MONROE COUNTY WILL BOOK C (1868-1878)
Alphabetical
WILLIS BOWDOIN, 10/24/1870:6/5/1871, p. 108 Sons: Thomas A., John R., Henry, Martin A. (decd), Wesley W., Daus: Rebecca F., M. A. A. Grch: Ch of Martin A. (decd), viz...Martin, William, Charles, Sarah. Exrs: Son, Thomas A. Bowdoin and dau., Rebecca F. Bowdoin. Wits: Daniel G. Proctor, C. M. Ham, Robert G. Anderson.
N. W. BREEDLOVE, of Seven Islands, Butt Co., Ga., 12/4/1874:6/7/1875, p. 209 Wife: Mary Frances. Ch: Leonora Virginia, Mary Analizer, John, Benjamin. Wits: Lovoiscia Lamar, J. T. Mayo, J. A. Virgin, Jr.
JOSEPH CARTER, pvd 7/2/1866, p. 55 Wife: Martha C. Ch: Mariah R., Margaret T.Mullens, Mary E., William J., John S., Martha A., Charles R., Sarah J. Exrs: Wife and friend, Thomas B. Williams. Wits: William J. Wilson, Wiley Fleming.
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AQUILA CHENEY, 2/15/1868:6/1869, p. 61 . Wife: Mary J. Ch: Isaac. Aquila J., Frances McCreary (decd). Grch: Isaac C. and James A. McCreary. Exrs: Isaac and Aquila J. Cheney. Wits: William L. Montgomery, T. Y. Jones, William O. Ralls.
ALPHEUS COLVARD, 10/3/1873:11/21/1873, p. 179 Wife: Ann, heir and extrx. My ch. Wits: S. D. Jackson, M. L. Jackson, James M. Shannon.
MARGARET COTTON, 9/9/1859:7/1/1872, p. 131 Husband: John (decd). Sis: Elizabeth, wife of Robert Paul. Niece: Sarah Buckner, wife of Tarpley. Exrs: Robert Paul, Lewis N. Whittle. Wits: Walter S. Barrow, William R. Sanders.
ARCHIBALD DAVIS, 11/3/1867:12/2/1867, p. 23 Ch: Martha T., Elizabeth R. Alexander. Sons-in-law: B. L. Alexander, William B. Davis. Wits: Thomas O. Pennington, Orlando Holland, Orlando Holland, Jr.
ELBERT R. DAVIS, 11/11/1869:12/1/1873, p. 171 Wife: Amelia Frances. Ch: William Elbert, George A., Lodusky F., John L., Rose Lee Ella, Leonidas M. and Mrs. Sarah Jane Wirsen. Exrs: Wife, and William Elbert Davis. Wits: Travis McKenney, L. N. Thrash, Robert G. Anderson.
JOSHUA DAVIS, 4/3/l860:5/1/1871, p. 111 Wife: Elizabeth. Ch: William G., Sarah Hathorn (wife of William A.). Minor ch mentioned. Exrs: Wife and son, William G. Davis; friend, Augustus B. Moran. Wits: William A. Banks, Joseph M. Brown, Josiah Wooten.
MARTHA ANN DUNCAN, 11/29/1872:3/1873, p. 181 Ch: John Ham, William Thomas. Exr: Nephew, William J. N. Ham. Wits: James F. Wright, John Hall.
GARLAND EDGE, 10/29/1869:11/11/1869, p. 84 Ch: Lawson O., Benjamin, Joseph, O. W. L. C., Frances Zellner, Ann Zellner. Grch: Four ch of Benjamin Edge. Exr: Son-in-law, John W. Zellner. Wits: Benjamin F. Rudisill, William P. Hurt, William B. Meek.
