12 Aug. 1849. I, Leander J. Wells, being sick & afflicted in body but of sound & disposing mind & memory. I desire that all my just debts to be paid by my executors and I do appoint my brothers B.F. Wells & R.P. Wells as executors. There are unsettled debts and accounts between myself and Pearce Roberds so I direct my executors to sell as much of my property as necessary to settle with him, & to collect all debts due to me and apply to the payment of my debts. The balance of my estate both real & personal I give to my beloved wife during her natural life or widowhood except the tract whereon I now live, the tract that my father gave me. I desire that my beloved wife Mary Louisa have possession of & proffit[sic] until my son Swan Franklin Wells shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years, then he is to have full possession of the same. The remainder of my property to be held by my wife till death & then equally divided among all my children, in case of my wife marriage I desire her to have only a child part.
Wit: P. Roberds Jurett & James Gudger, Jurett..
Signed L.J. Wells.
Proved by the oath of James Gudger & Pearce Roberds this Saturday 13 Oct. 1849 and ordered to be
recorded.. R.B. Vance, clk
Daughter Minerva Kate Wells Miller
Daughter Matilda Adelaide Wells Lee
Daughter Eliza Ann Wells Starnes
Wit: P. Roberds Jurett & James Gudger, Jurett..
Signed L.J. Wells.
Proved by the oath of James Gudger & Pearce Roberds this Saturday 13 Oct. 1849 and ordered to be
recorded.. R.B. Vance, clk
Daughter Minerva Kate Wells Miller
Daughter Matilda Adelaide Wells Lee
Daughter Eliza Ann Wells Starnes
12 Aug. 1849. I, Leander J. Wells, being sick & afflicted in body but of sound & disposing mind & memory. I desire that all my just debts to be paid by my executors and I do appoint my brothers B.F. Wells & R.P. Wells as executors. There are unsettled debts and accounts between myself and Pearce Roberds so I direct my executors to sell as much of my property as necessary to settle with him, & to collect all debts due to me and apply to the payment of my debts. The balance of my estate both real & personal I give to my beloved wife during her natural life or widowhood except the tract whereon I now live, the tract that my father gave me. I desire that my beloved wife Mary Louisa have possession of & proffit[sic] until my son Swan Franklin Wells shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years, then he is to have full possession of the same. The remainder of my property to be held by my wife till death & then equally divided among all my children, in case of my wife marriage I desire her to have only a child part.
Wit: P. Roberds Jurett & James Gudger, Jurett..
Signed L.J. Wells.
Proved by the oath of James Gudger & Pearce Roberds this Saturday 13 Oct. 1849 and ordered to be
recorded.. R.B. Vance, clk
Daughter Minerva Kate Wells Miller
Daughter Matilda Adelaide Wells Lee
Daughter Eliza Ann Wells Starnes
Wit: P. Roberds Jurett & James Gudger, Jurett..
Signed L.J. Wells.
Proved by the oath of James Gudger & Pearce Roberds this Saturday 13 Oct. 1849 and ordered to be
recorded.. R.B. Vance, clk
Daughter Minerva Kate Wells Miller
Daughter Matilda Adelaide Wells Lee
Daughter Eliza Ann Wells Starnes
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