Bradley County, Arkansas Wills


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Will of Mary B. Forrest Castleberry


[Spelling errors and lack of punctuation preserved from original document]

In the name of God amen I Marry B Castleberry
of the County of Bradley and State of Arkansas
being of sound mind and memoray and concedin
the uncertinty of this frail and tracitry life do thare
fore make ordain publish and declare this to be my
last will and tesament that is to say first
after all my lawful debts are paid and discharged
the residue of my estate real and pesonal I
give bequst and dispose of as follos to wit to
Emelay Wildar Jacob F Castleberry and
William F Castleberry Cindarella Hick
man Anna S. Johns Elisabeth H Osmant
to the above named cildren the [discribed as follos] [STRUCK THROUGH]
land discrbed as follos the [west half of the
north East quarter of setion fifteen in Town
ship forteen South of the base line in Range
nine west contaning eighty acars] [STRUCK THROUGH] also the
west half of the north west quarter of 
setion fifteen in township fourteen sought of
the base line in range nine west contaning 80
acars the north west fourth 1/4 on right bank
Saline River of setion forteen (14) in township 
fourteen (14) S of the base line in Range
nine (9) contaning ninty five and 71/100 acres
also the west half of the north west quarter
of setion no fifteen in Township fourteen 
of Range nine (9) contaning eighty acars
the above discribed land I give to the a
bove named cildren I give my
sorrel hors nown by the name of Carley
to Daniel Boon my grandson
I give and devise all the rest residue
and remainder of my real and pesonal
estate to my children now living 
or to my or their heirs who my be
living at the time of my deceased to be
devided equally betwen them shear and
and shear alik this my last wil and
testament hear by revoking all fomer
wills by me made
in witness ware of I have [illegible]
subscribed my name and affixt my
seal the seventeenth day of July one
thousand eight hundred and sixty six
the above writen instrument was subscribed [?]
by the said Mary B Castlebery in 
our presants and acknoledg by her to each
of us and she at the time published and
declard the above instrument sa subs
scribed to be her last will and testament
and we at her
request and in her presants signed
our names as wineses
witneses
Mary B Castlebery 
Joseph B Scarborough
John L (?) Robinson


Source: probate papers of Mary Castleberry, Bradley County courthouse, Warren, Arkansas 
Viewed: 27 December 2001

Transcribed for the Bradley County Wills page by Katy Calloway.


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