SARAH EDWARDS, 4/1/1863:6/3/1867, p. 216 Ch: Nancy Spear, Sarah Riddle, George, Charles M., Mariah Moore's ch, Benjamin's ch. Grch: Mary E. Moore, Sarah A. E. Moore, Mary Ann Edwards, Louisa Edwards. John C. Edwards. Exrs: John T. Collier, Charles M. Edwards. Wits: Wiley Fleming. M. Merritt, Mary A. Collier.
SARAH FAMBROUGH, 3/1869:6/1869, p. 58 Sisters: Mary, wife of Stephen H. Tucker; Jane, wife of Robert C. Tucker; Elizabeth Young, widow; Caroline, wife of William Scarbrough. Exr: Bro., Warren Akin. Wits: John Goodrum, Frances Goodrum, F. M. Hunt.
WILLIAM L. FAMBROUGH, 11/9/1867:9/1868, p. 50 Wife: Sarah M. Ch: William N., Urban C., Thomas M., Nancy N. Arnold, Mary I. Fleming. Grson: Allen A. Famhrough. Exrs: William N., Thomas n. and Urban C. Fambrough. Wits: James M. Fleming, H. S. Willis.
MATTHEW T. FARLEY, 4/12/1861:2/6/1876, p. 228 Wife: Permelia, heir and extrx. Dau: Susan C. Mays, wife of Daniel Mays. Other ch mentioned. Wits: Jeremlah Taylor, Daniel Godard, Franklin Godard.
JOHN GOODRUM, 10/16/1869:7/1/1872, p. 137 Wife: Frances A. Minor ch: Martha E., Laura E., Manfrey D., Frances O., John O., Sarah A., Anna L. Older ch: George P., James C., Mary L. Gibson, Virginia S. Eye, Emeline Bidick and her ch, Cyrus, John, Lizzie. Bro: Sterling Goodrum. Exrs: Son-in-law, John W. Gibson and William A. Pye. Wits: William Evers, F. M. Hunt, Hiram Phinazee. Codicil 9/1/1871.
JOSEPH GRANT, 4/27/1869:7/20/1869, p. 74 Wife: Martha. Son: Richard C. Son-in-1aw: Richard C. Smith, exr. Wits: William J. Proctor, John K. Ross, Solomon W. Tingle.
LEONARD GREER, 4/3/1866:11/28/1870, p. 99 Wife: Elizabeth K. Ch: Leonerd F., Zachariah E., Joseph G., Eliza (wife of Benjamin H. Baker), Thursey N. (wife of William Y. White), Cynthia A. (wife of Franklin M. Terrell), Elizabeth C. (decd wife of James H. Laney, decd), Lucy M. (wife of Albert C. Thrasher, decd), Nancy C. R. (wife of Wesley A. Snell), Alantha S. (wife of Willis Thrasher), Martha H. (wife of Leonard Trimble), Ninnon C. Grch: Ch of Elizabeth C., decd. Exrs: Sons, Joseph G. and Leonard F. Greer, Thomas E. Chambless.
JOHN HAM, 5/14/1874:7/6/1874, p. 189 Wife: Martha. Ch: William (decd), T. C., John (decd), Elizabeth Mapp (decd), Martha Duncan (decd), Sallie C. Phinazee, Mary Mapp (decd), Martha Duncan (decd), Sallie C. Phinazee, Mary Ponder (decd). Grch; W. A. Hall, T. C. Ham, Jr., John M. Mapp, J. J. Mapp, John Duncan, Thomas Duncan. Exr: Son, T. C. Ham. Wits: Joseph T. Wright. Solomon Hobbs, J. L. Tingle.
ARTHUR LONG HAMILTON, 7/26/1859:4/2/1869, p. 66 Wife: Mahaney. Daus: Margaret Ann Sutton, Mary Jane King. Exr: Robert C. King. Wits: John L. W. McElroy, Wiley R. McElroy, Mary A. McElroy Stallsworth.
