kathleen O'Hara of Richmond, Indiana; Children of my brother-in-law, Thad M. Collins

Witnesses: A.T. Hobbs, J.E. Glenn & W.T. HutsonBardwell

Cothes

Maggie

Vol. 1.

304,305 & 306

10/21/1924

12/8/1924

Step-daughter: Georgia Turk; Daughter: Clarissa Hales (nee Turk); Brother: J. H. Young (aka: Tinker Young)

Executors: brother: J. H. Young & brother-in-law: T. H. Coil; Witnessess: G. H. Young & T. H. Coile

Cummins

Vol. 1.

163

3/7/1900

8/8/1910

Wife: H.A. Cummins;

Exec: wife H.A. Cummins; Witnesses: Edwin & George Flowers

Curtsinger

Nannie

Vol. 1.

144 & 145

11/29/1907

4/11/1910

Husband: J.L. Curtsinger;

Witnesses: R.O. Willingham, Jr., and W.G. Ward; land this day purchased of Mrs. N.M. Ward & her husband W.G. Ward

Dalton

Vol. 1.

95 & 96

5/7/1903

7/13/1903

W.M. Koresee of Trinidad, Colo; John Henry Black, Wm. T. Vucasovic, J.F. Kevisee; Martha August

Exec: Wm. T. Vucasovic; Witnesses: J.E. Mantle & T.D. Bugg

Davis

Vol. 1.

52 & 53

2/27/1890

2/15/1893

Wife: Mary J. Davis; "my children"

Exec: wife Mary J. Davis; Witnesses: W. Campbell and Eli Allen

Deweese

Vol. 1.

306 & 307

1/1/1917

1/12/1925

H.B. Deweese heirs: Toney Deweese, Deidy Harris Vester Deweese, Ervin Deweese & Burnise Deweese; Wife: Susan Deweese

Witnesses: J. T. Utterback & G. S. Mantle

Deweese

Vol. 1.

82 & 82

4/5/1900

6/11/1900

Wife: Mary Ann Deweese; Son M.B. Deweese

Witnesses: M.C. Deweese, Mr. J.D. Clayton and S.K Hinchey

Donaldson

Vol. 1.

243

3/8/1918

Regular August County Court Term 1918

Wife: Ela Donaldson; Daughter: Effie Lee Donaldson

Exec: wife: Ela Donaldson; Witnesses: J.M. Steinbeck & F.P. Leath

Donaldson

Mary

Vol. 1.

194

8/31/1912

7/14/1913

Brothers: James, Robert, Henry and Albert Shrode;

Trustee: John E. Kane: Witnesses: J.W. Turk and J.M. Haynes

Donaldson

Thomas

Vol. 1.

7, 8 & 9

10/19/1876

11/15/1886

Wife: Martha E. Donaldson; Sons: Clarence K, John William, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas J. daughters:Mary E. (eldest), Emma Lee, Sarah Jane (w of Henry Unsell)

Witnesses: W.S. Bishop & R.M. Shelton; Mentions gun purchased from William Deweese & rifle from widow of James Deweese

Dougherty

Eliza

Vol. 1.

190 & 191

10/8/1909

6/16/1913

William H. Wilson, Sr., Sister: Elizabeth Lee;

Witnesses: Wm. Graves & Viva Jennings; Jesse Dougherty lot in the cemetery at Mississippi Church

Doughtery

James

Vol. 1.

1/8/1871

11/4/1889

Mrs. Mariah L. Richardson

Witnesses: S.N. Jenkins & Isaac Morrison

Dudley

Catherine

Vol. 1.

122

1/17/1902

1/14/1907

Daughter-in-law: Mamie Dudley; Grand daughter: Millie Dudley; Sons D.W., J.R. and W.B. Dudley; G.T. Dudley; Ben

Witnesses: E. T. Weston & Mrs. Luther Willson

Dudley

Vol. 1.

129 & 130

6/26/1907

8/12/1907

Sister-in-law: Jennie Davis Dudley; Brother: George T. Dudley

Witnesses: Matt Vaughn and J.W. Coil; House in Cottage Addition, Bardwell

Earl

Vol. 1.

7/10/1899

8/14/1899

Wife E.L. Earl; 4 children

Exec: E,L. Earl; Witnesses: J.S. McGary; Thos McGary & J.T. Earl

Edrington

William

Joseph

Vol. 1.

12/14/1889

4/11/1898

Wife: Mary Eizabeth Edrington; Our children

Exec: wife Mary Elizabeth Edrington; Witnesses: R.H. Webb, J.S. Templeton

Ellison

Joseph

Vol. 1.

222 & 223

8/25/1915

3/20/1916

Wife: M.A. Ellison; Children: W.S. and Arthur Ellison; Daughter: Grace Maude Wooden & Mary Elizabeth McCormack;

Exec: wife: M.A. Ellison; Attest: Jno. G. Nichols; Witnesses: M.L. Stevens & Ike Getters(?)

Ellison

Mollie

A.B.

Vol. 1.

6/11/1904

8/12/1904

Daughters: Mary Vida Ellison and Arta Missie Turner

Witnesses: T.C. Haltman and W.H. Pouder; Court to name a guardian for infant daughter Mary Vida Ellison; Lot bounded by George Haden, Widow King, Louis Hobbs and School house

Elsey

Vol. 1.

271 & 272

5/4/1922

8/14/1922

Bettie Elsey; Grandson: Roy Fisher; Daughter: Mollie V. Fisher; other 3 grandchildren: Elsey Fisher, infant son of Mollie Fisher, Mollie Fisher's daughters Stella Fisher & Robbie Bugg

Exec: grandson: Roy Fisher; Witnesses: None; handwriting proven in court by Oscar Bodkin, Cashier of the Bardwell Deposit Bank & R.O. Willingham, Jr.

Elsey

William

Vol. 1.

213

12/24/1910

8/27/1915

Daughter: Mollie Bridgenater(?); Son: John H. Elsey; The children of Rebecca Lee Kiser;

Land: House & 2 acre lot in Bardwell known as the old mill property; the Vallanding home and Walman places divided into 3 parts with lines to run east & west as the line between me and Lewis Polietick and Linus Been; 262 acres on the Mississippi inner bottom near Fish Lake & Town Creek

Featherstone

Vol. 1.

185 & 186

7/24/1902

7/8/1912

Wife: Henrietta Featherstone; Our children

Exec: wife: Henrietta Featherstone; Attest: H.L. Wiley; Witnesses: H.L. Wiley, T.A. Stanley & T.A. McClellan

Felts

Vol. 1.

253

5/26/1916

2/10/1919 (Lost Will)

Wife: Eulalah Felts

Exec: None; Witnesses: M. Farrow & R.M. Shelbourne

Fisher

John

Vol. 1.

225 & 226

10/14/1915

8/14/1916

Wife: Melissa Fisher; Children: W.W. Fisher, Mary Ella Ham, Sara Stella Fisher, T.H. Fisher and Edward Fisher.

Exec: Son-in-law: Austin T. Ham; Witnesses:R.M. Shelbourne and T.M. Collins; Stock: Cunningham Telephone Exchange

Fisher

Wm.

Vol. 1.

161

6/15/1919

12/14/1920

Sons: Ernest & Earl (Irl) my 6 children, James (a minor)

Exec: Sons: Ernest & Earl; Witnesses: None

Fuch

Nicholas

Vol. 1.

