POLK COUNTY MISSOURI
WILLS AND PROBATE
Early Will Abstracts, 1843-1852 
Note: the date of death of the testator occurred sometime between the "Date of Will" and the day the will was "Recorded."
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TESTATOR | DATE OF WILL | RECORDED | HEIRS | EXECUTOR(S) | COMMENTS | |
Hays, Andrew | June 2nd, 1843 | July15th, 1843 | Elizabeth (wife) | Charles Rountree | | |
| | | John (son) | | | |
| | | Middleton (son) | | | |
| | | Stokely (son) | | | |
| | | Marthew (daughter) | | | |
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TESTATOR | DATE OF WILL | RECORDED | HEIRS | EXECUTOR(S) | COMMENTS | |
Witt, Nathan A. | Aug. 6th, 1843 | Sept. 5th, 1843 | �wife� | not named | Son Milton may be by a | |
| | | Milton (son) | | former wife. The other | |
| | | John H. (son) | | eight are described as | |
| | | James Allen (son) | | the current wife's children. | |
| | | William (son) | | | |
| | | Angelina (daughter) | | | |
| | | Margarett (daughter) | | | |
| | | Louisa (daughter) | | | |
| | | Mariah (daughter) | | | |
| | | Caleb (son) | | | |
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TESTATOR | DATE OF WILL | RECORDED | HEIRS | EXECUTOR(S) | COMMENTS | |
Mackey, John | March 30th, 1843 | May 1st, 1843 | Rebecca (wife) | Samuel A. Mackey | Wife inherits all property | |
| | | Samuel A. (son) | | unless she remarries; then | |
| | | | | she will only get 1/3 | |
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TESTATOR | DATE OF WILL | RECORDED | HEIRS | EXECUTOR(S) | COMMENTS | |
Clark, William C. | Jan. 30th, 1845 | Sept. 3rd, 1845 | Margaretta (wife) | William C. Campbell | Gives wife's former name | |
| | | Jacob B. (son) | Jacob B. Clark | as �Margaretta Moore�; | |
| | | William T. (son) | | Mr. Clark kept detailed | |
| | | David S. (son) | | records of gifts and loans | |
| | | Pleasant H. (son) | | (slaves, stock and money) | |
| | | John M. (son) | | he had previously made | |
| | | Amanda Melvina (daughter) | | to his children, to deducted | |
| | | James P. (son) | | from their inheritance. | |
| | | Margaretta E. Williams (daughter) | | | |
| | | Camellia S. McMinn (daughter) | | | |
| | | Amanda Smith (g-daughter) | | | |
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TESTATOR | DATE OF WILL | RECORDED | HEIRS | EXECUTOR(S) | COMMENTS | |
Wells, Charles | Dec. 20th, 1845 | Jan. 12th, 1846 | Julia Ann (wife) | Julia Ann Wells | Estate included land in | |
| | | | | Illinois | |
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TESTATOR | DATE OF WILL | RECORDED | HEIRS | EXECUTOR(S) | COMMENTS | |
Wilson, James | April 25th, 1848 | May 12th, 1848 | Jemima (wife) | Nathaniel W. Wilson | Estate included slaves Bentley | |
| | | Nathaniel Washington (son) | Joseph W. Wilson | Sophia, Tom, Young Moses , Ruth, | |
| | | Joseph Wickliff (son) | Joseph R. Callaway | Lucinda, Lucretia, Judy, Old Moses, | |
| | | Benjamin Hardin (son) | | Jacob, Old Esther and Kitty; left | |
| | | Mary M. Wilson Callaway (daughter) | | children land in Virginia and other | |
| | | Elizabeth G. Wilson Oldham (daughter) | | property. | |
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TESTATOR | DATE OF WILL | RECORDED | HEIRS | EXECUTOR(S) | COMMENTS | |
Mitchell, Morris | May 6th, 1847 | Jan. 31st, 1848 | Elizabeth (wife) | D. M. McClure | After death of his wife, he wishes | |
| | | Wesley (son) | Morris Mitchell Jr. | all his slaves (namely, Jim, Hannah, | |
| | | Morris, Jr. (son) | | Pharo and any of their children) to | |
| | | other children unnamed | | receive their freedom when they reach | |
| | | | | the age of 55 years. | |
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TESTATOR | DATE OF WILL | RECORDED | HEIRS | EXECUTOR(S) | COMMENTS | |
Wright, William | March 25th, 1848 | June 20th, 1848 | Sarah (wife) | Sarah Wright | Estate included land in | |
| | | John (son) | Barnard Parish | St. Clair Co., Illinois | |