ENOCH HANSON, 4/6/1868:6/3/1872, p. 124 Wife: Catherine. Ch: James F. (Decd), William P., Francis M., James B., George W., Martha H., Elizabeth A., Amanda C., Martha W., Enoch A., Wesley G., Susan Jane Hanson. Grch: Ch of John F. Hanson (decd). Exrs: Sons, James B. And G. W. Hanson. Wits: George A. Cabaniss, S. D. Mobley, J. F. Clower. Codicil dtd 8/2/1871.
JOHN HART, 3/9/1866:12/2/1867, p. 25 Ch: Narcissa F., Lucy P., Mary (wife of T. J. Bazemore), John. Son-in-law: John McCollum. Exr: Thomas J. Bazemore. Wits: William A. Banks, R. A. Hart, Smith Waller, P. T. Wilson.
THOMAS HATHORN, 8/7/1867:12/2/1867, p. 20 Wife: Nancy. Ch: Nancy Emmaline Ashby, Susan M. R. Christian, William A., Bradley M. Grch: Elizabeth F. Hart, Sarah E. Lampkin, William W. Hathorn. Heirs: Mary Ingram, Bradley M. Hathorn, Henrietta Green, Solona Green. Exr: Son, Bradley M. Hathorn. Wits: Meshack A. Maddox, Robert McGough, W. J. A. Wyche.
HENRY HAYMAN, 1/10/1870:3/17/1871, p. 97 Sisters: Nancy Hayman, Mary Dunn. Heir: Mrs. Nancy Bentley. Friend: Miss Sarah Bentley. Wife is decd. Wits: Joseph E. Alston, Hilliard H. Sullivan, Thomas Clements.
KINCHEN HOLT, 1/23/1869:11/18/1872, p. 149 Ch: John Thomas, Avey, James, Asa (decd), Mary Ann Johnson. Exrs: Son-in-law, Nathaniel A. Johnson and son, Thomas Holt. Wits: W. J. Williamson, Daniel Butler, E. M. Hooten.
JOHN HOWARD, 7/3/1872:8/5/1872, p. 142 Wife: Sarah C., heir and extrx. Ch: Austin C., James T., Eleanor A. V. Wits: Wiley Britt, Joseph Gray.
ABAH JOHNSON, 1/23/1874:2/2/1874, p. 176 Wife: Lucretia, heir and extrx. My ch. Wits: J. W. J. Taylor, G. G. Colbert, William M. Clark.
J. J. KEADLE, 8/13/1872:7/14/1873, p. 155 Ch: A. J., J. S. Wife mentioned. Exrs: M. M. Maddox, bro-in-law, and J. S. Keadle, son. Wits: E. Dumas, Stephen Foster, Mark M. Maddox, James A. Rogers.
MARGARET KEY, 1/17/1873:12/2/1873, P. 169 Daus: Elizabeth Johnson and her three sons, viz...Key, William and Francis Johnson; Judith Higgins. Grch: Richard Thomas, Mary Stephens, Nail and Chappell McMullan, Rosey A. Higgins. Exr: Friend, Thomas T. McMullan. Wits: Edmund F. Dumas, W. A. Scarbrough, T. T. McMullan.
ALFRED KING, 8/8/1870:10/3/1870, p. 93 Wife: Mary. Ch: Nancy M., Susan, William A., Thomas C., John H., Amanda M. L. Hunt, Millie A. J. Johnson, Fannie Coulter. Grsons: William S. J. and Jesse B. Coulter. Exr: John H. King. Wits: James H. Evans, Franklin LaFayette Roquemore, Thomas M. Tyler.
MEAD LESEUR, 7/16/1861:12/2/1861, p. 102 Wife: Henrietta. Ch: Mead, Jr., Eugene, Mary, Laura. etc. Exrs: Wife and Henry Hendrick, William M. Clark (son-in-law), John Sanders. Wits: Gray W. Williams, Joshua V. Jarrett, William R. Sanders, John Cates, Alexander LeSueur. Codicil 4/20/1871.