13, 14 & 15

5/8/1886

5/7/1888

Wife: Dinna Fuch; daughters Amelia Reddick, Louisia Hoin; son A.G.H. Fuch; heirs of dau. Josephine: Lillie, Laura and Elain Burges;

Exec: Dinna Fuch; Exec. If she dies: W.T. Reddick; Witnesses: J.H. Bland 7 W.H. Mosby, M.D.; Farm known as the Jack Hall Farm;

Fuller

A. [Andrew?]

Vol. 1.

9 & 10

11/7/1885

12/6/1886

Ch. Mary E. Fuller, F.L. Fuller, Jane Ana Mott, A.L. Terrell & Leighton [F.L.?] (all of age)

Witness: G.J. Fuller

Gardner

Alice

Vol. 1.

326

8/13/1925

8/14/1925

She is the Widow of: T. T. Gardner

Relinquishes her interest in her husband's estate and takes her dower, His will dated: 5/13/1925

Gardner

Thomas

Vol. 1.

310-326

Gardner

Thomas

Vol. 1.

310, 311 & 312

8/24/1920 (My Birthday age 75 years)

4/13/21925

Wife: Alice Turk Gardner; Step-son: John H. Cothes; Son: Elias H. Gardner; Daughters: Cattie Ray, wife of John W. Ray; Olive Petrie, wife of Frank S. Petrie; the 3 children of Dora Mabry, dec'd; Bonnie Logsdon, wife R. L. Logsdon; Vera Holt, wife Emil Holt

Executor: Elias H. Gardner & Frank S. Petrie; No Witnessess

Garrett

Silas

Vol. 1.

287

3/9/1922

9/15/1923

Son: R.W. Garrett

Exec: son, R.W. Garrett; Witnesses: Camden R. McAtee and Rodera A. Burton; Other: War Risk Insurance

Geveden

Vol. 1.

231

1/17/1917

2/12/1917

Wife: Matilda A. Geveden; My children

Exec: son J.W. Geveden; Witnesses: W.F. Vaughn & W.W. McMurry

Gholson

William

Vol. 1.

123 thru 127

11/25/1905

Alexander Co, IL: 7/5/1907; Carlisle Co., KY: 7/8/1907

Wife: Orpha Wyatt Gholson; Brothers: Ferdinand F, Lloyd T., John C. and Richard L. Gholson; Nephews: Earl and Roy P. Gholson; Children: Christine & Mary Jane Gholson

Execs: bro John C. Gholson and nephew Roy P. Gholson; Witnesses: A.A. Bounderant and M. Easlerday of Cairo; Past resident of Cairo, now Creal Springs, Will___ County; Numerous lots in Cairo; wife resides in Ozark Hotel;

Glenn

Brit

Sr.

Vol. 1.

343, 344 & 345

12/29/1926

7/11/1927

Wife: Mary Glenn; Son: James T. Glenn; Grandsons: Berry Glenn & Brit Glenn Jr.

Exec: James T. Glenn; Witnesses: R. O. Willingham & Len Flegle

Glenn

George

Vol. 1.

68, 69 & 70

11/20/1896

6/14/1897

Two Children: Mary B & James A. Glenn

Exec: J. Oscar Glenn; Witnesses: G.W. Payne, C.B. Allred & J.S. Price; Contract w/ G.W. Wright for use of fields for cropping

Glenn Sr.

Brit

Vol. 1.

343, 344 & 345

12/29/1926

7/11/1927

Wife: Mary Glenn; Son: James T. Glenn; Grandsons: Berry Glenn & Brit Glenn Jr.

Executor: James T. Glenn; Witnessess: R. O. Willingham & Len Flegle

Gourley

Vol. 1.

277, 278, 279 & 280

7/2/1918

2/12/1923

Wife: Roxie A. Gourley; My children, "she [wife] having no children of her own; Daughter: Lela Powell

Witnesses: Robert L. Geveden & R.M. Shelbourne; Land: 26 acres E side of Paducah & Milburn Rd known as the Dick Pickett farm bounded by Jim Martin, Chris Toon, & Bob Cash; 1st Codicil 11/27/1918; 2nd Codicil 12/12/1922: my 3 sons: Artie, Arvn & Floyd Gourley as Execs, instead of Artie Gourley. Witnesses; W.C. Toon, W.E. Merritt & F.E. Gourley

Granger

George

Vol. 1.

4/11/1896

8/10/1896

Daughters: Martha Susan Granger, Julia Ann Levoy, Mary E. Saunders

Witnesses: A. H Hill & Joe T. Hobbs

Graves

Francis

Vol. 1.

49 & 50

6/4/1886

4/11/1892

Husband: J.C. Graves; Daughter: Susan S. Hogancamp

Witnesses: B.B. Briggs & C.H. Briggs

Graves

Wm.

T., Physician

Vol. 1.

173, 174 & 175

No date

4/8/1912

Wife: Mary Elizabeth Graves; sons: Frank, Hardin & Ran Graves; sons-in-law: Sam Todd, Dave Bishop & Tinker Jennings; children of my daughter Jennie Todd; child of my daughter Mary Ellen Terry, Cecil V. Terry; daughters: Claudia Bishop and Viva T. Jennings.

Exec: Ran Graves; Witnesses: James W. Gorham & Joe T. Davis; Appriasers: Judges Bill Wilson & George Halterman; Debts to Eugene Parks of Texas, Gorham Bros., estate of Geo. Mantle, and People's Bank of Bardwell Land: 65 acres known as the Cummings land adjoining Frank Lang, T.J. Wilson and Jno.W. Burks;

Haggard

Todd

Holeman

Vol. 1.

334, 335, 336 & 337

11/28/1910

10/11/1926

Wife: Sarah E. Haggard; Son's: James H. Haggard, T. Ray Haggard (youngest); Daughters: Ida P. Bennett, Edmonie Bryant, Omer L. Tedford, Fannie Bell Gardner, Maud Haggard; Grandson: Avery Ginong

Executors: son James H. Haggard & Robert Tedford; Witnesses: Robert P. Hocker & James B. McGray

Hall

J. or T.

Vol. 1.

5 & 6

10/14/1886

11/12/1886

Wife: Sarah E. Hall (who left him in 1882); daughter Adelia F. Blanks & her ch: William W., Thomas O. & Richard E. Blanks; son Robert A. Hall & ch. Maud; John H. Hall & ch. Sena B., William A. & Allis

Exec: Thos. A. Hall and H.S. Hall; Attest: Sam Mabry & Kenneth Childress

Hamilton

Vol. 1.

242

10/13/1910

Regular April County Court Term, 1918

Children: R.W., D.F., and A.F. Hamilton; Wife: L.B. Hamilton

Exec: wife, L.B. Hamilton; Witnesses: Ed Riggs & R.O. Willingham, Sr.

Hampton

Wm.

Vol. 1.

57, 58 & 59

11/14/1878

Judgment: 8/30/1888

Wife: Nancy Hampton; Daughters: Mary, wife of A.J. Carter; Letitia, wife of John Coleman; Martha; wife of John Austin (Ch: Newton Austin & James Austin); Sarah E., wife of J.W. Gray; Matilda, wife of C.W. Waters Heirs of my son James Hampton (Anderson Hampton, A. Hampton & Victoria Hampton); Son William B. Hampton;

Exec: son William B. Hampton; Attest: W.J. Edrington & Don Singeltary; Will destroyed by fire 2/17/1880 & reconstituted; Land deeded by Howard D. Todd to Thomas M. and William Hampton

Harner (or Horner)

Maude

Vol. 1.

