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Bibb Co., AL – Probate Records Will of
Ann Woodruff
08-04-1843
In the name of God Amen
I Ann Woodruff of the State of Alabama and County
of Bibb being of sound and perfect mind and memory do
hereby make ordain and establish this as my last will
and testament touching such worldly goods as I have been
favoured with in this life the whole of which I do give
devise and dispose of in manner and form following
1st I do will and bequeath unto my
Nephew James W. Crawford my Negro Woman Mary and all the
children which she may
have born after the date of this will to
him and his heirs and assigns forever
2nd I do will and bequeath unto my
Neice Eleanor M. A. Coleman a Negro Girl by the name of
Eliza about ten years old
to her and her heirs and assigns forever
3rd I do will and bequeath unto my
Neice Margaret M. Bernhard a Negro Girl called Lucinda
about eight years old to her
her heirs and assigns forever
4th I do will and bequeath unto my
Nephew Thomas P. Crawford a Negro Girl called Melinda
about six years old to him his
heirs and assigns forever
5th I do will and bequeath unto my
Neice Jane A. Crawford my Negroe Man July and a Negro
Girl called Ceclia about four
years old to her heirs and assigns forever
6th I do will and bequeath unto
each of my three Neices Eleanor M. A. Coleman, Margaret
M. Bernhard and Jane A. Crawford one
feather bed and bedstead. Also all my bed
clothing and bed furniture of every kind to be equally
divided between them share and
share alike and their heirs and assigns
forever
7th I do will all the balance of my
Estate both real and personal to be sold upon a
reasonable credit as provided by Law and out of
the proceeds of such sale I do will all
my Just debts and expences to be paid and the balance of
my Estate so remaining after the
payment of my said debts
I do will and bequeath to be divided among
my Nephews and Neices already mentioned in such manner
as will make those who may have
received the least valuable specified
legacies equal among themselves and equal so far as my
estate may extend to those which have
received the most valuable specific legacies
taking the appraisement of my estate by the order of the
Orphans Court as the standard of value.
Lastly I do constitute and appoint James W.
Crawford sole executor of this my last Will and
testament
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my seal this 4th day of
August A. D. 1843
Ann
her x mark
Woodruff
My Notes: Evidently she did not have any
children that survived to adult since she left items to
nephews and nieces.
Will of
Nathaniel Woodruff
Recorded in Bibb Co., Ala.
Admr. Rec. Book D, Page 89
State of Alabama
Bibb County
In the name of God, Amen.
I, Nathaniel Woodruff of the
State and County aforesaid, being in perfect mind and
memory and in good health and strength of body and
intending to travel
and not knowing whether I may live to return and for
other good causes, do make this my last will and
testament and
do make and ordain it to be
my will and none other heretofore written.
Item 1st
As tutchin/(touching)
the property that I have been blessed with in this life,
all to be valued agreeably to law,
and after all my debts
is discharged and expenses paid.
I give and bequeath
unto my beloved wife Anny, my negro man named
Juley for her use and benefit during
her natural life, and
then for her to have the right of disposing of him as
she may think proper.
And I further give her
my negro woman Winney for her use and benefit during her
life and at her death the remain
the property of my
children, the lawful heirs of my body, to be divided
equal among them, as every other fact of my
property that will be
hearafter mentioned.
It is also my will that
my wife Anny shall have one fourth part of all my stock
such as cattle, horses, hogs and
household furniture,
and one fourth of the property of the cleared land,
together with the mantion house and building,
for her use and
benefit.
I now give and bequeath
unto my three children; Newton, Henry and Martha Ann,
all the remainder of my negroes, that is
Ephraim, Cuft and
Caroline, together with all the balance of my estate of
whatsoever it may consist to be and remain in the
possession of my
beloved wife Anny for the use and benefit of my above
named children as long as she may think proper
to be their guardian
and for her and them to have the benefit of the whole
jointly as one family, and when she wishes to
resign this charge or
any part of the same, I wish Thomas Crawford,
whether then officiating as Judge or not, to act for the
children's benefit in
keeping their estate in service and usery; this is to
hire the negroes and keep all in service jointly for
their
benefit until the
oldest child may come of age to act for himself and then
to divide by lot equally as the law directs, but I do
not wish the Negroes to
be sold, but to remain in the possession of my children
that may then be living as the law may divide
them.
But lastly and finally,
if my three negroes within mentioned, that is Epriam,
Cuff and Caroline, is alive when my within named
children is of age to
receive their dower my Will is for Newton to have Epriam
and Henry, Cuff and Mary Ann, Caroline
and the balance if any
to be equally divided as the law may direct.