SUSANNAH LESEUR, 1/21/1858:12/7/1868, p. 76 Ch: Carey S., Andrew J.. Harrison, Drury M., Stephen S., Nancy B. James, Susan V. Caldwell. Grch: Mary S. A. LeSueur, America A. E. Vischer, Richard LeSueur, Missouri L. Foster, Robert J. LeSueur. Exr: Son, Carey S. LeSueur. Wits: L. R. Vaughn, J. J. Maddox.
JAMES H. MAYS 1871:3/5/1874, p. 183 Wife: Elizabeth. Ch: James H., Jr.,B. F., Isaac N., Andrew A., John A., Seaborn J. (decd). Mary J. Slaton, Harriett Simmons, Permelia E. Jones, Julia Proctor. Grch: Ch of Seaborn Mays, viz... James and Elizabeth Mays. Son-in-law: James O. Proctor. Exrs: Wife and son, John W. Mays. Codicil 4/17/1874.
TRAVIS McKINNEY, 10/5/1872:8/3/1874, p. 196 Wife: Nancy Jane. Ch: B. 6., R. S., J. A.. H. J. M., Susan J. Pritchett. Exr: Son, George C. McKinney. Wits: O.G. Proctor, J. B. Sharp, N. B. Proctor, J. Monroe Ponder.
THOMAS J. McMULLAN, 6/26/1875:8/4/1975, p. 212 Ch: Mary S., Richard T., Nail, Chappell, J. K. 's ch. Gdns of Joe Johnson's ch: Mrs. Rosa Higgins and Mrs. Judith Higgins. Graves of Nail NcMullan, Mrs. Millie McMullan and J. K. McMullan to be maintained, etc. Exr: Sons, R. T. and Chappell McMullan. Wits: John H. Butler, T. C. Ham.
JOHN MOORE, 7/19/1870:9/26/1870, p. 91 Wife: Nancy. Ch: James C., Edward R., Elijah M. Exr: Son, Elijah M. Wits: Thomas J. Fletcher, Robert McGough.
OLIVER MORSE, 7/13/18689/11/1868, p. 44 Wife: Anna. Sons: Leander S., Daniel Mosley. Exr: Alex M. Speer. Wits: Jesse Aycock, Mary A. Land. Codicil 8/5/1868.
DAVID OGLETREE, 6/1/1874:1/18/1876, p. 219 Wife: Frances R. Ch: Philemon F., Mary M. O. Johnson, Georgia A. Goodrum, Sarah M. Johnston, Frances E. Watson. Grdau: Frances J. High. Son-in-law: Richard G. Watson. Exrs: Frances H. Ogletree, Thomas J. Fletcher (nephew). Wits: B. H. Zellner, J. R. Banks, John A. Laseter.
WILLIAM K. OXFORD, 7/5/1870:8/1/1870, p. 95 Wife: Mary A. E. Ch: Jonathan, William R., James F., Susannah M. Oxford, Sarah S. Haygood (wife of B. C.), Essey Zellner (wife of F. Mary E. Dewberry (wife of Moses), Harriett J. Dewberry,decd. Exr: S. T. Dumas. Wits: Peter C. Wilson, John T. Clarke.
DR. OWEN C. PARKER, Nuncupativa, 3/1867:3/28/1867, p. 70 Grdau: Mrs. James P. Harrison. Wife: Herman Bechter, Mary Jane Parker, A. O. Hammond (decd). James P. Harrison apptd admr.
WILLIAM B. PARKER of Bibb Co., 2/21/1873:7/8/1873, p. 157 Wife: Martha J.. heir and extrx. Ch: William M., Theodore, Theodosia Green. Wits: William C. Willson, W. Hazelhurst.