266

9/14/1921

10/17/1921

Father: R.M. Carroll of Bardwell, E.J. Alred, Cairo, Illinois to be Trustee for her children: Elbert, Alice and Dathol Roxie Harner

Exec: E.J. Alred; Witnesses: Evelyn Barrow and W.E. Cummins, both of Cairo

Harp

Charles

Vol. 1.

118 & 119

6/22/1906

10/8/1906

Wife: Ella B. Harp; Daughter: Daisy M. Harp; Sons: Roscoe H, Fred, Homer & Chas. B Harp; Grandson: Chas E. Wilson

Exec: son Fred Harp; Witnesses: T.A. Greene & Cris Cate; Guardian to Roscoe: Fred Harp; Guardian to Daisy: Homer Harp

Hartsfield

John

Vol. 1.

168 & 169

3/23/1896

12/11/1911

Wife: Sallie; my children - wife Sally shall clothe & school them as if her own

Exec: wife Sally Hartsfield; Witnesses: A.T. Hobbs & R.E. Stanly

Haynes

Vol. 1.

203 thru 206

No date

8/10/1914

Wife: Henrietta Haynes; Sons: Boyd, Herman Haynes; Daughters: Mrs. Ada Davis; Mrs. Ella Evans. Mayme Featherstone; R.A. Davis; Granddaughter: Christine Featherstone;

Execs: R.A. Davis & son Herman Haynes; Witnesses: J.H. Payne & M.T. Shelbourne; 40 acres: S of Baltimore Rd bounded W. by the I.C.R.R., S by Jake Chester & E by R.D. Mosby; 15 acres N. Mrs. Berry, W & S Frank Clapp & E by ICRR; Land on Wolf Island incuding the "new ground"; 45 acres N of Baltimore Rd, bounded E by R.D. Mosby, W by ICRR, S by my land

Hays

Laura

Jane

Vol. 1.

4/9/1897

3/14/1898

Son: David Hays & James William Hays

Exec: David Hays; Witnesses: Richard L. Williams, John Howe & Gus. Frich

Henderson

Wilson

Vol. 1.

341 & 342

11/20/1912

4/11/1927

Children: Mrs. L. M. Lemona, Frank Henderson & Edna Hobbs

Witnessess: Mattie Belle Henderson, Edgar Henderson & L. A. Powell

Hobbs

Horatio

Vincent

Vol. 1.

97 & 98

10/27/1899

9/14/1903

Wife: Mary Elizabeth Hobbs; My children

Attest: S.J. Willett; Witnesses: J.V. Hobbs andd S.E. Reddick

Hobbs

Jerome

Vol. 1.

11/10/1891

12/14/1891

Wife: Margaret Angeline Hobbs; Grand Daughter: Ella Anna Neele; Grand Son Joseph Philip Neele

Witnesses: F.C. Taylor & A.J. Willett; Oath of James Wilson, F.C. Hayden and A.J. Willett

Hobbs

John

Vol. 1.

80 & 81

3/1/1897

3/12/1900

Son: Harvey N. Hobbs; wife S.A. Hobbs; 7 children: Wm. T. Hobbs, Richie P. Hobbs, Robert V. Hobbs, Alice A. Hobbs, Mary L. Hobbs, Araminta F. Hobbs and Rosa A. Sams

Exec: Wife, S.A. Hobbs; Witnesses: J.E. Price, J.D. Ellis, J.S. Ward and H.T. Sams

Hobbs

Richard

Vol. 1.

152 & 153

3/3/1910

7/11/1910

Son: Jessie Hobbs; Wife: Rosa A. Hobbs; all my children

Exec: wife Rosa A. Hobbs; Witnesses: Simon Ramage & A.A. Mayers; Attest: W.Z.T. Smith; Codicil Witnesses: A.C. Linn & J.. Stovall

Hogancamp

Everett

Vol. 1.

3/30/1886

1/7/1889

Wife: J. Hogencamp; "all my children"

Exec: Wife J. Hogencamp; Witnesses: T. E. Price; B. Baskin; J.S. Bobbett

Holt

Simon

Vol. 1.

228, 229 & 230

8/7/1911

12/11/1916

Sons: E.D., W.S., & Robert Holt Daughters: Nettie Crider (husband C.D. Crider); Lizzie Brent (husband L.E. Brent), Avania Bugg,(husband W.J. Bugg), and Lois McKinney

Exec: sons W.L. and E.D. Holt; Witnesses: R.J. Bugg an Joe W. Bennett

Holt

Vol. 1.

207- 212

1/7/1907

2/11/1915

Wife: Hettie M. Holt; My Children

Execs: wife Hettie Holt, son Galen (Simon G.) Holt, & R.A. Nelson of Manila, Ark; Witnesses: John R. Owen, L.G. Edwards & S.A. McGary; [J.C. Christopher Holt was not mentioned in will but took oath of Exec.]

Holt

Vol. 1.

2/21/1896

6/14/1897

Son W.A. Holt, Joshua Holt, William Monroe Holt; Daughter: Ellen Hinkle

Exec: son W. A. Holt; Witnesses: M.S. Goode & L. Holt

Hudson

John

Vol. 1.

256

8/31/1896

3/10/1919

Wife: Elizabeth Hudson

Exec: wife: Elizabeth Hudson; Witnesses: James Simpson, W.H. Boswell & R.J. Bugg

Humphrey

Van

Vol. 1.

319 & 320

3/6/1925

7/13/1925

Wife: Lucy E. Humphrey; Harold E. Stanley; C. P. Davis; Board of Education of the Memphis Conf. Methodist Episopical Church South for Lambeth College, Jackson, TN; Board of Finance

Guardian of Harold E. Stanley: C. P. Davis; Witnessess: J. M. Thomas & C. P. Notary Public: Davis; Aubrey B. Davis; 50 acres N side of Mayfield Rd purchased from the Reddick Estate & & 50 acres on S side

None

Jackson

John

Vol. 1.

161 & 162

9/1/1892

9/10/1894

Wife: A. Paralie Jackson; Three youngest children: Joseph M., Ada L. and Ida P. Jackson; Three older children: J.A, W.A. and J.E. Jackson

Exec: one or all of older childen, J.A, W.A. and or J.E. Jackson; Witnesses: J.E. and W.A. Jackson; Codicil Witnesses: Jno. E, W.A. & W.J. Jackson

Jennings

Vol. 1.

301

11/20/1923

9/8/1924

Louis E. Jennnings, Beulah Jennings Todd, Belle Jennings, Terry & Nana Jennings McClure: Son: Thomas Jennings; Daughter: Maude Jennings Ellsworth;

Executor: Arthur A. Todd; Witnessess: Oscar Bodkin & R. M. Shelbourne

Jeter

Matilda

Vol. 1.

282 & 283

3/7/1919

4/9/1923

My children: Druey H. Jeter, Georgia Ann Raymes and Carrie E. Allen; Children of L.A. Jeter, dec'd: Raymond, Graham, Roy, Robert, Elizabeth & Forrest Jeter; Grandson James Calvin Rudd, son of Mattie Rudd, dec'd.

Exec: Trustee of estate for "infant" grandchildren to be named by the court

Jones

Allen

Vol. 1.

156

2/22/1908

8/9/1909

Wife: Viola Belle Jones; Youngest daughter Lenia Jones

Witnesses: Grace Unsell & Robert L. Geveden

Juett

Thomas

Vol. 1.

