Will of Locke Beeson
Blount County, Alabama
In the name of God Amen. I Lock Beeson being in ill health and of sound and disposing mind and
memory, calling to mind the frailty and uncertainty of human life and bing desirous of settling
my worldly affairs and directing how the estates which it has pleased God to bless me shall be
disposed after my decease while I have strength and capacity so to do, make and publish this my
last will and testament hereby revoking and making null and void all other last wills and
testament by me heretofore made and first I commend my immortal being to him who gave it and my
body to the earth to be buried decently by my executors hereinafter named and as to my worldly
estate and all the property real and personal or mixed of which I sall die seized and posessed,
or to which I shall be entitled at the time of my decease, I devise and bequeath and dispose
thereof in the manner following, to wit...
My will is that all my Just debts and funeral charges shall by my executors hereafter named be
paid out of the estate as soon after my decease as shall by them be found convenient. I give
devise and bequeath to my beloved wife and children all the rest and residue of my estate real
personal or mixed of which I shall die seized and possessed or to which I shall be entitled at
the time of my decease... I give devise and bequeath to my said wife and children and lastly I
do nominate and appoint Ellis Murphree and Wilson B. Deaver to be the executors of this my last
will and testament...In testimony whereof I the said Locke Beeson have to this last will and
testament contained on one sheet of paper I have here subscribed my name and affixed my seal
this 16th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Fify Eight.
Locke Beeson (seal)
Attest: R.B. Montgomery
William Graves
Martin Hudson....
Probated June 4, 1859
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