DANIEL PONDER, 11/14/1866:1/6/1868, p. 28 Wife: Elizabeth. Ch: William Peter, Amos M., John L., James M., Ella, Emma, Agnes M. Clover, Jane L. Watson, Peggy Ann C. Greer, Mary M. Watson, Martha F. Jacobs, Elizabeth S. Willis, Nancy H. Hansford. Heir: Richard G. Watson. Exrs: Amos M. Ponder, Peter McMickle, John L. Ponder. Wits: Daniel C. Proctor. Solon F. Wilder, Jesse Aycock, Rohert G. Anderson. Codicil 1/1/1867.
DAVID PROCTOR, 12/28/1859:11/1869, p. 82 Ch: Joseph H. (decd). Stephen W., Daniel G., William W.; also three daus. Wife mentioned. Exrs: Sons, Daniel G.. William W. Wits: B. F. Gilmore, F. P. Duffey, Edmund J. Webb.
SOLOMON PRUETT, 6/16/1873:5/8/1875, p. 206 Ch: Susan E., Minerva C., Solomon C. Grch: S. A. E. Davis, N. A. Byars, John Pruett, Claudia A. Samuel, G. Agnes Ann Pruett, A. J. Pruett. Exrs: Susan E. and Solomon C. Pruett. Wits: J. T. Castleberry, John A. Steele, J. C. Johnston.
PETER RANDLE, 3/22/1866:7/5/18691 p. 64 Wife: Elizabeth, extrx. Son: John G. Wits: James M. Ponder. Henry G. Dean, Daniel G. Proctor.
WILLIAM REAVIS, 517/1864:1/8/1869, p. 52 Ch: William J., Josephine Chancely, Mary Ann Huckaby. Grson: William F. Chancely. Sons-in-law: William Chancely, George V. Huckaby. Exrs: son, William J. Reavis and son-in-law, George V. Huckaby. Wits: W. T. Maynard, Smith Waller, Nancy Ann Rucker.
WILLIAM C. REDDING, 8/7/1873:12/1/1873, p. 166 Ch: Abner F. (decd), James T., Anderson L., Mary A. Ross. Martha L. Ross (decd), former wife of J. B. Ross. Grch: Charles A. T., Kittle L., Martha G. and Mary A. Redding. Trustee: Garrett Smith of Houston Co. Exrs: Sons, James T. and Anderson L. Redding.
JOHN SHANNON, 2/14/1872:9/2/1872, p. 145 Wife: Rachel J., extrx. Ch: John R. (youngest), etc. Grdau: Annie J. Ward, dau. of T. J. Ward. Wits: James E. Watson, Jeptha B. Castleberry, James T. Goggans.
HENRY SINGLETON, 8/8/1867:9/6/1869, p. 80 Ch: Martha A., Alexander E., W. R., W. C., S. H., Elizabeth Jones. Exr: Son, W. C. Singleton. Wits: John Howard, William F. Dewberry.
DAVIS SMITH, 3/16/1868:5/30/1868, p. 37 Ch: Judson, James, Elizabeth Fryer, Jane Brent, etc. Mentions Ist and 2d wives. Exrs: Orlando Holland, James M. Hollis, who refused to serve. James Smith and Thomas Y. Brent apptd in their place. Wits: William L. Lampkin, J. M. Ponder, Henry G. Bean.
JOHN R. SMITH, 3/4/1870:12/5/1870, p. 230 Wife: Eliza, extrx. Half-sister: Nottie G. Brown. Wits: Thomas G. Scott, Ambrose B. C. Davis, Eliza Davis.
CAROLINE F. STALLINGS, 4/1/1872:5/1872, p. 121 My ch. Exr: H. N. Smith. Wits: Edmund Dumas, S. H. Gray, Eliza Coppage.