4/15/1892

1/11/1898

Daughter Mary A. White; Grandson J.T. Utterback; Granddaughter Addie Marshall

Exec: J.T. Utterback; Witnesses: J.M. Nichols and L.F. Neely

Kell

Joe

Vol. 1.

281

12/1/1921

2/12/1923

Wife: Sallie Kell, Mary & Winnona Kell; my 5 children: Rolan, Laurance, and Albert, Bettie Wren & Owen.

Exec: wife, Sallie named Guardian of Bettie; Witnesses: Robert P. Hocker & J.B. Wartham, both of Arlington

Kane

John

Vol. 1.

315, 316, 317 & 318

Will: 3/14/1925; Codicil: 4/22/1925

7/13/1925

Wife: Emma; Sisters: Mary Ann & Alice Webb, Britanna Hutson, Ellen Elsey (and her son Terrell Elsey) and Lizzie Harlan; Niece: Mary George; Nephew: Robert Harlan & Terrell Elsey; Brothers: M. H. Kane; James M. Kane, Robert L. Kane; Children of sister Mary Ann Webb

Executor: brothers M. H. &/or Robert L. Kane; Assistance: Roy M. Shelbourne; Lot in Bardwell purchased from J.H. Collins

Lavoy

Vol. 1.

244 & 245

3/30/1918

Regular August County Court Term 1918

Wife: Julia A. Lavoy

Witnesses: R.L. Long and H.A. Gilham, M.D; D.P. Sanford, Notary Public; 29 3/4 acre farm on the E side of Milburn known as the Dick George place

Ledford

Vol. 1.

155

8/10/1909

2/14/1910

Wife: Bell Ledford; Children: Guy & Aubrey & my other children

Witnesses: G.W. Witty & D.P. Sanford

Lee

Vol. 1.

no date

12/8/1888

Wife: Rebeccah A. Lee; 3 youngest boys: G.W. Lee, N.E. Lee & S.L. Lee; 5 other children

Witnesses: W.W. Mosby 7 R.M. Rowland

Lucy

John

Vol. 1.

274

7/27/1922

10/23/1922

Wife: Myrtle L. Lucy

Exec: wife: Myrtle L. Lucy; Witnesses: J.R. Lucy & C.L. Howard

Mabry

Vol. 1.

48 & 49

6/1/1891

12/15/1891

Wife: Joana A; Ch: Hugh, Myra and Nannie

Execs: Wife Joana A. and son Hugh; Witnesses: W. Z Smith and Claude Smith

Mabry

Vol. 1.

297

4/25/1910

4/14/1924

Sons: Charles Poindexter Mabry, Floyd H. Mabry; Daughters: Ethel Mabry Jones, Anna Mabry Majors, Eva Mabry

Exec: Anna Mabry Majors; Witnesses: Mrs. W. R. Turk & W. R. Turk

Mabry

Vol. 1.

297 & 298

4/25/1910

4/14/1924

Sons: Charles Poindexter Mabry, Floyd H. Mabry; Daughters: Ethel Mabry Jones, Anna Mabry Majors, Eva Mabry

Executor: Anna Mabry Majors; Witnessess: Mrs. W. R. Turk & W. R. Turk

Mabry

Sam

Vol. 1.

224 & 225

6/10/1912

5/8/1914

Wife: Elizabeth Mabry;

Exec: wife: Elizabeth Mabry; Witnesses: John C. Kane and Dennis(?) R. Webb

Mantle

George

Vol. 1.

148

7/30/1907

7/11/1910

Wife: Fannie Mantle; Sons: G.S., Ed B.and J.E. Mantle; Daughter: Ninnie Rutherford; Daughter Catherine Olden's Children

Witnesses: W.Z T. Smith & Ira W. Smith; Cathes land; Home farm adjoining W.H. Terry; Land on N side of Mayfield Creek betw the Cree & Blandville

Martin

Fredonia

Vol. 1.

312 & 313

Will signed: 5/16/1912; Codicil signed: 7/12/1924

5/12/1925

John E. Lamkin

Executor: John E. Lamkin; Witnesses: H. T. Davis, M. W. Davis & Donia Martin; Codicil Witnesses: Robbie Loney & Golden L. Hall

Martinie

George

Vol. 1.

101, 102 & 103

12/10/1903

1/11/1904

Brothers: James W. and Dave A. Martinie; Niece Lora B. Cross; Nephew & Nieces (ch of dec'd brother Granville)

Exec: William T. Zook; Witnesses: J.G. Sullinger & H.L. Wiley; Burial in family grave yard on the Martinie Farm besides his father Jonathan Martinie's grave

Mathis

Harriett

Vol. 1.

218

5/1/1915

7/12/1915

12 children; Afflicted daughter Lou Eller Mathis;

Exec. & Trustee for daughter Lou Eller Mathis, son J.A. Mathis; Witnesses: Oscar Wilson and Clayman Nelson

Mott

Vol. 1.

275 & 276

6/11/1920

11/20/1922

Wife: Mildred F. Mott; Daughter: Kittie May McGary and her husband T. Jeff McGary

Exec: T. Jeff McGary; Witnesses: D.P. Sanford & Oris Oats; Land: part of the survey of land once owned by William Turner, dec'd; part of survey of land once owned by Richard T. Milburn, Dec'd; 119 acres known as part of J.B. Hite land where they then lived in Milburn Magisterial Dist. 3,

Mayers

William "Will"

Vol. 1.

111, 112 & 113

7/31/1905

8/14/1905

Wife: Mary Ann Elizabeth Moyers; Brother J.M. Moyers & Sisters Elinor Sams and May Lee Bruce; Half brother Daniel Elbert Moyers and half sister Naoma Ruth Moyers

Execs: Wife Mary Ann Elizabeth Moyers, Asa Bodkin and Eli Allen; Witnesses: C.D. Tegethoff & E.R. Coil; Brick residence on Elm St. & brick drug store "W.L. Moyers" on Grant St. in Bardwell;

Mays

Vol. 1.

273

1/27/1921

8/15/1922

Wife: Mattie Mays; wife's father (deceased) H.W. Hall; my 5 children:

Exec: None; Witnesses: Ed Riggs & R.O. Willingham, Jr.

McGary

Seneth

Ann

Vol. 1.

137 & 138

3/26/1904

8/10/1908

Nephew; Everett Eden McGary, son of J.E. McGary; My three brothers

Exec: nephew Everett Eden McGary; Witnesses: J. T. Cave and A.C. Gausley; Tomb rocks for her Father, Mother and sister

Mcgary (Megary)

Vol. 1.

1 & 2

5/3/1886

6/7/1886

Wife: L.J. Mcgary; 4 sons Isaac Newton, Crittiance White, Robert Haywood, and Harden Beverly; daughter Mollie Goun? Boswell

Dr. E.O. Reid (holds mortgage); Exec: wife L.J. Mcgary; Witnesses: N.A. Rowland, R.A. Stephens

Notes: Date of Codicil doesn't make sense

McGraw

Thomas

Vol. 1.

269 & 270

7/31/1897

6/19/1922

Wife: Ella Matilda McGraw; Sons: Marion Fremont and Elbert Thomas McGraw; Daughter: Ada Lora Geer

Exec: wife: Ella Matilda McGraw; Witnesses: Jacob J. Conrad, Henry Elfront & W.O. Chandler

Notes: Codicil correcting land allocation E & W

Mix

David

Vol. 1.

235

8/27/1904

4/4/1917

Wife: Elizabeth A. Mix; Heirs of my dec'd daughter Belle Brent: Mamie and Willie Bennett; my other children: Mary Brent, Rosella Stevens, and George, Mark (or Mack), and David Mx

Exec: wife: Elizabeth A. Mix; Witnesses: R.O. Willingham, Jr., and A.T. Hobbs

Moore

Vol. 1.

