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Abstract made by an unknown abstractor about 1890 from original records of
Pike County, Arkansas and recorded in Abstract of Title Book Prior to 1890
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Will Book A page 113. Last Will and Testament of William J. White. Dated May
11th 1870. "Ist. To my beloved nephew Millard Moorehead Mauney I give and
bequeath the following described real estate to wit: all that part of the
East half (1/2) of Section No. Twenty (20) which lies West of Prairie Creek
in Township No. Eight (8) South of Range Twenty-five (25) West, to have and
to hold the same to the said Millard M. Mauney, his heirs and assigns,
forever but upon the following condition, to wit: that the said Millard M.
Mauney shall upon his arriving at the age of Twenty one years or in case of
his death before that time, his heirs shall make and execute to Roxanna
Mauney a good and sufficient deed of quit claim to his interest in the
following described real estate situate in Pike County, Arkansas to wit: the
West half (1/2) of the South West quarter (1/4) of Section Twenty-one (21)
Township (8) South of Range twenty-five West and upon the further conditions
that if the said Millard M. Mauney should die without leaving any heirs of
his body, then and in that case, the said lands hereby given and bequeathed
to him shall descend to Roxanna Mauney and to the heirs of her body. 2nd. To
my beloved neice Roxanna Mauney I hereby give and bequeath the following
described real estate situate in said County and State, to wit: that part of
the East half (1/2) of Section Twenty (20) lying East of Praire Creek in
Township No. Eight (8) South of Range No. twenty-five (25) West, also the
West half (1/2) of the North West quarter (1/4) of Section (No.) Twenty-one
(21) in Township No. Eight (8) South of Range No. Twenty-five (25) West, to
have and to hold the same to the said Roxanna Mauney and the heirs of her
body upon the following conditions, to wit: the said Roxanna Mauney shall
have the free full and sole use to occupy, use, or rent said lands and shall
have the entire control of the same form the time of her arriving at the age
of eighteen years, so long as she may live and in the case of the said
marriage of the said Roxanna at any time before or after her coming into the
possession of said lands, shall hold the same free from any and all acts or
incumbrances to be done or suffered by her husband or any other person and
entirely free from the control of her husband and upon the further
conditions that in case the said Roxanna should die leaving no right(ful)
heirs of her body, then the said lands shall descend to Millard Morehead
Mauney and the heirs of his body in fee simple. 7th. I hereby appoint and
commission my respected and trusted friends William B. Gould and Pleasant
White to be executors of this my last Will and Testament" &c. Etc.
Witnesses, Wesley Hoover (and) A.D. Meeks. October 25th 1884. Before the
undersigned Clerk of the Circuit Court etc. personally came A.D. Meeks who
being duly sworn &c. deposes and says, that he was present at the &c. and
saw the said William J. White sign and subscribe his name to the annexed and
foregoing paper writing and at the time herd him say and declare the said
paper writing was his last Will and Testament and that he (deponent)
subscribed said Will as a witness at the request of the said (William J.)
White in his presence and in the presence of Wesley Hoover the other
subscribing witness, and in the presence of J.H. Lathrop the Attorney who
wrote the Will and that Wesley Hoover signed the same in his presence and
that said William J. White at the time of signing said instrument was of
sound mind and disposing memory &c. Sworn to &c. October 25, 1884. W.B.
Thomasson, Clerk &c. October 27th 1884. Before the Clerk of &c. came Owen B.
Owens and W.J. Jackson who being first duly sworn says, that they were
acquainted with the handwriting of William J. White now deceased, that they
believe that his name as subscribed to the forgoing Will is his genuine
signature and that he subscribed his name thereto. Subscribed and sworn to
before me etc. W.B. Thomasson, Clerk.
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Abstract of Title Book Prior to 1890, page 312.
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