THOMAS STEWART, 8/23/1870:11/6/1871, p. 114 Wife: Nancy. Son: William R. Son-in-law: James C. Phinazee. Grdau: Mary Lou O'Neal. Heirs: Matilda Ogletree, May Dixon, Martha F. Head, R. R. Stewart, W. R. Stewart, Sarah N. Sims, Eliza Phinazee, heirs of Emily Hill (decd), heirs of N. C. O'Neal (decd), A. H. Hudson, May Stewart. Exrs: Son, William R. Stewart and son-in-law, James G. Phinazee. Wits: W. M. Gunn, R. J. Head.
ANDREW JACKSON SUTTON, 11/26/1873:1874, p. 177 Wife: Ara Ann. My ch. Tr: Father, Charles M. Sutton. Wits: T. C. Ham, A. M. Sheperd, W. J. N. Ham, B. F. Gilmore, John W. Hooten.
JOHN M. TAYLOR, 12/20/1858:3/4/1872, p. 117 Wife: Martha. Ch: Caroline E., wife of James R. Phillips; John T.; Basil M. Exrs: Sons, John T. and Basil M. Taylor. Wits: Isaac W. Ensign, William Walker, Nathan R. Ensign.
NANCY TOMLINSON, 10/20/1868:9/1870, p. 89 Son: Charlee Leroy. Sis: Leander Sutton. Exrs: Father, Charles M. Sutton and bro., Andrew J. Sutton. Wits: Benjamin F. Gilmore, Neil McMullen, Chappell McMullen, Joseph K. McMullen.
EDMUND J. WEBB, 12/12/1877:9/21/1878, p. 233 Wife: Louisa J., extrx. Gh: Charles Jefferson Webb (decd), Mary Jane Ham, Martha F. Morgan, Elizabeth V. Tomkins. Wits: William J. Proctor, Jarrett B. Gregory, Chappell McMullen, William D. Hutcheson.
WALTON WHATLEY, 1/6/1876:1/19/1876. p. 224 Nieces: Daus. of bro., Robert A. Whatley, viz...Mary Hannah (wife of Barnard Davis), Laura Ann Turk, Henrietta Jane and Lucy Catherine Whatley and Williana Margaret Tanner. Nephews: Robert and James M. Whatley. Sis: Matilda Johnson. Exr: Nephew, James M. Whatley. Wits: W. H. Farmer, M. T. Farley, James M. Riddle.
HENRIETTA WHEELER, 3/25/1868:7/6/1868, p. 39 Husband: Robert M. Ch: Garland F.,John W., William D., Enoch W., Ardecia A. Curtis, Sarah A. Curtis. Exr: Garland F. Wheeler. Wits: Thomas L. Marshall, Wilburn H. Bankston, W. W. Cain.
MARTHA WHEELIS, 1/12/1854?9/7/1868, p. 42 Niece: Eliza Jane Boswell, dau. of Nathaniel Boswell. Sisters: Sarah and Mary Wheelis. Wits: E. H., Edmond and Henry L. Jackson.
GRAY WILLIAMS, 2/7/1866:3/7/1870, P. 87 Wife: Elizabeth Jane, extrx. Ch: William Esson, Tyrus Gray. Friends: Tyrus T. Smith, Orlando Holland. Wits: William C. Redding, S. S. Pennington, E. C. Garrett.
RICHARD WINN, 3/9/1864 :4/2/1866, p. 202 Sisters: Priscilla, Elizabeth. Mother: Sarah N. Winn. Wits: John Shannon, T. L. McLendon, Orrah E. McLendon.
SARAH N. WINN., 9/16/1870:2/1/1875, p. 204 Daus: Priscilla M., Elizabeth P. C., exrs. Wits: John Shannon, T. L. McLendon, Orrah E. McLendon.
JOHN WOOTEN, 12/28/1872:6/2/1873, p. 151 Ch: John, William. Floyd, Simon, Patience Toland, Mary Thomas, Charlotte Beckham, Nancy Middlebrooks, Sarsh Bowdin. Grch: Texas, dau. of son, John; Lottie, dau. of son, William; son of son, Floyd. Exrs: Alfred Middlebrooks, William C. Beckham.