329 & 330

Will: 2/3/1914; Codicil: 8/24/1923

1/11/21926

Wife: Mary F. Moore, Madey Sparks, Nanabet Cothes heirs- Thomas Jersey William Margaret & Ever Binson Cothes; Medy Sparks & heirs

Executor: Wife- Mary F. Moore; Witnessess: C. J. Moore & Wiley D. Walker; Property known as the WyMoore - house and lot; Codicil after death of wife

Moore

Vol. 1.

158, 159 & 160

3/31/1909

1/9/1911

Daughters Carrie E. and Mollie L. by his first wife; Wife Mollie P. Moore

Brother-in-law Ed Atchison as guardian for daughters Carrie & Mollie Moore; Witnesses: Mattie M.A. Vaughn & J.R. Vaughn

Mosby

Henry

Lee

Vol. 1.

237 & 238

9/27/1910

9/18/1917

Wife: Fannie I. Mosby; Father (dec'd) W.W. Mosby; his blood heirs-at-law

Exec: wife: Fannie I. Mosby; Witnesses: W.M. Jackson, W.V. Bryant & H.L. Wiley; Buckle land; Also land inherited from his father, located in Arlington, next to his own.

Mosby

Wm.

Vol. 1.

116 & 117

2/8/1901

7/9/1906

Son: William L., all my children; Wife, Matilda Francis Mosby;

Witnesses: daniel Bodkin, Jr., J.H. Lovelace and N.R. Taylor

Moss

Vol. 1.

257

1/1/1912

10/14/1919

Wife; "my Heirs"; Lubell

Exec: None; Witnesses: T.F. Piper & E.C. King

Mott

Vol. 1.

3 & 4

4/41885

7/6/1886

Wife: Martha Ann; son Robert Thomas, 2 oldest boys J.W. and G.B. (& possibly more children)

Exec: Wife

Nichols

John

Vol. 1.

145 & 146

7/8/1901

4/11/1910

Wife: J.A. Nichols;

None, handwritten by testator

Nicholson

John

Vol. 1.

96 & 97

6/24/1897

7/13/1903

Wife; Worshipful Master and Wardens of Arlington Lodge No. 582 F.A.M. & successors; son Ellwood Nicholson, Adna Nicholson & J.B. Nicholson

Witnesses: J.B. S. Hutson and Isaac E. Price

Owens

Mary

Vol. 1.

178, 179 & 180

3/14/1893

5/13/1912

Daughter: Martha Jane Humphrey & her children Thane & Hickman Humphrey; Children of dec'd daughter Fannie James: Elisha James and Fannie Stephens (formerly James); Lura H. Ownes, dau. Of son Thomas F. Owens; son Henry B. Owens; Daughter: Hallie Bell

Exec: Thomas F. & Henry B. Owens; Witnesses: G.W. Perry & Thos. P. Hays; Residence in Milburn on N. side of town on the Blandville & Milburn Rd, deeded me by S.h. Jenkins & known as the Dr. Flint property; interest in Flouring Mill

Page

Vol. 1.

321, 322, 333, 334 & 335

Will signed: 5/16/1912; Codicil signed: 4/10/1923; 2nd Codicil signed: 4/20/1925

7/13/1925

O.T. Page, Alex Page, Floyd Page; Lela Page, Ella Partin, Eugenia Anderson, Bettie Clark, Ben & Minie Pease, Chester Page, Etta Wells; Alec Page & John Partin; Daughter: B. Ater, Grandchild: Water (Walter Page); Chester Page; Etta Wells

Executor: Alek Page & John Partin; Will Witnesses: P. F. Stayton & G. E. Burrow; Codicil Witnessess: L. G. Barriger & L. M. Burrow; 2nd Codicil: 4/20/1925; Witnessess: F. F. Pennebaker, Cody C. McClure & R. C. Burrow; A tract of land with lines on pubic road, at the Hay-Smith corner and on the church line; another tract at John Hearn NE corner, the Big road, the church line

Payne

Andy [Andrew]

Vol. 1.

11 & 12

5/2/1881

10/3/1887

Wife: Winifand B. Payne; "my children"

Exec: Winifand B. Payne; Witness: Henry Boswell & G.W. Boswell

Peebles

James

Vol. 1.

24, 25 & 26

6/24/1887

8/7/1889

Mother-in-Law: Mrs. S. E. Porter; S.M. Peebles

Exec: S.E. Porter & A.T. Hobbs; Witnesses: A. T. Hobbs, Abel Davis & T.F. Bugg; Witnesses to Codicil: C.A. Gest; R.A. Davis & A.T. Hobbs; Land purchased from J.A. Cummins

Peebles

John

Vol. 1.

65 & 66

8/1/1895

Wife: Sarah Peebles; Daughters Willey May Peebles, Mattie Smithers; Grandsons: Wilton & JIra Peebles

Exec: B. H. Smithers; Witnesses W.M. Seay & J.W. Wood; Part of old Pennebaker farm

Perry

Robert

Vol. 1.

117 & 118

9/5/1906

11/12/1906

Wife: Elizabeth Perry

Exec: wife, Elizabeth Perry; Witnesses: E.A. Smith & B.F. Wilson

Petrie

John

Vol. 1.

108 & 109

4/4/1904

12/12/1904

Son: Frank Petrie; His Mother

Witness: J.M. Nichols & J.F. Nichols; Interest in the drug store in Bardwell, "J.S. Petrie & Son"

Pettit

Thomas

Vol. 1.

83 & 84

1/12/1875 & Codicil 8/11/1891

6/11/1900

Will: Companion: Adeline Pettit; "my children"; Codicil: Jessie Rose and Bessie Rose, my grand children; Amanda J. Rose

Will Witnesses: John M. Nichols and Wm. T. Reeves; Codicil Witnesses: H.l. Wiley and R.R. Magruder

Piercall

Martha

Ellen

Vol. 1.

115

6/22/1903

2/12/1906

Adopted child: Mary Ellen O'Connor, formerly Mary Ellen Lock; [Widow of Charles Piercall]

Witnesses: J.W. Mott, J.P. Carlisle Co. & M. F. Mott; Farm on West fork of Mayfield Creek & house on a lot in Fancy Farm in Graves Co.

Pile

Alexander

Vol. 1.

4/13/1889

5/6/1889

Wife: Martha Pile

Witness: L.W. Davis & John H. Porter

Pile

Vol. 1.

133, 134 & 135

10/13/1906

10/14/1907

Wife: Mattie A. Pile; Grand-daughter Christie Bartell;

Exec: Grand-daughter Christie Bartell; Witnesses: John W. Chenault & H.L. Wiley; Shares of the Merit Manufacturing Co. of Mayfield, KY; Arlington Residence

Plunkett

John

Vol. 1.

99, 100 & 101

6/7/1903

11/9/1903

Son: James Plunkett; Daughters: Jennie Reeves & Manda Hobbs; Granddaughters: Donnie Johnson and Jesse Hobbs

Exec: Friend, Robert Carrol(?); Witnesses: J.M. Nichols, A.M. Nichols and Jesse F. Nichols; Land E & W of the Mobile & Ohio RR line; Codicil witnesses: O.B. Evans and Jesse F. Nichols

Powell

John

Vol. 1.

