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Jordan - Lanier Cemetery, 51-1 Summary Report, page 23
Madison County, Ala Latin THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMFNT OPJrfJLLIAM LANIFP, DECEASED. I, William Lanier of the County of Madison, and State of Alabama, bain? of sound mind and memory but weak in bajr. Being convinced of the uncertainty of life and the certainty or death doth this _23rd day of August* One Thousand Xi silt Hundred and Thirty fonr_maka and constitute this my last will and testament in manner and form following: Item - I lend to my beloved wife, Nancy Laniej*.during her life my Tr"?ct of Land whereon I^realda cons is ting of _Thrfi"?_Quarter SactlcnfL. one of wKlch wae purchased of Eldred Rawlins, and the □t^^r two Quarters my nlace of residence for several yeare nest. I give to my said wife Nancy to dis^nse of as she may think proper, the following negroes and their future increases, Darby a man about fifty three, Flo~e a woman about forty three, Cyrus a man about Fifty three, Tom a man about twenty five, Richmond b boy about sixteen, Clariso a woman about twenty one, Jonny a women about forty eight, Joshaon s boy about ~en and Hugh Blair a boy about nine years old. I likewise give to my said wife, Nancy, all my stock of every description consisting of horses, cattle, hors ano sheep likewise, sll my household and kitchen furniture of every description, also my cron of corn, fodder, oats and wheat including all such articles that may be on hand and provisions of every description at my death likewise my plantatlon tools, and utensils of every kind including waggon, cart, plows, hois, axes ^c. likewise my ainrle Gig and Harness, ray clock and all the Rooks in my Library. Item - I give to my eon, Asa H, Lanier, .Ivf Hollars, having heretofore given to him, l"?n^ and negroes Ace and negroes to his children. I likewise give tc my i on a certalhBonc or obligation I hold of 'is, for two or three hundred dollars the exact amount and date not now recollected. Item - I give to my daughterrElizabeth_H Frazer to ker and her Heirs forever the East nart of the Fraction of Lane I bought at the Land Salee in Huntsville, which nart or division has since been run out by Hunter ^eel, containing about two hundred and fort** three Acres, likewise the following negroes and their future 'ncrease, Sonhla a woman about twenty nineyears old, sr.d her three children, Isham, Rose and Farah. Item - I lend to my eon In law Henry Jordan, a certain piece or parcel of land containing about one hundred and thirty six acres, it being the southwest part cf the above named Fraction of land during his life and at his death I give the said Land to be equally divided between,ray grand sons, William H,Jordan, .James B. Jordan and Henry C. Jordan children of my dec'd daughter Mary Jordsp. ---- --------------- 23 - (2042)