| | | Sarah Ann (daughter) | Joseph Parish | | |
| | | Margaret (daughter) | | | |
| | | Elvisa (daughter) | | | |
| | | Grace (daughter) | | | |
| | | Betsy (daughter) | | | |
| | | Mary Parish (daughter) | | | |
| | | Emily Parish (daughter) | | | |
| | | Nancy Nance (daughter) | | | |
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TESTATOR | DATE OF WILL | RECORDED | HEIRS | EXECUTOR(S) | COMMENTS | |
Mathews, Washington | Aug. 10th, 1847 | March 23rd, 1849 | Christiana (wife) | Christiana Mathews | Will written in Greene Co. | |
| | | James J. (son) | | | |
| | | Sophia Bryson (daughter) | | | |
| | | --- Orr (daughter) | | | |
| | | Alfred A. Bryson (grandson) | | | |
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TESTATOR | DATE OF WILL | RECORDED | HEIRS | EXECUTOR(S) | COMMENTS | |
Woodard, Pitt | Feb. 28th, 1844 | April 20th, 1849 | James Woodard | James Faulkner | Slaves named include | |
| | | James Faulkner | Thomas L. Woodard | Alexander, Chloe, Alfred, | |
| | | Sarah Vann heirs | | Mary Ann, Caroline, Evaline, | |
| | | Thomas L. Woodard | | Moses, Emmons, Minerva | |
| | | William McNight | | and Jacob | |
| | | Elisha Luter | | | |
| | | Jacob Luter | | | |
| | | Martha Belle McNight | | | |
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TESTATOR | DATE OF WILL | RECORDED | HEIRS | EXECUTOR(S) | COMMENTS | |
Graham, Richard | Dec. 28th, 1848 | June 17th, 1849 | wife (not named) | William Graham | Richard Graham was | |
| | | Ruth (daughter) | | deceased by Feb. 10, 1849 | |
| | | William (son) | | | |
| | | Joseph (son) | | | |
| | | Elizabeth (daughter) | | | |
| | | Ezekiel (son) | | | |
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TESTATOR | DATE OF WILL | RECORDED | HEIRS | EXECUTOR(S) | COMMENTS | |
Elliott, Elvira | March 1st, 1848 | Nov. 6th, 1849 | Ransom E. Elliott (son) | Lewis E. Smart | | |
| | | Lewis E. Smart (grandson) | | | |
| | | Mary E. Smart (g-daughter) | | | |
| | | Nancy P. Will??? (g-daughter) | | | |
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TESTATOR | DATE OF WILL | RECORDED | HEIRS | EXECUTOR(S) | COMMENTS | |
Akard, Henry | April 24th, 1849 | Aug. 21st, 1850 | Lavina (wife) | Lavina Akard | | |
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TESTATOR | DATE OF WILL | RECORDED | HEIRS | EXECUTOR(S) | COMMENTS | |
Bollinger, Jacob | Oct. 22nd, 1850 | Nov. 18th, 1850 | Sarah (wife) | Sarah Bollinger | | |
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TESTATOR | DATE OF WILL | RECORDED | HEIRS | EXECUTOR(S) | COMMENTS | |
Smith, Darling | May 3rd, 1850 | Jan. 16th, 1851 | William Smith (son) | William Smith | Wanted �his negro man� Levi | |
| | | Mahala Mitchell (daughter) | Clark Mitchell | to live with his son William; | |
| | | Sarah Smith (daughter) | | stated that his son Dudley was | |
| | | Jane Smith (daughter) | | in California and he planned | |
| | | Polly Ann Smith (daughter) | | to join him there. | |
| | | James Smith (son) | | | |
| | | Dudley Smith (son) | | | |
| | | Jackson Smith (son) | | | |
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TESTATOR | DATE OF WILL | RECORDED | HEIRS | EXECUTOR(S) | COMMENTS | |
Ailstock, Henry H. | Oct. 17th, 1851 | Nov. 15th, 1851 | Penelope Ailstock (wife) | Ezekiel M. Campbell | Wishes that �his mother's brothers | |
| | | Susan Mitchell (mother-in-law) | | and sisters not receive any of his | |
| | | Thomas Ailstock (son) | | estate� and if the law demands | |
| | | | | they receive a part, �only the | |
| | | | | minimum be given them.� | |
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TESTATOR | DATE OF WILL | RECORDED | HEIRS | EXECUTOR(S) | COMMENTS | |
Stephens, William | May 14th, 1852 | Dec. 7th, 1852 | Elijah George Stephens | Joseph Willhite | no relationship to heirs given | |
| | | Samuel W. Davis Stephens | | | |
| | | Eliza Jane Thompson | | | |
| | | Martha M. Nugent | | | |
| | | Elbert S. Stephens | | |
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