263 & 264 (typewritten)

7/20/1915 but signed 8/3/1915

11/20/1916 in Webster Co. Will Bk 2, p. 374

Niece: Cora Jewell (wife of B.F. Jewell); Sons: Henry and Samuel F. Powell

Exec: Samuel F & Henry Powell (or if dec'd: Ohio Valley Banking and Trust of Henderson, Ky); Witnesses: Joe D. Morehead & J.E. Bell; Land and other: 173-273 acres in Carlisle Co known as the Hatfield land, J.E. Nichelson living on it for 23 or 24 yrs; 132 acres in Carlisle Co known as the Corbett or Moore tract or farms

Powell

Sallie

Henderson

Vol. 1.

240 & 241

6/2/1897

March County Court Term, 1918

Sisters: Mrs. Josephine Owsley and Mrs. J.S. Petree; Nephew: Joseph D. Puckett

Exec: nephew: Joseph D. Puckett; Witnesses: J.W. Black & J.T. Utterback; Keep the graves of herself, her husband and son James T, Puckett; Farm in Ballard Co; House & lot in Bardwell

Quigley

Stephen

Vol. 1.

20 & 21

1/15/1889

3/4/1889

Wife: Sallie; Daughters Ann, Harriett, Margaret & Maria

Witnesses: J.B. Quigley & J.. Robinson

Ramsy

Lovina

Vol. 1.

8/20/1883

8/7/1888

Wm. F. McBride, son of Simon McBride; Alice Grissom, Malinda Snavley and J.E. McBride; J.S. McBride; my 5 sisters

Witnesses: Wm. White & G.W. Turney; land purchased from H.L. Shanklin

Randol

Vol. 1.

294, 295, 296

2/25/1922

2/11/924

Wife Lucretia Randol; Sons: Walter & Merritt Randol; 10 children

Executor: Walter Randol; Witnesses: M.T. & R.M. Shelbourne

Ray

Mrs. Sue

Vol. 1.

307 & 308

6/24/1923

3/9/1925

Daughter: Bess Samuels; Grandson's: Bullock & John G. Samuels, Jr.

Executor: Bullock Samuels; Witnesses: R. C. Evans & R. M. Shelbourne; House and lot located on Elm and Courthouse Streets; House in Bardwell located on "colored alley"

Ray

Vol. 1.

232 & 233

6/15/1914

3/19/1917

Daughter: Mary Lee Ray; sons: John W. and James B. Ray.

Exec: John W. Ray; Witnesses: R.O. Willingham, Jr., and Ed Riggs; House & lot on Elsey street in Bardwell, purchased from Enoch Watson

Reddick

Mary

Jane

Vol. 1.

130, 131 and 132

5/2/1899

8/12/1907

Daughters: Kittie King, Virginia Stowell, Fannie Wiley Sons: Tolley, Silas, and Enoch Reddick; Grand-daughters: Mary Dublin, Therssa Reddick, Cora Carman, Maude Evah Reddick, Leah Reddick, Annie Louise Reddick, Grand-sons: Tolley Dejamatt, Hershel Reddick, Dee Wiley

Exec: Enoch Reddick; Witnesses: T.T. Margen and Jess F. Nichols

Redford

Vol. 1.

8/1/1901

11/11/1901

Wife: A. M. Redford & 3 children

Attest G. W. Boswell, Witnesses J.L. Redford, W.M. Payne & J.W. Higginson

Reid

Dr.?

Vol. 1.

6/13/1865

1/14/1874 Ballard Co.

Wife: L.R. Reid

Attest: E. O. Reid and M.E. Reid; Handwriting & Signature proven by oath of W.R. Pile and Mark Cummings

Reynolds

Vol. 1.

53, 54 & 55

6/25/1886

3/10/1993

Wife: Levinia; "my seven children"; daughter Mrs. Dansell Bean; Mrs. Nancy H. Wooten; Son L.G. Reynolds; Daughter Harriett Collins; Son-in-law J.W. Collins

Exec: W.W. Jenkins; Witnesses: W.E. Horr & W.W. Jenkins; Land bought from Emma J. Martin; house bought of W.W. Jenkins;

Riddick

Wm.

Vol. 1.

71 & 72

6/25/1897

9/13/1897

Wife: Mary J. Reddick; Sons Enoch F. Reddick, Will Tollie Reddick, John D. Reddick, Silas E. Reddick; heirs of son Richard M. Reddick; Daughters: Catherine King, Virginia Stovall, Fannie A. Wiley; children of daughters Dove Defoumate and Mary Ellen Wiley

Exec: wife Mary J. Reddick; Witnesses: H.L. Wiley, Sudie Wiley, Bonnie Wiley and Virginia P. Stovall; Requests burial in family grave yard on the farm

Samples

Robert

Vol. 1.

259 & 260

8/21/1916

9/13/1920

My wife; My children: Thomas Burnett, Charles Floyd, Earnest Earl & Gladys Idell Samples

Exec: Brother: A.D. Samples & Guardian of any minor children; Witnesses: M.T. and R.M. Shelbourne; Land, business, other: Policy of Insurance in the Woodsmen

Sams

Vol. 1.

268

2/3/1921

4/15/1922

Sons: Charley & Rice Sams; Daughters: Belle Ramaga & Buler Flowers; Daughter-in-Law: widow of my son Hugh, Dec'd

Exec: son: Charley Sams; Witnesses: F.P. Leath, W.J. Dunn

Sams

Wiley

Vol. 1.

31, 32 & 33

11/19/1863

1/17/1891

Youngest son: Hermon Colter Sams; sons Zack, Wiley Sams Jr. and Adam; negro women Weaser & Ducinder Ann, negro boys Overton Gibson & Washington Preston; negro girls Susan McCoy & Louisa; mulatto boy Horatio North;

Exec; H. Colter Sams; Witnesses: J. Corbett & A. B. Coil

Sams

Wm.

Vol. 1.

113 & 114

4/14/1828

Ballard Co: 11/15/1880' Carlisle Co. 1/1/1906

Aged Father; Brothers: Rice, Thomas, Wiley & David Sams; Sisters: Elizabeth Deweese & Elenore Carter; Wife: Sarah; Step-son Joseph D. Montgomery;

Witnesses: J.D. Martin, Samuel Hows & Wm. Holman; Negro girls December & Tiner; Negro boy Isaacr, small negro girls Susan & Tener; Land on Mayfield Creek

Sanford

Lawrence

Vol. 1.

338 & 339

3/14/1923

12/13/1926

Nephew's: W. J. Willingham & R. O. Willingham; Heirs of Niece: Cora May Boswell; Half neice: Elizabeth J. Morgan

Executor: R. O. Willingham; Witnessess: John T. Baynes & T. C. Johnson, both of Arlington; Notary: Robert T. Hocker; Sanford graveyard on the Billie Bogle land near Milburn (1/2 acre set aside for burials by his Mother, Jane T. Sanford, when the property sold ca 1867 to Andrew J. Payne)

Seay

Vol. 1.

128 & 129

2/17/1905

1/11/1908

Wife: Emma Seay; My little children; Son J.E. Seay;

Exec: Wife: Emma Seay; Witnesses: L.E. Woods and A. A. Davis, Arlington, KY

Shelbourne

Vol. 1.

217

10/26/1914

9/13/1915

Wife: Orda E. Sherbourne

None listed

Sims

Vol. 1.