I do hereby ordain and
appoint my beloved wife Anny to be the sole executriz of
this my last will and testament made this
11th day of January
1830 signed, sealed and acknowledged in the presence of:
Nathaniel Woodruff
Attest:
D. B. Boyd
N. L. McGuire
Probated 8 Jan. 1835
John Sorrell’s Estate and Will
Records
06-02-1841 (proved 12-03-1841)
Sorell/Sorrell, John
Daughters - Celia Cooper (Charles Cooper)
Nancy Browning (Robert
Browning)
Rebecca Adams (Henry Adams)
Mary Webb (Robert Webb)
Margaret Pylant (James Pylant)
Sons - Wiley J. Sorell
Seaborn J. Sorell
John M. Sorell
James M. Sorell
Thomas B. Sorell
Heirs of Catherine Barnes (decd. wife of John E.
Barnes)
James E. Barnes
Lloyd W. Barnes
John _. Barnes
Martha E. Barnes
Thos. S. Barnes.
Extr. Jas. M. Sorell and s.i.l. (son-in-law) Henry
Adams
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From R. Briggs – 2001
Will of John Sorell/Sorelle
In the name of God Amen,
I John Sorell of the County of Dallas and State of
Alabama do make and declare this my last will and
testament in manner and form following, viz:
1st After the payment of all my
just debts and funeral expenses, I desire bequeath and
direct as follows
2nd I give and bequeath my
daughter Celia Cooper and her bodily heirs for
their own use andbenefit all the property heretofore
loaned 2
negroes, a boy and a girl known by the
name of Sant and Caroline; a horse, two cows and calves
and two beds and furniture which
brings her upon a to her to wit level
with what my other children have heretofore had.
3rd I give and bequeath all the
remaining part of my estate, real, personal and
perishable to my children, namely
my sons –
Wiley J. Sorell
Seaborne J. Sorell
John M. Sorell,
James M. Sorell and
Thomas B. Sorell and to
my daughters –
Matilda Webb
Nancy Browning
Rebecca Adams
Mary Webb
Celia Cooper,
Margaret Pylant and the bodily
heirs of Catherine Barnes, late the wife of John
C.Barnes and now deceased to be divided among
them equally. Subject however,
to the restrictions and conditions following as regards
my sons – Wiley J. and
Seaborne J. Sorell viz:
Wiley J. Sorell to have an equal share after deducting
what I have paid for him, to wit two thousand eight
hundred and fourteen dollars
($2814.00) paid in the Gantley case and others. Seaborne
J. Sorell to have an equal share after deducting the
amount I have paid for him
to wit about five thousand dollars ($5000.00). The
shares of my daughters to go to them and the heirs of
their bodies and shall either of
them die without bodily heirs then her or their share to
descend and be equally divided amonst her brothers and
sisters or their legal heirs.
I hereby revoke all other former wills by me hereto fore
made. Lastly I nominate, constitute and appoint my son
(James M. Sorell) and my
son-in-law (Henry Adams) executors of this my last will
and testament.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal
A.D. 1841
Recorded 16th day of December 1841
John Sorell (seal)
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08-16-1843 Book O, Page 129
Person Davis of Talladega Co. to Kerenhappuch Sorrell,
wife of James M. Sorrell of Dallas Co. Natural love
and affection to her who
is his daughter sold slaves Thom and Sal and their
children (King, Aaron, Charles, Jack, Ellen and Ann) and
a negro woman (Mirna) and
her children (Lines). All these negroes were purchased
by Davis from one Henry Adams.
02-16-1843
deeds -
James Sorrell to Henry Adams
Selma, Alabama
Library Records
info from Selma Libaray - 1994
info from B'ham Library - 1994
Dallas Co., AL
1824
Henry Adams was election manager
10-08-1826
1826 Deeds -
Jacob Hollingsworth and wife, Lidia to Henry Adams
03-08-1830
Book B, Page 154
Henry Adams, wife Rebecca, sold land to Philip
Milhouse.
1835
Henry Adams and Thos. J. Wiley aptd. admir. of
est. of
David Adams who left 2 infants - Henry and Susan
V. Adams
1841
will of John Sorrell
James M. Sorrell and Henry Adams, extrs. (heirs -
Rebecca, wife of Henry)
08-16-1843 - Book O, Page 129
Person Davis of Talladega Co. to Kerenhappuch Sorrell,
wife of James M. Sorrell of Dallas Co. Natural love and
affection to
her who is his daughter sold slaves Thom and Sal and
their children (King, Aaron, Charles, Jack, Ellen and
Ann) and a negro
woman (Mirna) and her children (Lines). All these
negroes were purchased by Davis from one Henry
Adams.
02-16-1843
deeds -
James Sorrell to Henry Adams
July 1844
Page 157
J.N. Smith and Henry Adams – granted to sell liquors in
the small measure.
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"Bibb County,
Alabama, first 100 years" Page 84 -
"Slavery"
Such sales were considered final. If the highest
bidder afterward refused to accept and pay for the
slave,
he would be liable to a suit by the sheriff "for the use
of" the owner and would probably have a judgment
rendered against him,
as it was against Henry Adams in the spring
term of circuit court in 1842. In this suit,
which the sheriff won, he claimed a loss
because he was subsquently compelled to sell the slave,
a boy called Aaron, for $390 instead of at Adams's
auction bid of $600. |
