Will
and Estate Records
of Ellis Phillips
Submitted by Janice Newton Thurmond
WILL OF ELLIS PHILLIPS Recorded
State of
I, Ellis Phillips, of
said State and County, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make and
publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills.
Item 1st: I will and bequeath
that my body be buried decently and in conformity to my circumstances in life.
Item 2nd: I will and bequeath
that all my just debts be paid.
Item 3rd: I will and bequeath
to my Sons, James I. Phillips and Alexander S. Phillips, in trust for my minor daughter,
Etta May Phillips, the Sum of five hundred dollars, this Item to be first charge
against my Estate.
Item 4th: I will and bequeath to my Son, J. I. Phillips
fifty acres more of land lying west of the
Item 5th: I will and bequeath
to James I. Phillips and A. S. Phillips, in trust for Mary A. S. Verdery and her
children, all of that tract of land on which the said Mary A. S. Verdery now resides
containing two hundred acres, more or less, Excepting two acres upon which Ellis
Chappel is located: Said land being the Same purchased by me from James M. Clary,
and at the death of said Mary A. S. Verdery, the said land to go to her children;
this being considered by me as her full share of my Estate.
Item 6th: I will and bequeath
to each of my following children, Alexander S. Phillips, Martha A. Powell, Alice
E. Ramsey, F. H. Phillips, Ellis T. Phillips, Annie E. Lansdell and Etta May Phillips,
Each the amount of one hundred acres of land of equal value as the land set apart
to J. I. Phillips in 4th Item of this will; then the balance of the land, including
the home place to be held by the said J. I. & A. S. Phillips in trust for the
said Etta May Phillips, for her maintenance until she becomes of age or married,
then to be divided equally between Alexander S. Phillips, Martha A. Powell, Alice
E. Ramsey, F. H. Phillips, Ellis T. Phillips, Annie Ellen Lansdell, Etta May Phillips
and James I. Phillips.
Item 7th: I will and bequeath
to my granddaughter Annie Bell Wiles ninety acres more or less of land near old
Union Church, known as the Baston or Amaker place.
Item 8th: I will and bequeath
that all of the remainder of my Estate, Except what is already disposed of, be Equally
divided between Alexander S. Phillips, Martha A. Powell, Alice E. Ramsey, F. H.
Phillips, Ellis T. Phillips, Annie E. Lansdell, Etta May Phillips, J. I. Phillips
and Annie Bell Wiles, share and share alike.
Item 9th: I do hereby
constitute my Sons James I. Phillips and Alexander S. Phillips My Executors to see
this My Will Executed.
Witness my hand and seal, this
Signed, declared and published
by Ellis Phillips as his last will and testement in the presence of us, the Subscribers,
who subscribe our names hereto in the presence of said testator at his request and
of each other, he Signing his own name, and we signing in his presence.
Witness this
Filed, Probated and admitted to record, at the regular
term
Estate Records - Court of
Inventory and Appraisement of
the Estate of Ellis Phillips
6 Shares of
Cash - $516.00
Cotton Seed - $45.00
Household and Kitchen furniture
- $100.00
12 Thousand Shingles - $30.00
One Silver Watch - $2.00
One Piano - $50.00
One Shotgun - $5.00
10 Hogs - $50.00
9 Bales of Cotton - $175.00
Wagon and Harness - $10.00
Saddle and bridle - $2.00
Farming tools - $10.00
Blacksmith tools - $8.00
Corn - $75.00
Fodder - $25.00
Peas - $25.00
4 Head Stock - $160.00
1500 Acres of land - $7500.00
(Total) $9863.00
(Written beneath the total is
9144.)
We the undersigned appraisors do certify that having been first sworn by and before
each other according to law that the within and foregoing is a true Inventory and
Appraisement of all the Estate of Ellis Phillips, deceased, so far as the same was
produced before us by the Executors of said deceased, to the best of our Judgement
and understanding.
Given under my hand and seals,
this 19 day of December 1898. John L. Smith {LS}
Jms. R. Willingham {LS} T. A. Whitaker {LS} Ed. Prather {LS} Appraisers
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