248, 249 & 250

5/14/1918

12/9/1918

Wife: Martha F. Sims; Store co-owner: G.L. Twisdale, daughter: Rhoda Knauss, grandsons: Clarence & Fred Henderson; granddaughter: Anita Henderson; 5 children: W.C. Sims, M.C. Sims, Rhoda Knauss, Ada Twisdale & Ora Hall

Exec: W.C. Sims, M.C. Sims and G.L. Twisdale; Witness: L.N.B. Hobbs & Attest: Thomas A. Pease & A.S. Hobbs; Land, Businesses: W.A. Sims & Co. (dry goods, groceries, hardware, drugs, shoes, & notions)

Skiles

Henry

Hamilton

Vol. 1.

34, 35, 36 & 37

12/28/1885

Jany. Term, 1890, Warren Co., KY

Nephew: Clarence U. McElroy

Exec: C.U. McElroy; Witnesses: Dan'l B. Holmes & John L. Peak (John Tevis Harwood?); D.W. Wright & C.J. Vanmeter Surities: Wrote it in Kansas City, MO, but resident in Mercer Co., KY

Smith

George

Vol. 1.

327 & 328

No date

12/14/1925

Brothers: E. A. Smith, Matt Smith, R. J. Smith; Sisters: Mrs. W. J. Willingham (or Mollie Willingham), Mrs. Jennie Flint, Mrs. George Terry or Ella Rowland, Mrs. C. M. or Margaret Scott, Mrs. C. E. or Lori Burrow, and R.J. Smith (of Texas); Harlo Scott son of Clarence & Margaret Scott; Lucille & Arnold Burrow, children of G. E. & Lou Burrows

Will not signed or witnessed: Executor: E. A. Smith

Smith

Z.T.

Vol. 1.

165, 166 & 167

Will: 4/3/1911; Codicil 5/21/1911

7/10/1911

Daughters: Zilpha & Mary; son Pearl Smith & W.J. Smith; Codicil: Grand-daughter Ann May; Julia Wilson

Exec: son L.M. Smith; Witnesses: W.J. Dunn, J.W. Good & Pearl Smith; Codicil: Mentioned: Jeff Wilson; John Wilson, Codicil Witnesses: Zilpha Smith, W.J. Dunn, E.M. Smith

Stewart

James

Vol. 1.

78 & 79

12/23/1856

12/28/1857

Wife: Sarah Stewart; Oldest Daughter: Lucinda Stewart Masten; Son: David Stewart; Daughters: Elizabeth Stewart & Mary Ellen Stewart

Exec: James Zook, also named guardian for life of Elizabeth Stewart; Land bought from Edward Taylor; Jas. B. Brown; W.J. Gibson & J. Geviden

Stratton

William

Vol. 1.

21, 22 & 23

1/12/1888 [died 1/14/1888]

1/19/1888

Wife: Eliza Margaret Stratton; [Note: Will written and proven in Cairo, Alexander Co., IL]

Exec: Wife; Witnesses: Charles W. Henderson & Reubin T. Yocum

Sullinger

Johnson

Vol. 1.

10/6/1897

5/13/1902

Wife; Daughter: Frankie Dellinger; R.E. Stanley

Exec: Son J.G. Sullinger; Witnesses: N.L. Wiley & A. T. Hobbs; Indebtedness to W.E. Hall

Summers

Amanda

Vol. 1.

283 & 284

4/9/1908

4/9/1923

Nephew: Abraham P. Stephens

Exec: None named; Witnesses: G.L. Klapp & A.H. Hobbs; Wishes to be buried beside husband Samuel H. Summers in Milburn Cemetery

Summers

Ann

Vol. 1.

331, 332 & 333

6/25/1919

5/10/1926

3 Children: Daughter: Lue A. Sandfor, Sons: George Edward Summers & James Howard Summers; Grandson: Lenard Cox

Executors: her 3 children jointly; Notary Public: D.P. Sanford; Witnesses: J. W. Crider & W. Y. Johnson

Summers

Benjamin

Vol. 1.

221

4/13/1895

2/12/1916

Grandchild: Lula Bell Price; Georgie Bengerman Summers;

Exec: Georgie Bengerman Summers; Witnesses: J.W. Matt & S.B. Boswell

Taylor

Zack

Vol. 1.

1/2/1891

2/9/1891

Son: Lewis Anderson Taylor

Witnesses: W.H. Yates & J.W. Geveden?

Tegethoff

Elizabeth

Vol. 1.

164

3/2/1910

3/13/1911

W.L. Tegethoff & his son Elmer; John Tegethoff; my other children: Chas. And Frank Tegethoff, Laura Doud; children of Mary Russell

Exec: John Tegethoff; Witnesses: P. Young; Geo. T. Joiner & W.B. Richardson

Thomas

Preston

Vol. 1.

220

1/22/1915

9/13/1915

Son: Pearle Thomas; Daughter: Mattie Loving; Sons: Brooks, James, Preston, and Richard Thomas

Exec: son, Pearle Thomas; Witnesses: M.W. Harper and G.H. Harper

Thornton

Edward

Vol. 1.

239 & 240

12/25/1900

9/10/1910

Wife: Susan Thornton; 5 children

Exec: wife, Susan Thornton; Witnesses: E.W. Benson & E.P. Fisher Notary Public

Toon

Jack

Vol. 1.

245 & 246

5/29/1918

Regular August County Court Term

Joint Will: Wife: T. N. Toon; Son: Alva Brey Toon; Daughter Marie Toon; Youngest child: Cornelius R. Toon; my other children;

Exec: wife, T.N. Toon; Witnesses: Arthur Thomas and A.P. Thomas

Toon

Vol. 1

245 & 246

Joint Will w/Jack H. Toon

Joint Will: Husband: Jack H. Toon and same as above

Exec: husband Jack H. Toon; Witnesses: same as above

Trabue

James

Vol. 1.

90, 91 & 92

5/19/1882

11/8/1902

Wife: Eliza F.; Ch: Mary (her share to her two sons Trabue Barksdale and William R. Barksdale), Richard and William; Grand Nephew, son of Nephew Robert D. Trabue

Exec: Son Richard; Witnesses: James Caldwell and Wm. Kelday; Written in Louisville

Tyler

Richard

Vol. 1.

50 & 51

2/5/1889

7/11/1892

Wife: Acenith Tyler; "my children"

Exec: wife Acenith Tyler; Witnesses: T.C. Price, J. deweese & Wm. Johnson

Utterback

Vol. 1.

272 or 292

Utterback

Vol. 1.

292 & 293

11/22/1920

1/14/1924

3 children: Daughter: Nana (or Mona) U. Patterson; Sons: Hugh B. Utterback, J. T. Utterback, Jr.

Son J.T. Utterback Jr. Executor with Hugh B. Utterback assistance: Witnessess: Oscar Bodkin & Cecil Perry

Violett

Ashford

Vol. 1.

38 thru 45

11/21/1890

8/10/1891

Wife: Ann Violett; Residuary legatee A. W. Violett; Sons John B. Violett, H.F. Violett, A.W. Violett, Jr.and Jeff Violett; daughter Barbara Mitchell (husband Sam Mitchell); my grandchildren: daughter of Barbara Mitchell and children of J.B. Violett

Co-execs: N.J. Bugg and L.C.Ray; Witnesses J.H. Black & Geo. F. Dudley; Property mentioned: Central Hotel; line laid off by Wm. White; formerly occupied by N.J. Young; line of J.W. Turk; occupied by L.D. Ray; Purchased from Hazelwood; D. Badking property; Old M.J. Hays farm in Hickman Co.; Campbell land; opposite residence of Dr. G.A. Thomas occupied by Wash Hickman (Col.); 119 acres known ias Colonel Woolfolk's Homestead; next to A.F. Elsey house; house occupied by the grocery of Richard Butter; side room occupied by Mrs. Cross as saddlery & Harness establishment; Notes of H.J. Burton & Dink Halterman

Violett

Vol. 1.

188 & 189

3/27/1912

6/9/1913

Estranged wife; Children: Mary Harvey Violett & Lucy Violett

Exec: A.T. Woolfork; Witnesses: A.T. Woolfolk & R.A. Evans; Codicil: A.T. Hobbs & A.T. Woolfolk

Walker

Charity

Vol. 1.

141, 142 & 143

2/28/1907

3/8/1909

Son: Wiley D. Walker; Daughters: Tommie (or Tammie) Stephens and Golda Linderman

Exec: son Wiley D. Walker; Witnesses: R.J. Young & J.F. Bailey; 4 acres in Bardwell bounded on the north by J.F. Moore, East by J.F. Moore, South by Orchard Street & west by F.P. Lindsay & W.H. Cain

Ward

Elizabeth

Vol. 1.

261

5/2/1916

12/15/1920

Sister Susan

Exec: sister Susan; Witnesses: None

Watson

Jos.

Vol. 1.

183 & 184

8/28/1907

12/9/1912

Wife: Mary Elizabeth Watson; My Children

Exec: wife, Mary Elizabeth Watson; Witnesses: John E. Kane & K. Childress

Webb

Julia

Vol. 1.

5/29/1885

1/7/1889

Nephew: Charles R. Stratton; Wallace Webb

Exec: friend W.H. Davis of Ballard Co.; Witnesses: Thomas Terrell & J.B. Stratton

Webb

William

Harris

Vol. 1.

63 & 64

9/19/1889

3/11/1895

Wife: Julia A. Webb; Sons: Robert H. Webb & F. H. Webb

Exec: Julia A. and F.H. Webb; Witnesses: J.E. Atherton & N. S. Atherton

Wellhofen

Bell

Vol. 1.

98 & 99

9/7/1903

10/12/1903

B.F. Donaldson appointed Guardian for Lissie and Burley

Exec: B.F. Donaldson; Attest: J. H. Fisher & melissa Fisher

Weston

W.T.

Vol. 1.

4 & 5

5/20/1886

8/3/1886

Wife: Martha L. Weston

Witnesses: W.A. Edwards; J.T. Davis

Wilkerson

Vol. 1.

200 & 201

3/23/1914

7/13/1914

Wife: V. A. Wilkerson; My eight (unnamed) children

Execs: sons, Jackson & Joe Wilkerson; Witnesses: R.O Wilkerson, Sr., A.S. Bingham & Ben S. Adams; Land in E. Carlisle Co., adjoining W.E. Barriger, Evrett Nichols and others

Williams

Vol. 1.

187

4/5/1913

6/4/1913

Wife: Bettie Williams; Daughter: Ellen Timmany, wife of Aubry Timmany; my other children

Witnesses: John J. Pastin, Sam Mabry & E.C. King

Williams

Margaret

Vol. 1.

6/17/1893

1/8/1894

John H. Bennett

Witnesses: R. Porter & J.G. Porter

Williams

Samuel

Vol. 1.

3/18/1894

1/14/1895

Wife: Altha Ann Williams; Sons: George Milen Williams, William Jesse Williams, John Ewan Williams; Daughters;

Exec: wife Altha Ann Williams; Witnesses: J.C. & W.J. Williams

Willingham

O., Sr.

Vol. 1.

330 & 331

8/6/1925

3/8/1926

Daughter: Mary Etta Flegle and heirs; A. W. Violett Jr., deceased; James Willingham; Len Flegle

None

Wilson

Vol. 1.

288, 289 & 290

3/8/1923

12/10/1923

Wife: Virginia Wilson; Julia Wilson, daughter of my son Jeff Wilson; Children: J.S. Wilson, Mrs. Robert Terry, Mrs. John Vincent, Mrs. Will Johnson, Denver Wilson, and Iva Wilson; Grandson Charlie Denton, son of dec'd daughter Betty Denton

Exec: daughter, Iva Wilson, and son J.S. Wilson; Witnesses: Oscar Bodkin & C.C. Perry; Attest: F.W. Turk; Land: "My Home Place"; what is known as the "Kirby Place"

Winfrey

Rebecca

Vol. 1.

86 & 87

6/20/1901

8/12/1901

Miss Nancy Orcett; Sons of the late Katy Byasee: Edward, Herbert, John andd Nute; Widowed nieces: Mrs. Sarah Bugg and Mrs. Mary Parish

Exec: Sylvester McGary; Witnesses: H.L. Wiley, John T. Baynes and T.A. McClellan

Witty

Agness

Mrs.

Vol. 1.

176 & 177

3/1/1912

4/8/1912

Son: George G. Witty; minor children of dec'd son Albert Witty of Fulton, KY: Robert and Elizabeth;

Exec: son G.G. Witty; Witnesses: F.N. Simpson, M.D., & James Anderson

Wix

Augusta

Belle

Vol. 1.

309 & 310

11/15/1922

3/10/1925

Husband: William Wix; Nephew: Milan Williams; Niece: Lillie Williams & Hazel Lawkins

Executor: Milan Williams; Witnesses: Dr. H. A. Gillian & Guy Curtsinger

Wix

William

Vol. 1.

136

6/7/1895

3/9/1908

Wife: Belle Augusta Wix

Ex: wife: Belle Augusta Wix; Witnesses: J.E. Robbins & Gus Thomas

Wood

Rebecca

Vol. 1.

67 & 68

6/9/1894

4/12/1897

Children: Joe Wood, Louis Wood, Lydia Jackson heirs and Mollie Meadows; Daughter Ellen Wood; Afflicted granddaughter Sally Betts;

Exec: Son L.E. Wood; Wittnesses: J.T Rowland and Jno R. Owens

Woolfolk

Elizabeth

Mrs.

Vol. 1.

181 &182

12/23/1909

11/13/1911

Four Surviving Children: A.T., Will, and Mattie Woolfork, and Nannie Anderson; Grandson: A.T. Ham

Witnesses: Quinius J. Bryant & Beulah S. Bryant; Real estate descended to me as mother of Sallie Woolfork, dec'd & owned by Austin Woolfork at his death

Woolfork

John

Vol. 1.

11/30/1889

1/6/1890

Wife: Francis F. Woolfolk; children if there be any; "my bothers & sisters"

Witnesses: L. H. Haur & Jno. W. Ray

Wren

Vol. 1.

258 & 259

4/7/1919

11/17/1919

Wife: Mary E. Wren; Children: Alex Wren, Lantie Wren Jones, Eugene Wren, Leny or (Leng) Robertson Grundy Wren, & Ramsey Wren.

Exec: None; Witnesses: Robert L. Geveden & Ed Yates; Land: House & Lot in Arlington conveyed to him by R.L. Stanley & wife A.M. Stanley on 9/29/1905

Zook

Mary

Ellen

Vol. 1

66 & 67

8/31/1896

3/8/1897

Daughters: Mary E. Zook and Lycinda McIntyre; Grandchildren: Son: William T. Zook; Mary E. Glenn and James Glenn; Colored woman Catherine Zook

Exec; W.T. Zook and M.E. Zook; ; Witnesses: H.R. Wiley, Mary E. Stewart & F.G. McIntyre; Burial in Steward Graveyard next to husband; Line of J.L. Drake